Industrial

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.

Brazil’s central bank is great at working with innovative technology, and hopefully others in LatAm will follow suit, says Torq’s Thiago Iglesias.

Amazon has increased the size of its Smbhav Venture Fund to $350m and will invest in companies digitising the production of goods.

There was a 62% jump in exits for corporate-backed startups in November, with IPOs and acquisitions across a range of geographies and sectors but also some notable bankruptcies.

The move follows various roles in investment, business development and innovation.

Another big tech AI investment has skewed the month's total, but underneath lies strong dealmaking in industrial startups and growth in Japan.

Ankit Harjai becomes CIO at MountTech Growth Fund after nearly two years at the CVC.

Hondo Geurts and Mike Murray, both with decades of experience in the national security sector, joined Anzu-Green Critical Technologies Fund.

The embattled 117-year-old mining giant quietly axed its decarbonisation CVC team as part of a wide-ranging restructuring process.