Andrew Gaule talks to Michael Blaustein, managing director of DuPont Ventures

Give us an introduction to corporate venturing in DuPont.

The mandate of our strategic corporate venturing programme is to align directly with business and corporate strategy. Therefore, we strategically tie ventures in directly with at least one DuPont business.

The programme began in 2003 with the primary objective to enable technology access from venture-backed companies. We are generally direct investors in the earlier-stage startups – series A or series B funding rounds –…