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The most popular stories of 2025 — and what they tell us…

GCV readers were drawn to stories on AI and defence as well as articles outlining how the CVC sector is changing.


Dec 31, 2025

The most active corporate investors of 2025

Crypto-native investors such as Coinbase Ventures and Animoca Brands wrote a large number of smaller cheques while AI chipmaker Nvidia emerged as a dominant venture force, especially for large funding rounds.

Dec 30, 2025

More than 50 corporate investment funds created in 2025

Many of the new CVC units were launched by Asian corporates in Japan, China and Korea.

Dec 25, 2025

Biotech company Illumina loses venture building head Casas

Marc Martin Casas, former head of Illumina Ventures Labs, has moved to the US branch of growth equity firm Premji Invest.

Dec 19, 2025

Zurriaga leaves Sanofi to join MSD’s startup investment team

Alba Zurriaga will focus on digital health in her new role after four years at Sanofi Ventures.

Dec 18, 2025

UK pharma group GSK spins out corporate VC arm

Action Potential Venture Capital invests in bioelectronic medicines, which treat diseases with electrical pulses instead of drugs.

Dec 15, 2025

Olympus triples down on startup investing with $150m second medtech fund

Olympus Innovation Ventures' second fund will invest in startups developing technology related to Olympus' endoscopy business, where it is a world leader.

Dec 15, 2025

Corporate investment in startups rises as firms race to catch robotics trend

Entire sub-sectors ranging from autonomous vehicles to healthcare provision to wealth management saw at least double the corporate-backed funding rounds of the same month last year.

Dec 8, 2025

Yeo joins pharma company Eli Lily's VC arm

Ronne Yeo sourced Asian life sciences startups for Johnson & Johnson's VC investment team in Singapore.

Dec 5, 2025

Angelini in $175m deal with EIB to invest in European healthtech

Angelini Ventures and the European Investment Bank will back up to 10 startups over the next six years as they look to boost Europe's healthtech sector.

Dec 3, 2025

Updated: 13 women in CVC in the US South and Midwest

CVCs based in the southern and midwestern US often end up getting overlooked. Here is an updated list of women dominating corporate venture capital in this region.

Dec 1, 2025

Seah joins VC arm of Malaysian hotel and casino group Genting

Wei Cong Seah will invest globally in early and growth-stage startups in technologies aligned with Genting Group’s diverse business lines.

Nov 17, 2025
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