"Nearly a fifth of M&A exits by corporate venturing units to parent companies."

What were the most important trends in 2016? Results from our corporate venturing survey of industry leaders.

The graphics below connects auto-tech and mobility startups with their corporate VC backers

Tom Whitehouse, Chairman, LEIF, and Contributing Editor, Global Corporate Venturing evaluates the role of non-automotive CVCs in the auto-tech sector

Tom Whitehouse, Chairman, LEIF, and Contributing Editor, Global Corporate Venturing and Kaloyan Andonov, Reporter, Global Corporate Venturing, discuss the top VC's in auto-tech

Foreward by Tom Whitehouse, chairman, Leif, and contributing editor, Global Corporate Venturing

The Corporate Venture in Brasil 2015 event in October last year was the launch of a program with a full suite of resources to support corporations doing business and matching partners, deals and technologies. Around 600 leaders and investors joined hosts Apex-Brasil and Global Corporate Venturing for this first industry meeting point in Sao Paulo. Last month was the second annual edition, with the third planned for the week of 23 October 23 next year.

Sector focus: Financial Services