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Battery recycler Ascend Elements and Geely spinoff Farizon each raised $300m while Saudi Aramco launched a $1.5bn Sustainability Fund.

Spinouts have defied the slump in the rest of the market, with deal numbers up 10% from last year. The average size of seed and series B rounds has actually increased.

The oldest standing CVC in the world owes its staying power to discipline, adaptability and unwavering management support says Debi Watson.

There are five key factors that have helped the US oil and gas company's corporate investment unit keep going for 23 years.

Strong collaboration between Applied Materials and the startups Applied Ventures invests in is part of the reason the CVC unit has kept going so long.

Only a small portion of CVCs have lasted longer than two decades. Here are their secrets to staying the course.

Wells Fargo, Greystar, Invitation Homes and Prosus were part of Blit Rewards’ $150m round while Mouro Capital co-led Vesttoo’s $80m series C.

The hiring comes after the firm's corporate parent, Jaguar Land Rover, altered its innovation strategy and developed a research hub, the National Automotive Innovation Centre

A range of corporates contributed to electric carmaker Aion’s $2.5bn series A round while Prosus took part in a $46m series E for farming services provider DeHaat.

Corporate investors rarely acquire the portfolio companies they invest in, but most will still negotiate special rights around an exit.

Nicole LeBlanc has left Danish venture firm 2150 and relocated to Japan to reprise the partner role at Toyota’s Woven Capital unit.