If a venturing unit want to maximise a startup’s chance of scaling its technology in a corporate, it should become a customer, says Cencosud Ventures’ Pascual.

Medtech funding has been one of the fastest growing areas of CVC, and here are some of its brightest startups, from brain surgery microbots to holographic surgery technology.

UK-based Oxa focuses on services in airports, retirement communities and industrial settings, rather than personal cars and taxis.

Mining companies are finding technology in university labs to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

AI, connectivity and electrification are changing the customer’s automotive experience, and incumbents must innovate while shepherding them through it to avoid disruption.

Funders are increasingly making global access to healthcare IP a condition of their grants.

The Korean company has been working on the technology for the past four years and plans to launch early in 2026.

Investor interest in self-driving cars is booming again as commercial services have started operating. These are some of the opportunities that are emerging.

Agtech investing has been slow, but new genetics and digital technologies could bring back the big success stories, says Leaps by Bayer’s PJ Amini.

The venture firm is targeting consumer health startups that can prevent illness before it happens and has secured health product maker Schwabe as its financier.