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Qualcomm has been investing in India for 17 years and says now there is a clear shift by investors and entrepreneurs to sectors like chips, robotics, AI and quantum.

CVC teams increasingly navigate a minefield of overvalued AI startups as they seek to invest in the transformative technology.

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

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.

The Palo Alto-based AI company is developing superagents that it believes will fundamentally shift how everyone interacts with work.

Deep-pocketed US corporates spent big as the AI frontrunners raised billions, while others became AI-centred and sectors like energy got a boost.

With three corporate-backed startups going public, most of India’s exits in November went through the public markets.

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.

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.

Avram Miller, cofounder of Intel Capital, says CVCs that focus on financial returns lose sight of the strategic insights they should bring to the corporate.

German startups can harness the country's manufacturing expertise to make up ground on their AI rivals, and mid-sized CVC could be the key.