A look back at the big corporate venturing stories of 2016
Although the political earthquakes and celebrity deaths understandably got more media traction, 2016 will perhaps be marked as the point where the future so long described in sci-fi finally took a big step towards fruition. Driverless cars, widespread artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality received considerable funding as their developers closed big corporate-backed rounds, but that was only part of what characterised the year.
Changes at the top
One of the key features from a corporate venturing viewpoint was a…