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Six types of corporate investor — which kind are you?

Classic investor, former founder, expert, activist. connector and outsider — there is a broad range of ways to excel at corporate investing.


Mar 11, 2024

STC Group launches venture capital firm

Tali Ventures will invest in early to growth stage startups to advances initiatives in the digital ecosystem.

Mar 11, 2024

6 things startups want from corporate investors  

From having a business development professional on a startup's board to making sure the corporate's sales force are motivated to sell a portfolio company's product, here six things that startups value in their corporate investors.

Mar 8, 2024

February confirms it: mega rounds are back

Four companies raised over $700m in February as a burgeoning crypto sector continued to help Singapore buck the bear market and pharma companies resparked IPOs in the US.

Mar 7, 2024

A third of dollars raised by energy startups comes from corporate-backed rounds

Corporate investors are disproportionately involved in the biggest funding rounds by energy sector startups.

Mar 5, 2024

5 tips for investing in university spinouts

More corporate investors choose to invest in academic research. But it requires much different skills to investing in later-stage startups.

Mar 4, 2024

How Basel supercharged its spinout rate

Basel has quietly built a life sciences ecosystem that’s becoming hard to ignore.

Feb 27, 2024

Corporates underpin generative AI funding boom

Some 54% of the dollars invested in generative AI startups last year came from funding rounds involving corporate investors. Stock markets are rewarding big corporate gen AI spenders handsomely.

Feb 26, 2024

5 tips for successful venture building

From appointing an independent advisory board to hiring an external management team, here are several recommendations for building internal ventures successfully.

Feb 16, 2024

Swisscom Ventures reshuffles with a new management team

Following the departure of Swisscom Ventures head, Dominique Mégret, the firm has hired a new senior team consisting of Stefan Kuentz, Alexander Schläpfer and Pär Lange.

Feb 15, 2024

Exit values are up and Singapore saw corporate-backed funding leap in January

Exit values are increasing, crypto funding has seen a resurgence and Singapore has seen a 60% year-on-year increase in corporate-backed funding rounds.

Feb 12, 2024

How to invest in gen AI amid regulatory uncertainty

Regulation of generative AI is still shifting, so how should investors place bets on startups? Here are nine things to consider.

Feb 9, 2024
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