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Large life sciences deals and corporate investors buying the companies in their own portfolio have been key to an improving exit market.

AI funding rounds commanded huge prices in 2024, but corporate investors also made large bets in healthcare, energy and robotics.

Many of the companies have financial and corporate venture backers, as businesses seek alternatives to single-use plastics.

ISA partnered with Wayra and Telefónica Movistar and launched Inndigo, which intends to invest $130m in energy transition startups by 2030.

University venture funds are becoming an increasingly important tool for universities to support their ecosystems — here are the new ones launched in 2024.

More than 60% of CVC units survive beyond their initial 3 years. Those that close do so for a variety of reasons — here's a look at five that ceased operations this year.

Rounds are getting bigger and investors want to see more earlier, but the distinction between them is still important.

With billion-dollar funding rounds being limited to a few large companies, the self-driving car industry still appears to have a bumpy road ahead.

Shioyama was a principal at Mitsui Fudosan's CVC arm for five years.

The UK stands to benefit from the work of the past 12 months to push more university research-led innovation into the marketplace.

Brazil’s central bank is great at working with innovative technology, and hopefully others in LatAm will follow suit, says Torq’s Thiago Iglesias.