DeepSeek's cut-price generative AI offering makes it a direct rival to OpenAI and its US peers, but it's far from alone. Here are some alternative startups from outside the US that have received corporate backing.

The carmaker's InMotion Ventures unit joined a round already featuring Hitachi Ventures, BMW i Ventures and Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund.

Clinics offering wraparound care for people taking weight loss drugs have become high-growth businesses, attractive to investors.

From nuclear waste recycling to making T-shirts out of plastic bottles, here are nine of the most interesting new companies in the recycling sector.

Many of the companies have financial and corporate venture backers, as businesses seek alternatives to single-use plastics.

Social media is in flux. Here are a list of new platforms that are vying to become the next Instagram or Twitter.

Korea has a strong roster of startups providing software for industry and large conglomerates. They are now finding markets abroad, too.

Korean startups offer juicy morsels for international investors amid a tough funding climate and as the government relaxes CVC rules.

The corporates backed a $38.6m series A round for Abolis through an agreement to develop sustainable cosmetics ingredients together.

A hands-off approach from the Swiss university makes starting a software company like Optiml — which is using AI to map out CO² cuts in real estate — easier, says CEO Evan Petkov.