Health

The launch of the fund follows Sanofi’s investment in a $1bn insulin production facility in Beijing, China.

The language may be changing but the opportunities and the returns are still there for impact investors.

UK universities have also reduced their average equity stakes to new a new low.

Shaw was vice president of M&A at Synchrony Ventures before working in institutional VC.

Startups backed by corporate investors are less likely to go bust. This pattern holds true even in a tough investment climate.

Corporate investors have become pivotal players in VC markets around the globe, able to move markets. It’s now time to press our advantage.

Anchor investor Shanghai Industrial Investment targets opportunities in biomedical sectors, including neurodegeneration and gene therapy.

Hospital CVCs are growing and diversifying to confront the challenges facing the US healthcare system.

Some 37 corporate-backed startups were bought in February in sectors ranging from semiconductors and skincare to pharma and robots.

There were 42 corporate-backed startup funding rounds in China in February, up 27% from the previous month. Most of these were backed by Chinese tech giants such as Tencent and Baidu.

Medtech funding has been one of the fastest growing areas of CVC, and here are some of its brightest startups, from brain surgery microbots to holographic surgery technology.