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Investors rather than corporate insiders take startup board seats

Parent company representation on startup and portfolio company boards is an essential element of the corporate innovation industry - but who holds these seats?

Oct 10, 2023

9 startups that aim to make us live longer

Corporate investors are backing a host of elder-care startups, from those seeking Parkinson's cures to apps aiding mental wellbeing.

Nov 22, 2022

5 corporate investing pitfalls to avoid

Corporate investors have a more complicated role to navigate than financial VCs. But these 5 strategies can help smooth the job.

Nov 11, 2022

Half of corporate investors negotiate special rights for portfolio company exits

Corporate investors rarely acquire the portfolio companies they invest in, but most will still negotiate special rights around an exit.

Oct 24, 2022

Housenbold falls for Leaf Home

The house renovator has hired GCV Rising Star Jeffrey Housenbold, formerly a founding managing partner at SBIA where he helped oversee the SoftBank Vision Funds.

Nov 23, 2021

Idugboe joins Interswitch for venture push

Commerce and payment services provider Interswitch has hired Tony Idugboe to head up its merger and acquisitions.

Sep 11, 2020

Cooper replaced by Bhattacharya at Schlumberger

After 13 years heading up Schlumberger's corporate venturing activities, Iain Cooper has departed for a CEO position at gas emissions detection startup SeekOps.

Sep 11, 2020

Burr busies herself with Carrot role

Smoking cessation service Carrot has hired Busy Burr as president and CEO, months after she left Humana after setting up its corporate venturing arm.

Nov 18, 2019

Other News

Taber takes up DataRobot offer

Intel Capital managing director Igor Taber has left the chipmaker’s corporate venture capital unit to join portfolio company DataRobot as senior vice-president of corporate development and strategy.

Feb 11, 2019

Foxconn's McCabe joins Future Family

Jen McCabe, an ex-business development director at Flex who was most recently an investment director at Foxconn, will head business development for Future Family.

Jan 11, 2019

GV's Kraus crosses over to Lime

GV general partner Joe Kraus, who joined the bike rental service's board when the unit led a $355m round in July, has agreed to become its COO.

Nov 7, 2018

SoftBank's Misra surrenders Snapdeal board seat

Kabir Misra, one of the corporate's two representatives on Snapdeal's board of directors since early 2017, is stepping down.

Mar 30, 2018

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2018: Kiersten Stead

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order by company): Kiersten Stead, Monsanto Growth Ventures

Jan 25, 2018

Larizadeh Duggan kicks GV for Kobalt

GV general partner Avid Larizadeh Duggan has left the unit for a chief strategy and business officer position at GV portfolio company Kobalt.

Jan 11, 2018

Editor's Picks

9 startups that aim to make us live longer

Corporate investors are backing a host of elder-care startups, from those seeking Parkinson's cures to apps aiding mental wellbeing.

Nov 22, 2022

5 corporate investing pitfalls to avoid

Corporate investors have a more complicated role to navigate than financial VCs. But these 5 strategies can help smooth the job.

Nov 11, 2022

Half of corporate investors negotiate special rights for portfolio company exits

Corporate investors rarely acquire the portfolio companies they invest in, but most will still negotiate special rights around an exit.

Oct 24, 2022
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