From healthcare to fusion to quantum computing to space, superconductors have the potential to revolutionise the world. And the technology is finally ready to commercialise.

WeBuy Global and J&T Global Express announce IPOs, Payzer is acquired and news funds launched.

Superconductors have already proven revolutionary in healthcare (they make MRIs possible) but could they help us achieve net zero? Prof Susie Speller says yes.

The US's $369bn climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), promises to put the US at the forefront of the clean energy transition, but the act has its limitations.

Axian Investment aims to invest in 10 startups a year in sectors such as fintech, insurtech and logistics.

Sustainable energy means a more efficient grid and better storage. These breakthrough spinouts have ideas on how to do it.

University College Dublin has racked up a number of firsts, including creating Ireland’s first spinout unicorn, Wayflyer. Tom Flanagan, director of enterprise and commercialisation at the university’s innovation office NovaUCD gives us the insider view on how the ecommerce company was born. UCD also established the first Irish quantum spinout, Equal1 (read our in-depth profile […]

Ofgem’s £450m innovation fund wants closer partnerships with corporates as it aims to decarbonise the UK’s energy network.

Indonesia, with the second largest fisheries market in the world, has a growing sector of aquatech startups that are attracting corporate backers.

Frontier Airlines, Volaris and Wizz Air - none of which were CVCs two months ago - helped the startup raise $50m, but their purchasing power might end up being more important to the company's future.

Quest agreed to acquire cancer diagnostics startup Haystack Oncology while GV took part in oncology drug developer Antiva’s $53m series E round.

The transition to net zero isn't just about getting renewables sources online, corporate-backed startups are emerging to help restructure how we get and use that energy.

Jacek Kasz is the director of the Center for Technology Transfer (CTT) at Cracow University of Technology, Poland’s second-oldest TTO. He tells us how the office came to also be responsible for regional SME support and Horizon Europe applications, and how Cracow’s ecosystem has been shaped by IT. But while Kraków’s ecosystem is full of […]

As the Silicon Valley Bank collapse still shakes the industry, corporate investors are finding a voice and stepping up, but must become more transparent.

Marc Sedam is the vice-president, technology opportunities and ventures, at New York University where he sits within NYU Langone Health. But his team is also responsible for tech transfer on NYU’s overseas campuses, and Sedam tells us about the challenges this poses. Sedam talks about why his team hired an analyst for its venture fund […]

Recharge Industries may be purchasing prospective battery producer Britishvolt out of insolvency but its collapse highlights the risk corporates face backing infrastructure-heavy startups.

Penn Entertainment bought the rest of digital sports media platform Barstool while Overstock helped agricultural payment technology provider GrainChain raise $29m.

Innovation management software developer Wellspring and tech transfer consultancy IP Pragmatics had been partners for years before this week’s merger.

However great your idea, it won't get far without capital: here, tech transfer leaders tell us how they secured various types of funding in 2022.

We asked corporate investors about why lack of diversity persists and what it might take to change it.