IT

The valuations of generative AI startups are high and the tech is still untested, but corporate investors should still take some early bets.

Korea now is home to one the most dense AI scaleup ecosystems in the world — even more than Silicon Valley.

LG Technology Ventures’ second fund has secured $192m from LG subsidiaries, while LG Electronics has launched Nova Prime Fund with a $100m target.

A growing appetite to commercialise European research is bridging the trans-Atlantic technology gap, according to Deeptech Labs’ Miles Kirby.

The Sydney-based cloud security company’s latest round is led by Prosus Ventures, which has invested in Australia for the first time.

Alphabet and Google CFO Ruth Porat's president and chief investment officer roles will involve managing units including GV and CapitalG.

Ukrainian IT services firm Sigma Software co-launched its second CVC vehicle just two months before war broke out, but Dmytro Vartanian and Daria Yaniieva tell us they see a bright future for the country's tech startups.

The dollar value of energy venture deals that corporates took part in fell 63% in the second quarter.

As corporate venture capital units compete more with financial VC firms for talented investors, they are having to get creative on compensation packages.

Spinout creation rates vary wildly at universities and intelligent capital and corporate partners have a big role in changing the numbers.

Corporate investors have been part of $3bn worth of AI deals so far this year, with June particularly strong. There has also been a uptick in exits.