Flood of corporate venturing units from different sectors join large healthcare companies in helping entrepreneurs develop their business as Global Corporate Venturing research reveals the top 75 most influential firms.

The Top 75 Most Influential Healthcare Corporate Venturing Divisions, as ranked by Global Corporate Venturing.

David Rosen has this month joined US-based healthcare venture capital firm MPM Capital as an entrepreneur-in-residence.

Intel Capital, the corporate venturing division of US-based chip maker Intel, has invested $4m in US-based Caring, a company founded in 2007 to provide information to people taking care of the elderly.

US-based medical research company Novocell changes its name to ViaCyte after raised more than $80m, including from Johnson & Johnson's corporate venturing unit.

FoldRx Pharmaceuticals, a US-based drug developer backed by strategic investor Novartis, has made Georges Gemayel its executive chairman.

CardioMems, a developer of wireless medical pressure sensors previously backed by US-based healthcare company Medtronic, has raised $37.9m in its seventh round of funding.