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Payments is an area fintech investors we've spoken to see as ripe for a shake up. They're also watching for an AI crash and the direction of interest rates.

AI and quantum, as well as long-term, large-scale energy storage are trends at the top of energy investors' minds for 2024. Exits, less so.

The fund will be based in Dubai and invest in gaming studios and other blockchain projects.

The food maker and asset manager is one of the few Central American companies to step into venture capital.

Stellarators are emerging as one of the most backable fusion technologies, and investors say the first pilot reactors could be working by the end of the decade.

After a promising start the Thai startup ecosystem has slowed. Some say too much corporate money may have been part of the problem.

The AgriFood Fund II will invest in regenerative carbon capture projects in soil and ocean restoration, as well as circular economy technologies that create value from wasted food.

There was a promising (or surprising) rise in corporate-backed funding rounds for cryptocurrency startups in November. Despite many heralding the demise of crypto, it looks like it isn't dead yet.

Shiseido Long Term Investments for the Future (LIFT) Ventures will invest in beauty and wellness startups outside of Asia.

The German fashion brand has committed capital to a fund investing in between 20 and 25 startups working towards improving sustainability in the industry's supply chain.

Corporate investors rarely back sex startups but as attitudes change and the trend for sexual health and education picks up, are they missing out?