Industrial

From having a business development professional on a startup's board to making sure the corporate's sales force are motivated to sell a portfolio company's product, here six things that startups value in their corporate investors.

Four companies raised over $700m in February as a burgeoning crypto sector continued to help Singapore buck the bear market and pharma companies resparked IPOs in the US.

From robotic commercial kitchens to companion bots to reduce loneliness, these robot startups — which you can meet at the GCVI Summit —  demonstrate why investors are rekindling interest in this sector.

Michael Stewart, who was a partner at software producer Microsoft’s CVC unit, will lead investments in generative AI, gaming and deeptech.

Corporate investors are disproportionately involved in the biggest funding rounds by energy sector startups.

The swimming pool maker's new CVC, Fluidra Ventures, will invest in technology startups shaping the pool and wellness sector.

More corporate investors choose to invest in academic research. But it requires much different skills to investing in later-stage startups.

Volvo, Cemex and Procore are among the limited partners backing Zacua’s investments into next-generation construction

Basel has quietly built a life sciences ecosystem that’s becoming hard to ignore.

Some 54% of the dollars invested in generative AI startups last year came from funding rounds involving corporate investors. Stock markets are rewarding big corporate gen AI spenders handsomely.

Claude-Sebastien Lerbourg, the Europe lead for Saint Gobain's CVC unit, is moving to an investment director position at venture firm Supernova Invest.