Global Corporate Venturing editor James Mawson was a conference advisory board member at the IBF 13th Annual Corporate Venturing and Innovation Partnering conference February 16-18, 2011. (see quotes at bottom of article.)
Four decades after corporations developed a model of taking minority stakes in third parties to help their innovation programmes, the main discussion point at the 13th Annual Corporate Venturing and Innovation Partnering conference last month (held at the Hyatt Newport Beach, pictured) concerned how to integrate these investments into a wider business unit covering incubation and partnerships.
The discussions were against a backdrop of unprecedented optimism among International Business Forum’s delegates about the role corporate venturing could have in supporting…
