Bollywood’s Salman Khan joins Intel Capital as an investor in India-based travel site Yatra.
Month: April 2012
Accuvally tickets Qualcomm
Qualcomm Ventures reportedly backs the Taiwan-based event ticketing company founded last year.
Semprius shines for $31.1m
The Siemens and Applied Materials-backed solar company increases the size of its C round, which saw Siemens take a 16% stake in the company last year.
Networkplay finds Gruner + Jahr
The India-based advertising network backed by the corporate venturing unit of local media company Network 18 sells to Bertelsmann’s publishing division
Vocera sees big gains after IPO
Motorola and Cisco Systems-backed Vocera saw big gains after its flotation last week.
Google portfolio keeps on whirring
The search engine company raises $47,5m from gaming company Zynga’s secondary offering as its prolific deal-making continues.
Venture capital managers affect firms’ success
Through statistical analyses, the researchers determined how the backgrounds of the managers affected the approaches and goals of the venturing units.
The next big thing in VC
What is the next big thing in venture capital?” Whenever I see a venture capitalist, I ask this question, but none of them gives me a satisfying answer. I will share my answer here and hope that this will stimulate others to comment with different point of view.
How to venture into success
Mike Brooks draws on his experience to examine reasons to do corporate venturing.
Managing the big company relationship
If you keep at it and remain persistent, you are going to be there when strategic moves are required. But you need to be at the table through it all.
Gaule’s Question Time: DSM Ventures and Licensing
Andrew Gaule, founder of the Corven Corporate Venturing Network, interviews DSM’s Rob van Leen, chief innovation officer, and Marcel Lubben, managing director.
Rupee, not the dollar, is a risk capital fount in India
The Indian risk capital industry had investments of $9.3bn in 2011. But it is feared the taxation proposals in Budget 2012 will create roadblocks to future growth. This piece, first published by The Economic Times of India, explains why the right policy framework can boost risk capital inflow to $200bn by 2020.
Industry is shaking off the shackles
When dealing with other venture syndicate members, it is better to be a leader than a follower, as their suggestions can sound only too plausible.
First quarter corporate exits boom
This data summarise March 2012’s deal activity with a corporate venturing involvement and the first quarter statistics. To report a deal or add your data, email Toby Lewis at tlewis@globalcorporateventuring.com