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Gold an important precious metal for industrial innovation.

Global Corporate Venturing ranking of the most influential corporate venturing units at industrial companies.

The power of imagination is keeping old and new industrial groups developing through corporate venturing.

Chile leads South America as an region trying to change the world through innovation rather than revolution.

Global Corporate Venturing editor James Mawson was a conference advisory board member at the IBF 13th Annual Corporate Venturing and Innovation Partnering conference February 16-18, 2011. (see quotes at bottom of article.)

David Teten, chief executive of Teten Advisors, with Chris Farmer, venture partner at General Catalyst Partners, make five recommendations to improve the volume and relevance of dealflow.

A round up of all the deals from February 2011.

The full review of 2010's events.

Comerica Bank joins the BookRenter consortium as a new investor along with venture capital firms Focus Ventures, Lighthouse Capital Partners, Adams Capital Management, Norwest Venture Partners and Storm Ventures.

Physic Ventures joins consortium backing Recyclebank.

Divergence had raised about $20m from venture capital firms Cultivian Ventures (formerly known as Midpoint Food and Ag Fund) and Prolog Ventures, which has a focus on corporate venturing.