Steps on the road to being an adept venturer

This is the first of a three-part series following a corporate venturer’s evolution from in-house balance sheet investor of pet projects into a full-blown venture capital house with third-party investors.

This series will describe some of the legal, tax and financial structures employed in this evolutionary process. Clearly not all corporate venturers will walk this path, but many will consider and implement aspects of this journey.

This first article will consider the typical corporate structure and some of its…