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AI, robots and space boosted corporate investment activity in November
Another big tech AI investment has skewed the month's total, but underneath lies strong dealmaking in industrial startups and growth in Japan.
Dec 5, 2024Siemens Energy Ventures recruits three team members in Germany and Dubai
Siemens Energy Ventures’ new members are Munich-based Max Fleischer, Dubai-based Madhu Basu and Berlin-based Mandy Philipp.
Dec 3, 2024Future Energy Ventures finds opportunities amid solar and EV "disaster"
Investors can find opportunities in startups that can overcome the roadblocks in the solar and electric vehicle markets, says FEV's Jan Lozek.
Nov 29, 2024Venture fund president Smith moves up at National Grid
Steve Smith has expanded his role at National Grid Partners to become the energy utility group's new chief strategy and regulation officer.
Nov 28, 2024Telemedicine didn't solve healthcare's funding crisis — but AI may do better
Telemedicine didn't solve the fundamental cost problem in healthcare, but new AI models may be tackling this.
Nov 20, 2024Ravi Jain joins Vasan Churchill at TDK Ventures’ Indian office
Ravi Jain will lead Indian investments for TDK Ventures, the investment arm of Japanese tech company TDK.
Nov 12, 2024Corporate-backed funding rounds spike in October
Multi-billion dollar funding rounds for OpenAI and Waymo lifted the dollar value of CVC-backed rounds to levels last seen in 2022. But there's an underlying rise in deal numbers, too.
Nov 7, 2024Coca-Cola is looking for moonshots to help it reach net zero goal
The global drinks brand invests in early-stage startups and academic research where it can get closely involved in testing out the technologies at its operations.
Nov 4, 2024Energy companies aren't the main investors in energy startups anymore
Half of all of the energy startups raising money from corporate investors in 2024 tapped up companies outside the energy sector.
Nov 1, 2024Japanese corporates pour money into spacetech startups
Japan is second only to the US when it comes to spacetech startups raising funding from the corporate sector.
Oct 30, 2024Corporate AI funds: The list
Wondering which corporate venturers have specialist investment funds for artificial intelligence? Here is the list of traditional funds and new units, offshoots and accelerators.
Oct 29, 2024Nupo Ventures spins out of Olam to go faster on fixing global…
Under pressure to simplify supply chains and improve sustainability, Nupo Ventures is building startups, with six under its belt so far.
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