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AI and quantum, as well as long-term, large-scale energy storage are trends at the top of energy investors' minds for 2024. Exits, less so.

Stellarators are emerging as one of the most backable fusion technologies, and investors say the first pilot reactors could be working by the end of the decade.

After a promising start the Thai startup ecosystem has slowed. Some say too much corporate money may have been part of the problem.

There was a promising (or surprising) rise in corporate-backed funding rounds for cryptocurrency startups in November. Despite many heralding the demise of crypto, it looks like it isn't dead yet.

Most VC-backed funding rounds in Texas have historically been early stage startup financings.

China-based CVCs have returned to backing large startup financing rounds, helping to boost deal volume in China as foreign investors exit the country.

The $53bn US incentive package has so far had less impact on the semiconductor industry than expected. But as generative AI unleashes a wave of investment in new types of chipmakers, the act will influence where the money goes.

Deal count was up in energy and transportation among an overall decline in corporate-backed venture funding.

Diversity is still woefully lacking at most VC firms — and in the companies they back. Here are some ideas on how to change that from people who have done it.

Fit your technology to the current energy system, get the cost of green hydrogen under $1 per kilo and understand your funders.

Funding in every other sector continues to decline but industrial startups solving climate change and logistics problems are in vogue.