A long-term strategy that is paying dividends for the US oil major’s corporate venturing unit.
Category: Analysis
Case study: Solyndra
Factors in the demise of a promising start-up heavily backed by venture capital firms and US government loans.
Feature: natural resources and clean-tech
The battle to keep it clean means corporate venturing groups from a diverse range of businesses are converging on clean-tech – and finding a receptive audience for their investments.
Why clean-tech start-ups need to partner big companies
How to strike deep partnerships in which well-established corporations put skin in the game via research dollars, joint development agreements, channel partnerships for customer acquisition or even equity investments.
Innovative regions: Philippines
The Philippines is a country with "a vast opportunity for improvement" in its economic competitiveness but one that its country’s entrepreneurs are pursuing. Switzerland-based non-profit organisation World Economic Forum, in its Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, found the Philippines posted one of the largest improvements in its rankings, up 10 places to 75th. The rise was… Continue reading Innovative regions: Philippines
Financial aims and metrics
Measuring investment effectiveness: first of two articles on how to track and measure a corporate venturing unit’s success.
IPO window swings shut
Global Corporate Venturing has researched the status of most of the corporate venturing-backed companies that have filed or been reported as eyeing an imminent flotation.
Innovation success factors
International study on the strategic use of venture capital in managing innovation
Deal round-up: September 2011
This table summarises last month’s deal activity with a corporate venturing involvement.
The tide turns in perception of corporates
The concerns held by most entrepreneurs and other venture investors about corporate venturing units are outweighed by the positives they can bring.
Monitise and Morse: a venturing success
Case study on how venturing with Morse helped turn Monitise into a success.
Profile: Tencent
Global opportunity with other top-tier partners gives the China-based media and internet conglomerate an edge to maintain its local dominance.
Recruiting in media’s venturing landscape
Turnover of corporate venturing professionals in media has been relatively high compared with that in other sectors, but attempts are being made to encourage diversity, according to Global Corporate Venturing data.
Case study: Duowan
Explosive growth of Chinese media company to 190 million users aided by corporate venturing backers.