Startups

Our monthly sector feature looks at the energy and natural resources sector.

A report by the BVCA on the state of corporate venture capital (CVC) in the UK describes CVC as the missing piece in the puzzle of how to engage corporate investment in the UK, if only the policy mix can be got right.

Our round up of corporate venturing in the third quarter.

Healthcare uses corporate venturing defensively as Google unveils Calico deal with Art Levinsohn.

Earlier this year The Korea Capital Market Institute estimated that the government measures there to support angel investors and start-up companies would initiate a subsequent 4.3 trillion won increase in venture investment over the next five years. And with angel investor data also rising, deal flow is naturally buoyant. But the impatient exit culture of this market could be setting up entrepreneurs and investors alike for failure.

South Africa media and internet services firm, Naspers, is not pulling out of the Indonesia and Philippines online service markets, despite the corporate investor having to bite the bullet and close two sites in those markets earlier this year. Two strong brands in the classified sector has proved that the right strategy works in any market.

Findings from a survey by compensation specialists at J Thelander Consulting in partnership with the Corporate Venture and Innovation Initiative CVI2 provide a rare glimpse into compensation trends in corporate venturing.

A look at the UK's university commercialisation ecosystem in the first of a regular regional analysis series by our sister title Global University Venturing.