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Tencent, Prosus and SoftBank helped the tutoring service raise $95m despite the sector tanking post-pandemic. But GoStudent's move toward offline services and AI could point to where edtech startups go next.

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.

Why are these corporates investing in wildfire monitoring systems? Pano CEO Sonia Kastner tells us about the strategic link and how the wildfire epidemic can be brought under control.

Four years since it started investing off balance sheet, Suffolk Technologies has split from its construction firm parent with a fund backed by external investors.

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.

Functional foods open the door for innovation in a market that thought it had it all figured out.

The functional food sector is a multi-billion global market with high single-digit expected growth rates.

Invest like a VC, lean into corporate expertise, bring in external entrepreneurs and set up the unit with as much independence as possible.

From joint startup prize competitions to joint investment funds, corporates are increasingly joining forces to source innovation.