Symantec leads series C round for Mocana
Author: James Mawson
Four work in tandem in novel approach to start-ups
Case study of Bicycle Therapeutics, which has two venture capital firms and two corporate venturing divisions in its first round of funding.
VCs work with their corporate peers
Healthcare venture capital firms reap rewards when working with corporate venturing peers.
Move to create in-house venture team vindicated
Merck Serono’s decision to set up a Ventures team has led to 400 opportunities in its first nine months and two deals.
Move to create in-house venture team vindicated
A “deluge” of opportunities presented themselves to Merck Serono after the Switzerland-based biotechnology company lifted the lid on its corporate venturing fund last year and provided almost immediate justification for the decision to start a €40m ($49m) in-house venture capital operation. Receiving more than 400 business plans in the first nine months, however, caused some… Continue reading Move to create in-house venture team vindicated
Biotech companies call in the colonel
Profile of Eli Lilly’s corporate venturing divisions reveals their evolution since the 1980s and recent transformation to an independent fund structure able to act globally.
First investment illustrates value in working together
Case study of CardioDx reveals direction of General Electric’s $250m healthcare corporate venturing fund set up late last year.
First investment illustrates value in working together
US-based conglomerate General Electric Company has made its first investment out of its new corpo- rate venturing fund with a $5m backing of California-based CardioDx. The CardioDx investment was made out of the $250m GE Healthymagination fund and is part of a larger round, which a regulatory filing seen by news provider www.pehub.com suggests could… Continue reading First investment illustrates value in working together
Rivalry is no reason to miss a good business move
Case study of Healthline shows the maturity of corporate venturing to helps portfolio companies develop.
Unlikely entrants join rush to sector
Flood of corporate venturing units from different sectors join large healthcare companies in helping entrepreneurs develop their business as Global Corporate Venturing research reveals the top 75 most influential firms.
Call to arms for innovation
Corporations in the US have been slashing internal long-term research and development spending for decades and, most recently, investments in venture capital-backed start-ups but this has to change for their nation’s health.
Call to arms for innovation
America’s innovation engine is running out of gas. Corporations in the US have been slashing internal long-term research and development spending for decades and, most recently, investments in venture capital-backed start-ups. Confronting an increasingly competitive global economy and the emergence of well financed centers of innovation outside of long dominant Silicon Valley, the case for… Continue reading Call to arms for innovation
Companies search for the right venturing formula
Overview of corporate venturing models and latest US data
Companies search for the right venturing formula
At a seminar by UK-based law firm Taylor Wessing, John Bates, adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at the London Business School, said the fundamental reason companies wanted to promote internal and external corporate venturing was to add speed, innovation, flexibility and excitement to the larger business. He said these strategic and operational reasons boiled down to… Continue reading Companies search for the right venturing formula