Global University Venturing

China has a policy of superclusters to drive growth and is increasingly incorporating corporate venture capital initiatives into these clusters.

The value of corporate-backed deals slumped in the third quarter, but sectors like energy and telecoms bucked the trend as did a few geographies like Israel.

Jesse Vincent-Herscovici is the new president and chief executive at Axelys, following in the footsteps of interim CEO Nancy Rancourt and Paule De Blois who earlier this year joined the Quebec government.

Such enormous losses help explain why Bytedance in January said it was dissolving its corporate venturing unit.

An overwhelming majority of respondents in our poll said they took board seats — mainly to influence and help the startups in their portfolio.

The sector is vulnerable to the economic downturn as lenders pull back and higher interest rates crimp borrowing. But pockets of the sector continue to attract financing.

Non-recyclable plastics making asphalt more sustainable and a vaccine to save the honeybee are just two of 10 inventions that caught our eye.

Phil Clare has joined Queen Mary Innovation as chief executive, having previously worked for University of Oxford since 2006.

In the run-up to the float, Porche's investment arm had invested in 18 companies, from hypercars to EV batteries and even bikes.

Jim Gable has returned to lead Chevron Technology Ventures at a time when the energy sector has many conflicting priorities.

Could we save the environment one parcel at a time? Politecnico di Milano’s packaging technology spinout Voidless hopes so.