Financial

These eight people all stepped down from leadership positions at CVC units in 2024. Here is what life after CVC looks like for them.

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.

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

The fund will be managed by Hashgraph's venture subsidiary in the United Arab Emirates.

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.

With the launch of its new fund, the Japanese insurer's corporate venturing unit has assets under management of $400m, up tenfold since its first fund.

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.

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