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AI funding rounds commanded huge prices in 2024, but corporate investors also made large bets in healthcare, energy and robotics.

Many of the companies have financial and corporate venture backers, as businesses seek alternatives to single-use plastics.

University venture funds are becoming an increasingly important tool for universities to support their ecosystems — here are the new ones launched in 2024.

More than 60% of CVC units survive beyond their initial 3 years. Those that close do so for a variety of reasons — here's a look at five that ceased operations this year.

Rounds are getting bigger and investors want to see more earlier, but the distinction between them is still important.

With billion-dollar funding rounds being limited to a few large companies, the self-driving car industry still appears to have a bumpy road ahead.

The UK stands to benefit from the work of the past 12 months to push more university research-led innovation into the marketplace.

Brazil’s central bank is great at working with innovative technology, and hopefully others in LatAm will follow suit, says Torq’s Thiago Iglesias.

There was a 62% jump in exits for corporate-backed startups in November, with IPOs and acquisitions across a range of geographies and sectors but also some notable bankruptcies.

Another big tech AI investment has skewed the month's total, but underneath lies strong dealmaking in industrial startups and growth in Japan.

De-Sign Capital Fund 1 already made an investment in Any, an AI-based enterprise insight management platform producer.