Industrial

New York City-based SeedStart Media 2011 is a summer programme for start-up companies in digital content, e-commerce, advertising infrastructure and mobile technology.

There were 72 new rounds of funding and 12 exits through trade sales or flotations last month, according to Global Corporate Venturing.

Colin Blaydon and Fred Wainwright, professors, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth University, draw from proceedings of the National Venture Capital Association Corporate Venture Summit in November 2010 and written up by the Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth University.

US-listed chemicals company Dow is an old hand with new tricks when it comes to corporate venturing by moving its strategy towards strategic rather than financial goals.

The winners of Saint-Gobain's third global innovation competition will also work with its Nova External Venturing team.

Lubben had been the former head of DSM Licensing since January 2009 and now manages its Ventures unit.

Stars align for Cognovo's creation out of UK-listed semiconductor designer ARM.

A powerful partner with wide range of interests, conglomerate General Electric has the most influential corporate venturing unit in the industrial sector.

Gold an important precious metal for industrial innovation.