Insurance CVCs are eyeing up the potential of AI even if regulation may make adoption slow. Climate risk mitigation and quantum are also on the menu. Blockchain — not so much.
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The new wave of insurtech startups wants to partner, not disrupt
The first wave of insurtech startups hit the wall trying to fight the industry’s biggest players. Now, insurance CVCs say they’re seeking the ones embracing a partnership model.
Energy was the only corporate investment area not to fall in 2023 – here’s why
Solar energy and grid storage saw some of the biggest funding rounds as falling prices put these clean energy options into the mainstream.
Early-stage pharma starts 2024 with a bang and a glimpse of medicine’s future
Pharmaceutical startups have had a strong start to 2024, showing off areas like psychedelic mental health treatments, radiotherapeutic cancer drugs and medicine for underserved populations.
Semiconductors: “Tectonic shifts” are reviving investor interest
Corporate investors are looking at silicon photonics, AI chips and semiconductor packaging as the hot new areas for investment. Dede Goldschmidt has worked in venture capital for decades but does not remember seeing so many potential investment opportunities. “We have a significant pipeline of potential semiconductor-related investments. It is quite amazing. I don’t recall… Continue reading Semiconductors: “Tectonic shifts” are reviving investor interest
Wearables are the ‘window on the soul’
Sector report: Healthcare and artificial intelligence
Media sector still in the game after the pandemic
Sector report: Media
Analysis: Carbon Clean raises $150m
Chevron led a $100m round, backed also by a group of other corporates, raised by the carbon capture specialist.
Analysis: Shanghai Shanshan charges $472m
Several China-based corporate venture investors backed a large round valuing lithium-ion battery Shanghai Shanshan material producer at $1.5bn. The deal highlights the importance of battery technologies not only for the emerging kind of mobility applications but for the process of energy transition as a whole.
Analysis: Fu-Gen electrifies with $343m
Migdal and Menora Mivtachim helped renewable energy infrastructure developer Fu-Gen with fresh funding which will help expand its operations in the UK and Finland. This is a deal from the renewable energy space, which continues to see much momentum in the context of energy transition.
Analysis: Rapido obtains $180m
Swiggy helped boost Rapido’s valuation to $800m in a round that featured Shell Ventures and TVS Motor. This is a deal of a rather surprising size and valuation in a space that has not been as hot over the past years, as far as corporate-backed deals are concerned.
Consumer sector rebounds after the pandemic
Sector report: consumer
Analysis: Nova Labs raised $200m
Several corporate venture investors participated in a round which took the crypto IoT network developer’s valuation to $1.2bn. The round and the company are part of the larger crypto tech space, which has been attracting much interest and capital in most recent times.
Analysis: Everli gets over $124m delivered
The latest round raised by Everli and backed by Pernod Ricard was boosted by just over $24m from United Ventures, taking the grocery delivery service’s overall funding to over $143m.