February issue editorial from James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing

There is an apparent contradiction in the innovation capital ecosystem that is worth exploring. Sue Siegel, chief innovation officer at GE and CEO of GE Ventures, who is co-chairman of the Global Corporate Venturing & Innovation (GCVI) Summit, as she opened the conference at the end of last month said: “The pace of change will never be as slow as it is today.”

Innovation, therefore, is speeding up and seen as increasingly important, but the number of venture capital-backed companies…