UK smartphone camera component developer Cambridge Mechatronics’ latest round featured strategic investors Sony Ventures and Intel Capital.

Corporate investors have been part of $3bn worth of AI deals so far this year, with June particularly strong. There has also been a uptick in exits.

Corporates continued to invest in real estate tech through 2022, unlike their traditional VC peers. We look at how this might play out.

Most corporate investors (74%) employ capital directly from the balance sheet of their corporate mothership but there are many variations.

Phlux Technology has raised $4.9m from investors including Foresight Williams Technology Funds as it looks to become the Nvidia of the sensor market.

SoftBank helped the on-demand laundry service push its valuation past $250m, a rare occurrence in a sector that's so far failed to catch fire.

Failure rates are high for VC-backed companies, and corporate-backed startups are not exempt. But which have been the biggest recent flops that left corporate investors licking their wounds?