When corporate innovative spirit goes stale, many corporations turn for their innovative ideas elsewhere. One popular source of new ideas and technologies is startups that may have the know-how but lack the complementary assets to see the new technology to fruition.
Corporations create special corporate venture capital programs to invest in startups – much like independent venture capitalists. Unlike independent VCs, however, they not only stand to gain from their investments financially but also hope to get a boost in…
