The phrase "corporate funders" refers to businesses or companies that provide financial support or invest money into other businesses, organizations, or projects. Full definition
In the last 20 years or so, especially, there's been a massive shift away from public funding and pure research and into corporate funding for applied research. (scholarsandrogues.com)
Given all these advantages, why isn't a larger proportion of total deals in the venture - capital space taken up by corporate funds? (entrepreneur.com)
This is not to say there should be no science with corporate funding. (scientificamerican.com)