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Sector Analysis

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, 2025

A 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, 2025

This 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, 2024

The 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, 2024

Energy 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, 2024

Early-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, 2024

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, 2022

Other News

Wearables are the ‘window on the soul’

Sector report: Healthcare and artificial intelligence

May 25, 2022
May 18, 2022

Analysis: 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, 2022

Analysis: 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, 2022

Analysis: 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, 2022

Q1 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, 2022

Editor'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, 2022

Tencent's Monzo deal latest in fintech

Tencent has dodged most of China's regulatory crackdown and built an impressive fintech portfolio globally.

Jan 2, 2022

Using 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, 2021

Innovation 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, 2021
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