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.
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MJ Hudson’s Counsel: part one
Steps on the road to being an adept venturer
Alliances in cross-sector innovation
Alliance managers create opportunities through innovation across non-traditional industries, such as high-tech with healthcare, construction and energy, but the types of partnerships undertaken are evolving.
Looking for a special blend of aptitudes
James Mawson, editor of Global Corporate Venturing, talks to Kyung Yoon, chief executive of Talent Age Associates, a global talent management firm at the start of a series of profiles of senior executives at multinational companies under the Innovation Talent Insights banner.
Gaule’s Question Time: IBM
As part of a series of interviews with leading venture investors and developers, Andrew Gaule, left, founder of the H-I Network and Corporate Venturing Network, talks to Wendy Lung, director, IBM Venture Capital Group
Driving venturing forward
This month’s 65th anniversary celebration of venture capital (VC) in the US by the local trade body is an opportunity to reflect on the success of the industry and its impact on entrepreneurs.
Innovation Talent Insights: Phil McKinney
In the first of a series of interviews of senior executives, Kyung Yoon, chief executive of Talent Age Associates, a global talent management firm speaks to Phil McKinney, vice-president and chief technology offcer of the Personal Systems Group at Hewlett-Packard.
Gaule’s Question Time: Cody Gate Ventures
As part of a series of interviews with leading venture investors and developers, Andrew Gaule, founder of the H-I Network and Corporate Venture Senior Executive Forum, talks to Stephen Lake, managing partner of Cody Gate Ventures.
Whose responsibility is it?
Intellectual property and a good reputation are the currencies for collaboration to work
The challenge of working laterally across sectors
Lucid thought comes from tranquility but innovation requires a global outlook and preparedness to look across sectors, something the industrial groups do well at.
Q&A with Transcosmos Investments
Shin Nagakura, head of Transcosmos Investments since 2003, talks to James Mawson, editor of Global Corporate Venturing, about the company’s corporate venturing strategy.
Navigating the new era of global competition
Business and legal imperatives for successful corporate innovation revealed
Riding the ‘fifth wave’
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.
A partnership renaissance
Corporations have the opportunity to partner with VCs but will they grasp it?