The outgoing managing director of Robert Bosch Venture Capital shares his thoughts on the right structure for corporate venture.
Author: James Mawson
James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.
Tencent slows corporate investments
The Chinese technology and entertainment conglomerate has slowed corporate investment in technology startups after making successful bets in e-commerce and gaming sectors.
Alibaba ramps up AI investing
China-based CVCs have returned to backing large startup financing rounds, helping to boost deal volume in China as foreign investors exit the country.
Turkish CVCs pin hopes on election results
Turkey’s young but growing community of corporate investors is hoping to bring prosperity to the country and nervous about the elections.
How to build a business development team at your CVC unit
Some 38% of CVC units have a team dedicated to helping portfolio companies make business connections. It is increasingly becoming a secret weapon for investors as portfolio valuations come under strain.
Deep-tech startups face deepening national security concerns
The pressure on startups to trade off potential security risks of their technology against the competitive need to raise capital is set to grow.
What Microsoft and OpenAI learned from Sequoia and YouTube
Tech’s greatest deal had been YouTube by Sequoia but the venture model has evolved with founder ambitions
Is 2023 the boom year for CVC?
Several new corporate venture units have launched in the past few weeks, showing that big business is still committed to startup investing.
New VCs rely increasingly on corporate support
Corporations are playing a bigger role in supporting new entrants to the venture industry.
Japan is taking a lead role in corporate investing 3.0
Ten years ago Japanese corporate venturing was little more than sporadic trips to Silicon Valley. Now Japan is taking a lead role.
Toyota’s Jim Adler: The three signs of a bad corporate investor
Corporate investors must not lose sight of who they are serving, ie the startup, Jim Adler, head of Toyota Ventures told the GCV audience in Tokyo.
Chinese venture capital deals fall — but not in energy
The value of VC deals in China tumbled 44% to $62.1bn by the end of October, but energy-related startups are still raising big rounds.
CVCs continue to emerge in Q4 despite economic headwinds
Several new entrants to the corporate venturing sector could keep the number of active units above their pre-pandemic highs.
Opinion: SVB steady on venturing despite fall in valuation
The drop in the US financial services group’s market capitalisation shows how undervalued venture investments are as the economy slows.