Energy

From excessive dilution to aggressive clauses, corporate investors look for these red flags when scouting new investments.

Adding strategic value is an obvious one. But other traits are important to corporate venture capital investors too.

Funding for agricultural technology startups and deals in India increased in January, amid an overall fall in activity.

Oil and gas companies backed more startup funding rounds in 2022 than the previous year, but the dollar valuation of deals fell by more than two thirds.

Penske Media's $100m investment in Vox Media halved its valuation, as the digital media sector continues to consolidate while its companies struggle against prevailing trends.

Bough will focus on technologies that capture, store and use carbon emissions.

The environmental analytics provider's National Grid-backed series B round shows the interest around startups who can use data to help corporates fulfil their environmental data requirements.

Delek US is the latest energy company to invest in a nuclear fusion startup, as corporates gain confidence in the commercial viability of the sector.

Countries like Germany, Switzerland and Japan have benefitted from an explosive growth in capital, but the US still dominates and the UK risks being left behind, our in-depth analysis shows.

Managing director Lorrain de Silva tells us why Jägermeister's Best Nights VC fund invests in everything from dating apps to Bluetooth speakers, and why NFTs and sextech might be on the horizon.