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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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Josh Balicki, formerly a senior associate at Nationwide Ventures, has taken a new role as a principal at the US insurer’s CVC unit.

The transition to electric mobility means fewer vehicles need transmissions, so Allison is looking for new business ideas from startups.

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

The United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund aims to invest in startups reducing emissions and promoted the production of sustainable aviation fuel.

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.