Welcome to the Global Corporate Venturing analysis of 2011, where we pick out the biggest themes as decided by the people who count - the corporate venturing heads and those in the related ecosystem.

The venture capital and entrepreneur respondents to a NVCA/Dow Jones survey also tip Barack Obama to win next year's US election, with Mitt Romney expected to win the Republican nomination.

This feature is part of a 12-month overview highlighting the best practices in the industry, which will form a supplement at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium and Banquet on May 18 - see related content.

The full review of 2010's events.

Clean-tech dominates corporate venturing investment amounts rather than deal numbers as overall volumes and values start to rise again.

Venture capital firms in era of change as numbers shrink but new firms and professionals emerge to take their place.

Companies increase amounts and role in entrepreneurial investment syndicates and new and existing units prepare for further growth.