P&G cleans up with a decade of Connect+Develop
Month: April 2011
Profile: Unilever Corporate Ventures
Preparing for a new thrust into emerging markets and moving to an evergreen funding structure.
Analysis of the consumer sector
Let there be growth…greater population brings more consumers but faster pace of changes requires companies to use corporate venturing to keep up.
Innovative region: Southern California
A whole country in just half a state
Venturing styles tell a tale
Reasons European venture capital struggles compares to US peers laid bare: the latter caters to the entrepreneur.
Europe vs the US: where will funding be deployed?
In respect of seed and venture capital (VC) funding, Heinz Oyrer posed the statement “The European market is more or less dead but the US is still open” to members of the European Entrepreneurship & Innovation @ Silicon Valley LinkedIn group.
Plastic Logic: flexibility needed in a globalised world
The journey Plastic Logic has taken from a research laboratory in Cambridge, UK, to a new special economic zone just outside Moscow, Russia, via the US, Germany and a swathe of investors from all avenues and geographies says much about how technological innovation is developed and funded in a globalised world.
Most influential consumer companies
The below table provides the most influential corporate venturing units for companies in the consumer sector.
Deal round-up: March 2011
The below table summarises March 2011’s deal activity with a corporate venturing involvement. For full coverage on each deal every day as well as all other news, visit the rest of www.globalcorporateventuring.com
MJ Hudson’s Counsel: part one
Steps on the road to being an adept venturer
Alliances in cross-sector innovation
Alliance managers create opportunities through innovation across non-traditional industries, such as high-tech with healthcare, construction and energy, but the types of partnerships undertaken are evolving.
Looking for a special blend of aptitudes
James Mawson, editor of Global Corporate Venturing, talks to Kyung Yoon, chief executive of Talent Age Associates, a global talent management firm at the start of a series of profiles of senior executives at multinational companies under the Innovation Talent Insights banner.
Gaule’s Question Time: IBM
As part of a series of interviews with leading venture investors and developers, Andrew Gaule, left, founder of the H-I Network and Corporate Venturing Network, talks to Wendy Lung, director, IBM Venture Capital Group
Driving venturing forward
This month’s 65th anniversary celebration of venture capital (VC) in the US by the local trade body is an opportunity to reflect on the success of the industry and its impact on entrepreneurs.