Asia's jump in activity led by Japan.

Building strategic investment units for corporations

Oxford shows power of venture with startups for universities.

Steffens added corporate venturing professionals could introduce female founders or other underrepresented minority founders to their own parent companies if they cannot fund them directly.

Khosla highlighted events like the GCV Digital Forum as a great opportunity to source deals and to partner with corporate investors.

To follow in Hitachi’s footsteps, a corporate would need to build a small team, secure a small amount of capital and engage in a fail-fast methodology.