AAA Analysis – Page 108

A slowdown in May

In May, we tracked 103 deals involving corporate venturing investors worldwide. The deals were worth an estimated total of $4.71bn. Geographically, the majority were in North America, mostly the US, and Asia. The leading corporate investors in terms of number of deals were Intel, International Data Group and General Electric (GE). However, in terms of… Continue reading A slowdown in May

Insights from the crow’s nest

The theme from this year’s Global Corporate Venturing Symposium in London last month was “the view from the crow’s nest”. It was chosen thanks to a suggestion by Girish Nadkarni, head of corporate venturing at Switzerland-based industrial group at ABB, that corporate venturing was acting as the crucial insights service to corporate chief executives. And… Continue reading Insights from the crow’s nest

GCV Award: New Entrant of the Year – JetBlue

Formed in February this year, JetBlue’s corporate venturing offshoot is headed by Bonny Simi, a former pilot with the airline as well as a three-time Olympian. Simi hopes that her unit can help give JetBlue a significant strategic advantage over its competitors, particularly if aviation faces the same disruptive forces as those currently reshaping the… Continue reading GCV Award: New Entrant of the Year – JetBlue