Foreward by Claudia Fan Munce, chairman, GCV Leadership Society advisory board, venture adviser, New Enterprise Associates and founder, IBM Venture Capital
Month: January 2018
Global Government Venturing’s year in review
For all the geopolitical upset in world, countless governments around the world found a lot of time to double down on – or get involved in – the venturing space in 2017. The timing was right, therefore, for Global Government Venturing to launch its Leadership Society at the annual Global Corporate Venturing & Innovation Summit in January,… Continue reading Global Government Venturing’s year in review
Global University Venturing’s year in review
2017 has been a year of change – of positive change, for the most part, but also some shocking developments that took the technology transfer world by surprise. Chief among the latter was the hostile takeover of Touchstone Innovations, the commercialisation firm spun out of Imperial College London, by its peer IP Group. The story… Continue reading Global University Venturing’s year in review
301 seeks Urban Remedy in $17m round
Organic packaged food supplier Urban Remedy has secured new funding in a series B round led by General Mills’ 301 unit.
Merlin conjures up $10m for Centerity
Advanced network analytics provider Centerity will use the funding to expand its Israeli R&D centre and strengthen its sales, marketing and distribution.
Zuzin to run Rusal’s open innovation activities
Andrei Zuzin, formerly managing director at Vnesheconombank’s VEB Innovation fund, is heading aluminium producer Rusal’s venture investment division.
Corporate venturing growth continued through 2017
Annual analysis: 2017
The big opportunities in 2018
Corporate venturing industry leaders share their insights into the big opportunities to look out for in 2018
Aibee proves able to raise funding
Kinzon Capital led the artificial intelligence technology startup’s $25.7m angel round, raised just two months after it was founded.
The Global Corporate Venturing Survey 2018
Kaloyan Andonov, GCV Analytics, presents the results of The Global Corporate Venturing Survey 2018, our annual survey on the state of corporate venturing conducted in cooperation with Stanford University and Insead Business School.
The World of Corporate Venturing 2018: Introduction
James Mawson, editor-in-chief, Global Corporate Venturing, introduces the World of Corporate Venturing 2018
ShareChat builds network with series B funding
Xiaomi invested $5.8m in social networking app developer ShareChat as part of an $18.2m round that took the startup’s overall funding to almost $24m.
Anomali attracts $40m in series D funding
The cybersecurity software provider boosted its total funding to $96m in a round featuring Telstra, Deutsche Telekom and existing backer GV.
BMW beams up Parkmobile
BCD Group has exited parking space booking platform Parkmobile through an acquisition by another corporate investor, BMW.