With shortages in labour and resources in the US healthcare system, medium-sized funds have a unique role to play to bridge the gaps.
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“We want more real-world assets on the blockchain,” says OKX Ventures’ Ren
One of crypto’s most prolific investors, OKX Ventures, backs technologies that expand decentralised finance and cryptocurrency use.
Agtech investors keep focus on sustainability despite tough market
Sustainability is ‘critically important’ in agriculture tech, but startups need to use new technologies like AI to balance it with cost reductions, say corporate VCs.
Corporates are missing the $2 trillion agetech market
There is potential to create several $1bn-plus companies focused on products and services for older adults. But few corporate investors have this on their radar yet.
What corporates are getting wrong about implementing AI
Too many corporates expect too much, too soon from their AI investments. Patience, strategic thinking and cultural change are crucial.
Times of India to help US media wrestle back ad revenue lost to tech giants
While 65% of US ad spend has slipped from traditional media to the hands of Amazon, Google and Facebook, the Times of India has protected its market share on the subcontinent by investing in startups. The publishing group now wants to bring the model to the US.
Five tech breakthroughs bringing us closer to beating cancer
Personalised treatment, combination therapies, vaccines and of course AI: pharmaceutical investors are backing a surge of new cancer technologies.
Corporates give Korean software startups international springboard
Korea has a strong roster of startups providing software for industry and large conglomerates. They are now finding markets abroad, too.
Updated: Nine more spacetech startups for your radar
Investors — particularly corporates — have increased backing for spacetech startups in the past five years. Here are the new entrants catching their eye.
Korean startups look for corporate investors as ecosystem faces crunch
Korean startups offer juicy morsels for international investors amid a tough funding climate and as the government relaxes CVC rules.
Gen AI is hitting limits but these new chipmakers can help
Corporate investors are backing chip startups with solutions for the generative AI’s memory wall, interconnect and edge problems.
TechEnergy Ventures is on the hunt for hard assets
With a focus on hardware, the unit sees huge opportunity to help its parent company develop cleantech assets.
Will influx of pension cash keep more high-growth startups in the UK?
Hopes are lifting that increased pension investment will encourage late-stage startups to stay in the country and even seek to list on the London Stock Exchange.
How investors can ride the latest Korean beauty wave
Korean beauty brands have become worldwide hits and investors are flocking to the sector. This is how Signite Partners is staying ahead of the game.