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Updated: 6 more functional food startups to watch
From caffeine-infused teas to mushroom gummies and liquid meal supplements, updated for 2024: here are some more startups making waves in the functional food industry.
Jul 17, 2024Five tips for corporates building their own startups
From choosing the right team to lead a new venture to creating a cap table that will attract venture capital investors, here are tips on how to do venture building well.
Jul 12, 2024Fast fashion company Shein to launch $271m CVC fund
The low-cost clothing retailer, which wants to list in London this year, will back European sustainable fabric companies through the fund.
Jul 10, 2024Mexican and Chilean CVC-as-a-service firms join forces
Innova360 powered by Bluebox will have 35 team members and $15m distributed among eight corporate venturing funds across Latin America.
Jul 10, 2024UK Labour party win: Promise of spinout support and a Great British…
The change in government in the UK could bring a bigger focus on boosting spinout numbers and more investment in electricity grid upgrades.
Jul 5, 2024Corporate-linked exits rise to the levels of Q1 2022
The second quarter of 2024 has seen a boost in corporate exits, a rise in corporate seed stage investing, and an increase in deals in the media sector.
Jul 5, 2024Park to lead Naver’s CVC and accelerator unit
Yong-Jung Park, who spent six years as investment director at Naver, joined its D2SF unit to lead AI, consumer and enterprise software deals.
Jul 3, 2024Lego Ventures veteran Fuhrmann-Breitholtz launches investment firm
Isa Fuhrmann-Breitholtz, formerly head of Silicon Valley Hub at toy producer Lego’s CVC unit, launched South Bay to back real estate startups.
Jul 3, 2024Fraud, debt and licensing: five reasons CVC-backed healthcare startups went bust
Alongside fintech and consumer startups, this sector has seen the most startups go into administration since 2022. These are some of the reasons why.
Jul 3, 2024Rainmatter seeded India's startup sector and now prepares for next act
Indian stockbrokerage Zerodha was one of the early entrants into the country's startup ecosystem. Now, it says, the next big era of Indian CVC is coming.
Jul 1, 2024Five trends for corporate venture in 2024
Corporate investors are leaning into the ways they are different from VC investors and reaping the benefit in a tricky investment climate.
Jun 28, 2024Humanoid robot startups attract corporate investment
Humanoid robots have gone from theory to reality thanks to advances in AI and falls in component costs — and corporate investors are interested.
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