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January 2025 saw 53 corporate-backed startup exits, marking a 47% year-on-year increase and the highest total since early 2023, with deal values soaring to $4.52bn.

The volume of CVC deals jumped 31% from a year ago, while the return of large deals pushed up the value of funding rounds by 167%.

The number of corporate investors has tripled in the last decade and they are now part of one in every six startup funding rounds.

Clinics offering wraparound care for people taking weight loss drugs have become high-growth businesses, attractive to investors.

Its reputation of political neutrality — and strength in life sciences — is making Singapore a favoured launchpad for western investors and Chinese startups.

The new US Trump administration's policies will likely lead to far-reaching changes in health, defence, crypto, semiconductor and energy sectors.

From finding startup champions at the corporate parent to having a pot of money to test technologies, here are steps for building a successful portfolio development team.

The fund will be managed by the US venture capital firm's healthcare team.

Providence will be an anchor investor in the newly independent venture capital firm, Allumia Ventures.

Our pick of spinout technologies that are breaking new ground in plastics recycling, data storage, photonics, semiconductor materials and decoding the genome.

Corporate VCs expect the needs of AI data centres and US deregulation to boost energy funding, with grid tech and nuclear among the winners.