New materials and greater use of renewable energy is bringing down the costs of direct air capture of carbon. Here are eight startups with technology worth watching.

Advances in AI are opening up opportunities for underrepresented founders, says Katie Bailey at Hearst's women-focused CVC fund. But it is also making it harder to do due diligence.

The British Business Bank plans to invest in university spinout investment funds outside of the Golden Triangle.

Munich Re Ventures sees gold in the picks and shovels of space, and plenty of opportunity for competition.

In the first of a new series on the world's corporate VC hubs, we get the lowdown on Singapore's tech scene from local CVC Sharan Makhija, of Singtel Innov8.

US FDA and NIH cuts are expected to delay drug approvals and decrease grant funding, making it harder for young health sector companies to survive.

Power-hungry data centres are putting power grids under unprecedented strain, and National Grid Partners is racing to find new technologies that can keep networks running.

Cross border tariffs will raise materials costs and create investment uncertainty. Startups that can think globally and stay flexible will have the best chance of survival.

The federal cuts to science and research funding mean US universities are leaning more on spinout funds and tech transfer offices to generate income.

For Europe to hold its own beyond Earth’s gravity, its startup ecosystem will need more sources of capital and more talent.