Five qualifications to keep your organization from making dysfunctional decisions
Month: February 2022
Unleashing the innovation power of alliances
The development and deployment of covid-19 vaccines in less than a year was a stunning achievement for science. But it also illustrated the power of a particular kind of partnership: the strategic alliance.
Two ways corporates can support women entrepreneurs
Corporate venture capital (CVC) teams are responsible for 24% of all venture capital investment, accelerating hundreds of startups a year. Yet CVC teams are potentially missing out on investment opportunities by not doing more to actively seek out and support women entrepreneurs with bankable projects.
Strategic venture capital: funding and partnership
Stanford case study: Workboard
Services recover from the pandemic
Sector report: services
Innovation capital’s paradigm shift
February 2022 editorial by James Mawson, editor-in-chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Daily Deal Round Up: February 15, 2022
Lockscreen content provider Glance is raising $200m from Jio Platforms at a unicorn valuation while Sobot, Smart Logic and Akulaku each secured $100m.
OpenSea organises corporate venturing arm
The newly formed OpenSea Ventures comes weeks after its NFT marketplace parent raised $300m, and it forms part of a surging corporate investment community in the space.
Fujifilm and Tokyu disclose funds
Fujifilm, Tokyu and Persol’s newly formed investment vehicles will help their respective corporate parents expand their open innovation roadmaps.
SEI Ventures does not shy away from risk
SEI Ventures is seeking disruptors in the fintech space having expanded from seed-stage deals, according to unit chief Russ Kliman.
Tripledot secures Access to raise $116m
The mobile game developer is looking to make acquisitions having raised funding from investors including Access Industries at a $1.4bn valuation.
Daily Deal Round Up: February 14, 2022
DMG Ventures contributed to a $50m round for online stationery brand Papier while Hannover Digital Investments helped cross-border payment service Vitesse secure $26m.
HoTeam gets hold of $63m
Legend Capital led the 3D printing technology provider’s latest round, which included Lingang SC-Innovation and which came seven months after a Haier Hai Chuanghui-backed series B.
SoftBank helps 7shifts snag $80m
The staff management software provider’s SoftBank-led series C round marks the latest data point in the ongoing digitisation of the restaurant space.