In the third of a series of monthly interviews with leading venture investors, Andrew Gaule, left, founder of the H-I Network and Corporate Venture Senior Executive Forum, talks to Sridhar Solur, director of Mobility Solutions at HP who is leading the ePrint venture.

Gaule: Can you give a brief description of your venture, when it was formed and how the process occurred in your organisation?

Solur: HP’s CloudPrint business (now called HP ePrint) evolved from HP’s corporate ventures group in the summer of 2007. Technology from HP labs was used to develop the initial versions of the product using industry-standard stage-gating frameworks and venturing best practices.

Several versions of the product were developed in the first year. The philosophy was to launch and…