AI, robotics, climate tech: How VCaaS helps corporations enter deep tech safely

Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, and climate technologies are no longer distant future technologies. They are rapidly becoming the infrastructure of the next industrial era. For corporations, this creates both opportunity and anxiety. These fields promise transformative impact—but they also carry high technical uncertainty, long development cycles, and significant capital risk. Corporate executives often ask themselves how to participate in the benefits of deep tech innovation – but without trying to create this innovation based on just a few risky internal projects. What can help this dilemma is for corporations to use Venture Capital-as-a-Service (VCaaS) to invest in innovative startups around the globe. Strong Investment Growth There is compelling industry data to support the growth and important of AI, robotics, and climate tech as well as the overall venture market. AI: Global VC investment in AI reached $226 billion in 2025, representing 48% of all global venture funding that year. The broader AI market was valued at $757 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $4.2 trillion by 2035. Robotics: Robotics companies raised a record $40.7 billion in 2025, accounting for 9% of all venture funding globally. The average robotics deal size nearly tripled from $50 million in 2022 to $135 million in 2025. Climate Tech: Climate tech VC deals totaled $42.2 billion worldwide in 2025, with clean-energy investment growing 31% to $14.4 billion — a three-year high. Overall Venture Market: Global venture funding reached $469 billion in 2025, up 47% year-over-year, though deal count fell 17%, meaning capital is concentrating in fewer, larger bets — a dynamic that strongly favors diversified portfolio models like VCaaS. Deep Tech Challenges Deep tech innovation is unique and it differs greatly from consumer apps or software platforms. This is due to factors including capital-intensive development, long timelines for R&D, high complexity of regulations and safety, human re