Energy

Qualcomm, General Electric, Verizon and Constellation-backed energy management firm Consert has raised a further $7m according to a recent SEC filing.

Waste Management joins corporate-backed firm Physic Ventures investing in the US-based recycling incentives company, and sells it its social recycling platform Greenopolis.

Virgin Green, Potomac Energy Fund, Orix Venture Finance and The Pohlad Companies back the US-based water cooler company.

An energy arm of GE and Greenko are collaborating on a $115m project to launch a range of wind energy projects in India.

A long-term strategy that is paying dividends for the US oil major's corporate venturing unit.

Factors in the demise of a promising start-up heavily backed by venture capital firms and US government loans.

The battle to keep it clean means corporate venturing groups from a diverse range of businesses are converging on clean-tech - and finding a receptive audience for their investments.

How to strike deep partnerships in which well-established corporations put skin in the game via research dollars, joint development agreements, channel partnerships for customer acquisition or even equity investments.

Measuring investment effectiveness: first of two articles on how to track and measure a corporate venturing unit's success.

Global Corporate Venturing has researched the status of most of the corporate venturing-backed companies that have filed or been reported as eyeing an imminent flotation.