For BASF Group, corporate venturing and open innovation play a critical role in the company’s research and development activities. The German chemical producer’s business units and research department are intimately involved in vetting potential investments.“Their role is to describe why, from a strategic point of view, we should work with this company and how,” said Dirk Nachtigal,… Continue reading Focus: BASF taps venturing and innovation for R&D
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2015 begins with a bang
Deal Analysis for February
Industrials grind forward
With the slow recovery from the financial crisis and divestiture strategies undertaken by some big players, 2014 was marked by numerous exits by corporate investors in the industrials sector.
Big Deal: Nextdoor welcomes $110m
The fast-growing neighbourhood-based social network, backed by Comcast and Google, has now raised $210m in total as it prepares to monetise elements of the service.
Big Deal: Google mines Kobalt
Music rights specialist Kobalt has raised $60m in a Google-backed series C round, as it seeks to help artists retain royalties in an online age.
News round up 23 February 2015
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
Investment activity flies along in January
There were 209 investments in corporate venturing-backed deals worth $10.5bn, in a bumper month for corporate venturing activity. There were six exits and three initial public offerings worth $898.4m.
Social defences, technology ventures and funding partners
In our series of articles Corporate Venturing on the Test Bench, Martin Haemmig and Boris Battistini review and analyse the latest trends.
Top deals of 2014
Deal Date Round Size ($M) Portfolio Company Venture Participant 17/09/2014 $25,000 Alibaba Softbank Corp Yahoo 2/10/2014 $1,800 Rocket Internet Access Industries Global Founders Capital Holtzbrinck Ventures Kinnevik Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company United Internet 27/05/2014 $1,780 JD.com… Continue reading Top deals of 2014
Services sector booms
Global Corporate Venturing takes its annual look at the services sector.
News round up: 16 February 2015
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
Big Deal: Rocket Internet invests $568m in Delivery Hero
Rocket Internet has taken a 30% share in Delivery Hero and a majority stake in HelloFresh, while consolidating all its food delivery platforms into a single entity.
Big Deal: Ele.me orders in $350m
The food ordering app looks likely to help leverage the resources of investors Dianping, Tencent and JD as it looks to become the market leader in China.
Big Deal: SpaceX rockets to $1bn
The space exploration company raised $1bn from a Google-backed round that it closed in the same week as rounds from satellite companies OneWeb and Planet Labs.