Global Corporate Venturing surveyed the heads of corporate venturing units round the world as well as influential service providers and others in the ecosystem to ask: “What was the most important event or trend in 2012?” and “What will be the biggest issue you face in corporate venturing in 2013?”. Last month we published their… Continue reading Respondents reveal this year’s big issues
Month: January 2013
Strategic clarity essential
The challenge for corporate venturers is to be open to the outside world and, often through using capital directly by taking shares or debt instruments or indirectly through fund commitments, find the best and brightest entrepreneurs doing interesting things and then have the parent organisation listen and respond to that outside world and the opportunities and threats it offers.
Stack and de Winter join GE
Risa Stack and Alex de Winter have joined corporate venturing healthcare investment programme GE Healthymagination.
IAC acquires Tutor.com
US-based Tutor.com has been acquired by media conglomerate IAC for a reported $40m.
Paymill swipes $13.2m
Holtzbrinck Ventures, a spin out from media parent Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, and early stage venture capital investor Sunstone Capital have invested in a €10m ($13.2m) round for Paymill, a Germany-based online payments company incubated by Rocket Internet. Other investors in Paymill are Rocket Internet and RI Digital. Mark Henkel, chief executive of of… Continue reading Paymill swipes $13.2m
Google invests in Shape Security
US-based Shape Security has raised $20m in Series B funding led by Venrock and with participation from return backers Google Ventures.
WI Harper, TMI entertains Roam & Wander
Venture firms WI Harper and former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee’s (pictured) TMI, whose accelerators are backed by German-based publishing group Bertelsmann, has invested an undisclosed amount into children’s entertainment studio Roam & Wander. Taiwan-based Roam & Wander is focused on connecting software, devices and toys for kids ages two to six. The company will… Continue reading WI Harper, TMI entertains Roam & Wander
A dozen expectations for 2013
As with last year’s, the Global Corporate Venturing predictions for this year rely heavily on curating the crowd-sourced wisdom of the experts, our subscribers and readers, with a selection of the best answers in our survey on the following pages. Our motto, courtesy of philosopher David Hume, states: “Truth springs from argument among good friends,”… Continue reading A dozen expectations for 2013
Deal analysis: December 2012
Investments softer in 2012, despite bumper exit year.
The year that wasn’t and the year that might be
Joe Morgan, chief investment officer at SVB Financial Group, from his latest blog.
Gaule’s Question Time: Qualcomm
In our series of interviews with leading innovation and venture developers, Andrew Gaule, founder of the Corven Corporate Venture Network, talks to Miles Kirby (pictured), managing director of Qualcomm Ventures, Europe.
Innovative regions: Global intelligence
The team at Global Corporate Venturing has been fortunate enough to work in or visit a host of countries in North America, Europe and Asia this past 12 months and this Outlook edition sums up the innovation spirit alive in all corners of the world and across all companies, from start-ups to multinational conglomerates, and… Continue reading Innovative regions: Global intelligence
Profile: Volvo Group Venture Capital
Driving to pole position.
Feature: Transport & Logistics 2013
Industry delivers insights into future.