Ahead of next week’s expected publication of Global Corporate Venturing’s February issue it is interesting to look at the GCV Analytics data on corporations making their first deal last month and where they are coming from.

It is easy for those caught in the UK equally far from China and the US to lean towards American corporate venturing news and updates given the common language and greater marketing and media attention they receive (and not just because we had our GCVI Summit in California last week).

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There were some glowing tributes paid at the Global Corporate Venturing and Innovation Summit’s first day to Harvard professor Clayton Christensen who died late last week for his seminal work on disruptive innovation laid out in his book, The Innovator’s Dilemma.

The top 100 Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars and Emerging Leaders celebrated their awards at a gala ceremony at the Monterey Aquarium in California last night.

The US government’s efforts to change the regulatory landscape for venture capital is coming to a head with this week’s sold-out Global Corporate Venturing and Innovation Summit in California.

First time for 60 years the start of a western decade coincides with the start of the Chinese lunar cycle and the year of the rat - happy new year to all the venture and innovation leaders in greater China and their work to support the entrepreneurs and in making the world a better place.

The increasing attention on sustainable development goals is one of the mega-waves that touches practically everything and following on from a host of impact initiatives by Microsoft, Citi and Nestle last week comes further pressure on the entrepreneurs to do more.  

So, ok, it is hardly the biggest deal of the deal or week but Japan-based electronics conglomerate Sony’s $30m investment in Zoomcar, an India-based self-drive car hire service, reflects a couple of bigger trends.

Hopefully our American readers are refreshed after their Martin Luther King holiday yesterday but with that and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and Digital Life Design Conference in Munich, Germany, this week it is a rare opportunity for Europe to be at the front of the news cycle.