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Month: May 2012
Gaule’s Question Time: Unilever
The Unilever innovation and venturing process spans research and development (R&D), open innovation, a new businesses unit, direct investments and investing with independent venture capital firms, such as Physic Ventures, where Unilever is a cornerstone limited partner. Andrew Gaule, founder of the Corven Corporate Venturing Network, puts questions first to William Rosenzweig, managing director of… Continue reading Gaule’s Question Time: Unilever
How to bridge the gap in M&A valuations – 8 solutions
This article provides an overview of some of the techniques currently being used by some corporations to bridge the financing gap between buyers and sellers.
Government, academic and venture firms come together
Burrill & Company identified more than $2.6bn in expected funding through nine initiatives announced since the end of February to end-March.
Beginning of a new era
Redesign of Global Corporate Venturing monthly magazine comes ahead of Awards supplement and our annual Symposium and Tech Scout challenge next week.
Brooks’s obstacles and failure signals
This article, the second of two, contains ideas for successful corporate venturing drawn from my experience in operations in corporate companies, start-ups providing products and services to corpo-rates and corporate venture capital investing with an oil major. This article deals with obstacles and failure signals.
Innovative regions: Beijing, China
Capital prospects for accelerated venture growth.
Alternative investments: impact investing
This is the second in a bimonthly series of articles about the personal alternative investments markets available to the professional corporate venturer. This section in Global Corporate Venturing magazine looks beyond our readers’ day jobs at how they manage their time and wealth using the same skills of insight, trend analysis and managing risk they bring to their professional careers.
IBM highlights ‘era of smart’
In this so-called era of smart, companies, coun-tries and individuals will be judged by how they apply knowledge to create value. For US-listed IBM, which coined the term era of smart, its own value will be created from amplifying innovation and creating technology and a platform for others to help increase the abilities of individuals… Continue reading IBM highlights ‘era of smart’
Deal analysis: April 2012
These pages summarise last month’s deal activity with a corporate venturing involvement. To report a deal or add your data, email Toby Lewis at tlewis@globalcorporateventuring.com
Microsoft gains strategic advantage
The Facebook initial public offering, therefore, will be a testament to Microsoft’s ability to see strategic issues and ways to remain relevant to these nascent entrepreneurs in a way few, if any other tech company bar IBM, have been able to emulate.
Intel Capital reaches Nirvanix series C
Intel’s corporate venturing unit helps take the US-based cloud software company to $70m raised in its history.
The Big Deal: NanoH2O, a drinking opportunity
A trend to watch for much of this year will be corporates coming in to lead rounds for exciting new technologies of a capital intensive nature. For contrarian corporates getting in, while others are pulling back, the opportunity is promising.
Microsoft’s $1.15bn Facebook stake
The exact size of Microsoft’s stake is outlined in the social network’s latest regulatory filing.