The fund will target AI research emerging from Canada's big research universities.

Citi Ventures, set up 15 years ago, was an early pioneer in corporate investing. This is what Arvind Purushotham, who set up the unit, has learned about bringing startups and big business together.

Kiel Dowlin led the ventures arm for two-and-a-half years.

After a rough few years for healthcare investment, the exits market is opening up and healthcare admin, AI and data are catching investor’s eyes.

Investment in defence startups is increasing rapidly with many nations developing their own critical technology supply chains.

AI can help both brands and consumers create hyper-personalised and in-person experiences. But can you retain loyalty amid endless streams of AI-generated content?

The Palo Alto-based AI company is developing superagents that it believes will fundamentally shift how everyone interacts with work.

Many of the new CVC units were launched by Asian corporates in Japan, China and Korea.

Ryan Piela was part of the founding team that helped launch New Incubation Ventures.

Marc Martin Casas, former head of Illumina Ventures Labs, has moved to the US branch of growth equity firm Premji Invest.