Clubbing together with other investors is a great way for corporates to finance startups. But check these three things are aligned first.
Ten years ago Japanese corporate venturing was little more than sporadic trips to Silicon Valley. Now Japan is taking a lead role.
It is hard to build an agile, innovative startup inside a big corporation. But not impossible. Setting boundaries and defining your terms carefully will help minimise the risk of failure.
Here’s how to do that smoothly.
The drop in the US financial services group's market capitalisation shows how undervalued venture investments are as the economy slows.
The stability and strategic partnering power of corporate investors comes into its own in a downturn. But CVCs must make sure they are ready.
The shutdown of Argo.AI is a blow to the self-driving dream (and a loss for its carmaker backers). But is transport CVC merely maturing?
Twitter had been an infrequent corporate venturer with more of a focus on acquisitions. But it had ramped up activity in the past year.
Only a small portion of CVCs have lasted longer than two decades. Here are their secrets to staying the course.
While the rest of the market pulled back investment, GCV data shows that the value of deals backed by energy companies continued to grow in 2022.
Corporate investors continue to be bullish about investing in the energy transition, even into 2022.
Such enormous losses help explain why Bytedance in January said it was dissolving its corporate venturing unit.
Instead of buying Figma for $20bn Adobe might have been better served by expanding its CVC programme. A deal to take out one competitor is standard business practice but doesn’t fix Adobe’s burning platform.
Clubbing together with other investors is a great way for corporates to finance startups. But check these three things are aligned first.
It is hard to build an agile, innovative startup inside a big corporation. But not impossible. Setting boundaries and defining your terms carefully will help minimise the risk of failure.
Here’s how to do that smoothly.
The stability and strategic partnering power of corporate investors comes into its own in a downturn. But CVCs must make sure they are ready.
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