
UK smartphone camera component developer Cambridge Mechatronics’ latest round featured strategic investors Sony Ventures and Intel Capital.
Corporate investors have been part of $3bn worth of AI deals so far this year, with June particularly strong. There has also been a uptick in exits.
From joint startup prize competitions to joint investment funds, corporates are increasingly joining forces to source innovation.
The third fund – backed by Sabic, BAT, Heraeus and Petronas – is targeting $100m and the latest close included Tong An and Anqing High-Tech Zone.
A small but growing number of CVCs are quietly reaching fund sizes of more than $1bn. When they get there, life changes in some ways.
Corporates continued to invest in real estate tech through 2022, unlike their traditional VC peers. We look at how this might play out.
Most corporate investors (74%) employ capital directly from the balance sheet of their corporate mothership but there are many variations.