Corporate venturing has undergone massive changes in the past 50 years, tracking with the growth and evolution of venture capital (VC) in a sequence of phases or waves punctuated by economic downturns.
Category: Analysis
Deal round-up: January 2011
A round-up of corporate venturing deals.
US corporate venturing posts strong final quarter
Clean-tech dominates corporate venturing investment amounts rather than deal numbers as overall volumes and values start to rise again.
Case study: Intelligent Energy
Intelligent Energy shows it has the power to push forward in renewable energy with its fuel cells for multiple transport and other purposes.
Profile: General Motors Ventures
GM Ventures was launched in June 2010 and will be judged to what extent technology it invests in is part of the company’s next generation of vehicles.
Profile: Logispring
TNT cuts corporate venturing unit Logispring with court filings showing rare insights into the process.
Most influential transport & logistics firms
Global Corporate Venturing’s list of most influential corporate venturing units in the transport and logistics sector.
An innovative way to cut costs
Sweden uses state money to fund joint venture with Saab.
Innovation breaks down conservatism in transport sector
Analysis of corporate venturing activity in the transport and logistics sector.
Innovative regions: South Korea
A national success story has emerged in the 50 years following the Korean War and a foretaste of the changes to potentially come in other parts of the world.
VC and company expectations for 2011
Gloom lifts a little for independent venture capital firms and chief executives, with confidence rising round the world.
Corporate venturing outlook for 2011
Survey by US trade body predicts corporate venturing to become standard at Fortune 500 companies.
Deal round-up: December 2010
For the December deal round-up please click on the link here.
New generation of venture professionals emerges
Venture capital firms in era of change as numbers shrink but new firms and professionals emerge to take their place.