Sectors

Materials startups can struggle to move from early adopters to the mass market. These are the 3 main hurdles and how to overcome them.

Pasqal's $109m series B is the fourth corporate-backed round for a quantum computing startup this month, and its capabilities make the sector a strategic bet for a range of corporates.

Managing director Lorrain de Silva tells us why Jägermeister's Best Nights VC fund invests in everything from dating apps to Bluetooth speakers, and why NFTs and sextech might be on the horizon.

The fund formed by Millitrust and Earth First Ventures will direct funding towards alternative protein technologies and startups

Amazon is making the team running the $1bn fund redundant as part of the more than 18,000 layoffs announced recently.

Large corporates are investing heavily in carbon capture projects as the technology becomes ready for the mainstream.

The carbon fibre composite market is tough for startups but GC Ventures saw that Boston Materials was uniquely positioned to do well.

The appointments are designed to tie the ventures team more directly to the parent’s corporate strategy.

Sublime Systems raised $40m for its decarbonised cement technology as corporates like Siam Cement Group seek to cut sky-high emissions from building materials.

Sangeen Zeb has become GV's latest general partner, 18 months after joining the unit as a fintech and enterprise software specialist.

Capital One Ventures’ Jaidev Shergill and SCB 10X’s Tai Panich are eyeing up embedded finance tools, blochchain banking and more.