Case study: Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies shows how venture capital firms and entrepreneurs can work with utilities on innovation.
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Utilities and corporate venturing: does that make sense?
A corporate venturing veteran reflects on the lessons telecoms operators have faced in dealing with technology change and innovation during a period of regulatory change in the utilities sector.
Why energy-focused corporate venturing funds fail
Academic paper identifies reasons behind sector’s poor venturing survival rates.
The power of innovation at utilities
Utilities seek to escape their burning platforms into an era of new products and processes
Gaule’s Question Time: A track record in investment for the future
In the second of a series of monthly interviews with leading venture investors, Andrew Gaule, founder of the H-I Network and Corporate Venture Senior Executive Forum, talks to Geoff McGrath, right, managing director of McLaren Applied Technologies, at the factory and Formula 1 centre in Woking.
Using corporate venture debt instead of equity
Many corporations seeking innovation have implemented a venture capital model, but few have taken a serious look at the potential benefits of corporate venture debt.
Capturing the strategic value of investments
Observations from studying large multinational companies
Deal round-up: July 2010
Table of the investments and exits/flotations involving corporate venturing units in July 2010.
Should a start-up bring on a strategic investor?
A number of start-ups in our portfolio have considered taking an investment from a strategic customer. The idea is the large company will care more about the relationship if they own a percentage of the start-up company. The large company also feels better perhaps because they get upside if the start-up becomes extremely valuable.
Organisational structure has the clearest utility
“You always have to ask why people are working with a big conglomerate or a big energy company and not working as an entrepreneur. They have a
different spirit.”
HannStar reaps strategic reward from Danen flotation
Walsin Lihwa subsidiary HannStar Display was strategic investor in Danen Technology before its successful $350m flotation.
Byun leaves Samsung Venture to start VC firm
Korea-based electronics group Samsung Group’s corporate venturing unit loses managing director Bill Byun to venture capital firm start-up.
Strategic comes in for Morega Systems
Mobile media group Morega Systems doubles its funding with series B round.
HemaQuest gains $4m B extension
Venture capital firm Latterell Venture Partners added $4m to the $12m raised in April by HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals.