October might be a month for Halloween but research by Global Corporate Venturing finds a series of large trade sales and flotations of portfolio companies meant it was a time for treats rather than tricks.
Month: November 2010
Citigroup ranked first in financial services
Global Corporate Venturing chooses US-based bank Citigroup as its most influential corporate venturing unit.
Profile: Hartford Ventures
Corporate venturing puts US-based insurer Hartford Financial Services Group on a learning curve.
Profile: Citigroup Growth Ventures and Innovation
Pushing global online finance to the next level using corporate venturing and more open innovation at one of the world’s largest banks.
Banks tempt outside investors to help fill funding gap
UK’s main banks set up corporate venturing fund to help meet social obligations.
Case study: Green Dot
Consumer profile changes are driving the new wave of financial services firms.
Institutional investors take the lion’s share
Institutions control more of the equity markets but financial services investors have had poor returns as investors in venture capital funds.
Top 10 venture capital fund managers
Examination of the personal biographies of the founders of the 10 most successful venture capital firms.
Most influential finanical services corporate venturing units
List of top venturing groups in finance sector
Cash flows from financiers
States and financial institutions are relying on venturing principals to fuel economic recovery again after drop in banks and insurers’ interest in venture capital over the past decade.
Successful start-ups need clear vision
Betting exchange start-up Smarkets is looking beyond angel investors for corporate venturing involvement.
Rosenzweig collects Business for Peace prize
Oslo Business for Peace Award goes to William Rosenzweig, co-founder and a managing director of corporate venturing firm Physic Ventures.
Deal round-up: October 2010
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