Christina Riboldi, program director for the Global Corporate Venturing & Innovation Summit held in Monterey, California, on January 31-February 1, talks to David Horowitz, founder and CEO of Touchdown Ventures
Month: February 2018
Toutiao augments holdings with $300m Faceu purchase
Image editing platform Meitu has exited AR selfie and video app Faceu through an acquisition by Toutiao, its third in less than four months.
Five ways to become better at corporate venturing
Bonny Simi, president of JetBlue Technology Ventures, shares 5 steps to making corporate venture capital a win-win proposition.
Zscaler zips to $110m IPO filing
The cloud security platform has raised $148m in funding from investors including Dell and Alphabet, and was reportedly valued at $1bn+ in 2015.
How corporate giants invest in artificial intelligence
Kyle Kling, US investment director at MDI Ventures, shares how the largest corporations by industry invest in AI startups
Big agriculture – synergy at the expense of innovation
In December 2015, Dow and DuPont set off the greatest wave of consolidation ever seen in the agricultural chemistry and agricultural biology sector. Two years later, the two have become DowDuPont – the largest chemical company in the world. But in between, the entire ag-chem-bio industry has been mired in uncertainty with a focus on… Continue reading Big agriculture – synergy at the expense of innovation
Korea ready to boost spinouts
University corner: South Korea
Temasek bullish on India’s new investment opportunities
Singaporean government-owned investment firm Temasek says it is taking a positive view on the Indian economy in 2018 and beyond, and it plans to expand its equity investments in both startups and established companies in the near term. Speaking at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) event in Singapore… Continue reading Temasek bullish on India’s new investment opportunities
A stereo focus on the global impact of Chinese progress
Andrew Gaule talks Tim Hardin, vice-president and head of corporate banking, SPD Silicon Valley Bank in Shanghai, China (pictured left) Give us a brief introduction to yourself. I have been with Silicon Valley Bank or one of its interests for nearly 22 years. I am currently with the joint venture we formed in 2012 with… Continue reading A stereo focus on the global impact of Chinese progress
Interview: Michael Redding, head of Accenture Ventures
Robin Brinkworth spoke to Michael Redding, head of Accenture Ventures (pictured), about how the company has changed and the strategy with which they approach investments.
Services go down in 2017
Sector focus: Services
Deal count drops in January
There were 168 corporate-backed deals in January, down from the 199 funding rounds in the same month last year. Investment value, however, increased by 108% to $12.66bn, compared with $6.09bn in January 2017. On a month-on-month basis, the deal count in the first month of this year fell from the 185 rounds worth $13.61bn in… Continue reading Deal count drops in January
Innovation rises as VC falls
February issue editorial from James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Adaptive Studio releases series B details
Adaptive has raised $16.5m from AMC Networks and Atwater Capital to enable it to develop new entertainment projects for traditional and digital media.