Last year, units in the sector sealed substantial exits, including UK-based media communications company WPP (also see our profile), US-based advertising company Interpublic, and education company Knowledge Universe, which was co-founded by Michael Milken. See the second paragraph for our most influential ranking.

A new study by Switzerland-based business school ETH Zurich in collaboration with US-based consultancy firm Bain & Company which partly uses Global Corporate Venturing data, finds more than three quarters of corporate venturing units transform their parents.

Kleiner Perkins halo shines in the eyes of corporates.

Dependability key to successful partnering between VCs and corporate venturing units.

In periods of low growth and high strategic uncertainty, CVC can serve four distinct and valuable business objectives.