Startups

From finding startup champions at the corporate parent to having a pot of money to test technologies, here are steps for building a successful portfolio development team.

Our pick of spinout technologies that are breaking new ground in plastics recycling, data storage, photonics, semiconductor materials and decoding the genome.

Corporate VCs expect the needs of AI data centres and US deregulation to boost energy funding, with grid tech and nuclear among the winners.

Japan has a well-funded and vibrant market for deep tech companies spun out of its universities. Here are some of the quirks that foreign investors seeking to dip a toe into the sector should look out for.

GCV has looked through our data to find the busiest investors in corporate venture capital. Here's how and where they invested in 2024.

Large life sciences deals and corporate investors buying the companies in their own portfolio have been key to an improving exit market.

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.