A whole country in just half a state
Category: Analysis
Venturing styles tell a tale
Reasons European venture capital struggles compares to US peers laid bare: the latter caters to the entrepreneur.
Europe vs the US: where will funding be deployed?
In respect of seed and venture capital (VC) funding, Heinz Oyrer posed the statement “The European market is more or less dead but the US is still open” to members of the European Entrepreneurship & Innovation @ Silicon Valley LinkedIn group.
Plastic Logic: flexibility needed in a globalised world
The journey Plastic Logic has taken from a research laboratory in Cambridge, UK, to a new special economic zone just outside Moscow, Russia, via the US, Germany and a swathe of investors from all avenues and geographies says much about how technological innovation is developed and funded in a globalised world.
Most influential consumer companies
The below table provides the most influential corporate venturing units for companies in the consumer sector.
Deal round-up: March 2011
The below table summarises March 2011’s deal activity with a corporate venturing involvement. For full coverage on each deal every day as well as all other news, visit the rest of www.globalcorporateventuring.com
MJ Hudson’s Counsel: part one
Steps on the road to being an adept venturer
February dealflow slows down
There were 72 new rounds of funding and 12 exits through trade sales or flotations last month, according to Global Corporate Venturing.
Creating value through spin-outs
Colin Blaydon and Fred Wainwright, professors, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth University, draw from proceedings of the National Venture Capital Association Corporate Venture Summit in November 2010 and written up by the Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth University.
Profile: Dow Venture Capital
US-listed chemicals company Dow is an old hand with new tricks when it comes to corporate venturing by moving its strategy towards strategic rather than financial goals.
Case study: Cognovo
Stars align for Cognovo’s creation out of UK-listed semiconductor designer ARM.
Profile: General Electric
A powerful partner with wide range of interests, conglomerate General Electric has the most influential corporate venturing unit in the industrial sector.
Jewellery and technology drive demand for gold
Gold an important precious metal for industrial innovation.
Most influential industrials companies
Global Corporate Venturing ranking of the most influential corporate venturing units at industrial companies.