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Can the UK keep its fintech crown in the age of AI?
The UK has long been a fintech hub, but the next generation of financial startups will be based on AI, and the UK ecosystem may not be funding these as fast as it should.
Jun 13, 2025A new US president and the data centre boom will boost the…
Corporate VCs expect the needs of AI data centres and US deregulation to boost energy funding, with grid tech and nuclear among the winners.
Jan 6, 2025This is what insurance sector investors are looking for now
Insurance CVCs are eyeing up the potential of AI even if regulation may make adoption slow. Climate risk mitigation and quantum are also on the menu. Blockchain — not so much.
May 2, 2024The new wave of insurtech startups wants to partner, not disrupt
The first wave of insurtech startups hit the wall trying to fight the industry's biggest players. Now, insurance CVCs say they're seeking the ones embracing a partnership model.
Apr 25, 2024Energy was the only corporate investment area not to fall in 2023…
Solar energy and grid storage saw some of the biggest funding rounds as falling prices put these clean energy options into the mainstream.
Feb 7, 2024Early-stage pharma starts 2024 with a bang and a glimpse of medicine's…
Pharmaceutical startups have had a strong start to 2024, showing off areas like psychedelic mental health treatments, radiotherapeutic cancer drugs and medicine for underserved populations.
Jan 9, 202410 spinouts to watch: September 2022
Spinouts working on ketamine-based therapeutics, regenerative medicines for dogs and better sleep are among those that caught our eye this month.
Sep 14, 2022Other News
Wearables are the ‘window on the soul’
Sector report: Healthcare and artificial intelligence
May 25, 2022Analysis: Carbon Clean raises $150m
Chevron led a $100m round, backed also by a group of other corporates, raised by the carbon capture specialist.
May 16, 2022Analysis: Shanghai Shanshan charges $472m
Several China-based corporate venture investors backed a large round valuing lithium-ion battery Shanghai Shanshan material producer at $1.5bn. The deal highlights the importance of battery technologies not only for the emerging kind of mobility applications but for the process of energy transition as a whole.
May 9, 2022Analysis: Fu-Gen electrifies with $343m
Migdal and Menora Mivtachim helped renewable energy infrastructure developer Fu-Gen with fresh funding which will help expand its operations in the UK and Finland. This is a deal from the renewable energy space, which continues to see much momentum in the context of energy transition.
May 2, 2022Q1 2022: a slowdown, but no reason to panic
After a record-breaking 2021, the new year has started slowly but there is an upwards trend.
Apr 29, 2022Editor's Picks
10 spinouts to watch: September 2022
Spinouts working on ketamine-based therapeutics, regenerative medicines for dogs and better sleep are among those that caught our eye this month.
Sep 14, 2022Tencent's Monzo deal latest in fintech
Tencent has dodged most of China's regulatory crackdown and built an impressive fintech portfolio globally.
Jan 2, 2022Using human brains to improve AI
Special report: Sparsity looks to make AI infrastructure more efficient, AI increasingly useful in the software stack, quantum and classical hardware evolves
May 18, 2021Innovation and digitisation mean healthcare is at a tipping point
Feature: artificial intelligence driving disease prevention, digital health enables personalised medicine, investment takes off
Mar 16, 2021About us
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