Corporate venturing’s clock cannot be turned back and corporations are refining their strategies for the next generation.
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The beginning of a new innovation epoch
University conference NCET2 highlights opportunities for growth.
Evonik find right chemistry for venturing
Creation of venturing group by Germany-based industrial company.
How to play poker with the top VCs
Only play with money you are prepared to lose…
Twelfth Night ends, 2011 lingers
“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?” Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare
Bucking the trend: when the majority is wrong
Investment partnerships are the perfect breeding ground for “groupthink”.
Negotiating the obstacles of corporate partnering
Here is the Allegis Capital how-to guide from 15 years of our portfolio companies partnering for success.
Questions corporate venturers should ask a VC
A former corporate venturer and pension fund investor-turned venture capitalist lays bare the questions to ask before committing to an independent’s fund.
Gaule’s Question Time: Motorola Solutions
Gaule: Give a brief description of the purpose of your venture unit, when it was formed and how the process occurs in your organisation. Schröder: MSVC, formerly Motorola Ventures, was formed in 1999 as the strategic venture capital arm of Motorola Solutions, formerly Motorola before its demerger into two parts 12 months ago. The purpose… Continue reading Gaule’s Question Time: Motorola Solutions
Venture leaders lay out the opportunities for 2012
Global Corporate Venturing’s survey of unit heads for the biggest expected issues of the year showed how important the macroeconomic climate will be in deciding the health of portfolio companies and new investments even as the pace of innovation remains strong.
Our corporate venturing predictions for 2012
Global Corporate Venturing’s dozen predictions for this year.
A year of great potential
I must create a system or be enslav’d by another man’s.
I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
– William Blake, Jerusalem, The Emanation of the Giant Albion
China rising
When will China overtake the US for innovation funding for entrepreneurs, if ever?
2012’s design issues
Incubation is the next innovation.