Energy

TDK backed the seed round of methane pyrolysis startup Tulum. Investors David Delfassy and Joshua Rubnitz explain why they felt the company's technology was a compelling bet.

The Whataventure Fund will build companies that corporates can gain strategic insight from and also invest in at later stages.

August is always a quiet year for corporate-backed startup rounds but last month's deals still exceeded the same period in 2024.

Encevo, Verbund and EnBW are among the energy utilities that chipped in as European electrification-focused Vireo Ventures reached a final close of its debut fund.

Rachael Reid and Costantino Mariella spent several years as investors in corporate venture capital before moving to the UK economic development bank.

Six spinout technologies — from lab-grown meat to satellite tech — that have come from UK universities usually overlooked by investors.

After two years as partner at Jera Ventures, Tim Romero will be going to a part-time advisory role at the end of August.

The percentage of corporate-backed VC funding for US cleantech startups fell to its lowest quarterly level over the past four years.

Taesa Ventures will seek to invest in startups making advances in the electricity sector.

Increases in corporate-backed funding rounds in IT and industrial startups have driven dealmaking to a post-tech investment boom high in July.

For an early-stage investor it makes sense to use secondary sales to rotate out of some more mature startup holdings as a matter of course, says portfolio manager Davide Romeo Nanni.