Over the past 20 years, an influx of Chinese, Japanese, South Korean and Taiwanese investors into the Valley has normalised corporate investment, increased funding round sizes and heightened national security concerns for VCs.

After almost five years as vice president of corporate development and ventures for ServiceNow, Vishal Kumar Gupta is moving on to new pastures.

She will invest in early stage companies across enterprise applications and AI.

Materials analysis startup SirenOpt has recruited Hitachi Ventures and InMotion Ventures for a $6.5m round as it prepares to commercially launch next year.

The new wave of agtech startups are more savvy, more grounded and more niche than the hyped companies of previous years. It's "a great time to invest", say corporate VCs.

All signs are looking positive for investors who have been hungering for exit opportunities for over two years.

Taking early AI bets and investing outside their comfort zone have allowed some large CVCs to reap rewards despite a turbulent exit market.

The store owner's corporate VC, Circle K Ventures, invested in technologies that could improve customer experience at its stores and forecourts.

Corporates frequently team up with each other to invest in startups. Who partners with who says a lot about how much a given team's track record is respected.

Third-quarter investment numbers show that investors are more trigger-happy, but not recklessly so.