Startups

Corporate investors have become pivotal players in VC markets around the globe, able to move markets. It’s now time to press our advantage.

Some 37 corporate-backed startups were bought in February in sectors ranging from semiconductors and skincare to pharma and robots.

There were 42 corporate-backed startup funding rounds in China in February, up 27% from the previous month. Most of these were backed by Chinese tech giants such as Tencent and Baidu.

Medtech funding has been one of the fastest growing areas of CVC, and here are some of its brightest startups, from brain surgery microbots to holographic surgery technology.

UK-based Oxa focuses on services in airports, retirement communities and industrial settings, rather than personal cars and taxis.

Investor interest in self-driving cars is booming again as commercial services have started operating. These are some of the opportunities that are emerging.

Ukraine's battle-hardened defence startups are not only creating new technologies but also new models for military procurement.

The volume of CVC deals jumped 31% from a year ago, while the return of large deals pushed up the value of funding rounds by 167%.

The number of corporate investors has tripled in the last decade and they are now part of one in every six startup funding rounds.

DeepSeek's cut-price generative AI offering makes it a direct rival to OpenAI and its US peers, but it's far from alone. Here are some alternative startups from outside the US that have received corporate backing.

The carmaker's InMotion Ventures unit joined a round already featuring Hitachi Ventures, BMW i Ventures and Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund.