One of the marked trends in recent times has been the growth of corporate interest in early stage activity.
While there is huge interest in this area, facts are scarce. Global Corporate Venturing is looking to fill this void with a survey into what corporations are up to in early stage, be it through seed investments, accelerator programmes, prize money or incubators.
We have partnered with Kauffman Fellows, the training group, and Ashridge Business School, the business education group, to pose the questions in the survey. If you are a corporation in any way active in early stage, do answer the survey. Respondents will receive a free copy of the report.
The results are looking really interesting, and there are signs activity is having an impact on the wider venture capital ecosystem. One third of corporations active in early stage have backed start-ups which collectively have raised more than $100m in venture capital, based on responses as of today (13 April).
Our sister publication Global University Venturing is also running a parallel survey into what universities are doing.
The results will be published in a wide-ranging report on early stage activity, due to be published at our Global Corporate Venturing Symposium in London on June 2 and 3.