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Big Deal: Zynga's Oxford university spin-off buy
The following is an except from an upcoming feature in Global University Venturing which focuses on the relationship between universities and the gaming sector, and the recent acquision of Oxford spin-out NaturalMotion by games developer Zynga.
Feb 10, 2014Analysis: IT leads the way in the first month of the year
News editor Quentin Carruthers reports on deal activity during January.
Feb 7, 2014Innovative region: Canada
Gregg Bayes-Brown, news editor of our sister title Global University Venturing, looks at how Canada is trying to ensure it stays on top of innovation despite worries this aspect of the economy is under performing.
Feb 7, 2014Feature: Services sector looks to bumper venturing crop
Venturing in the services sector was on a roll last year, as
the intermediaries that help the business world function
capitalised on their strong relationships.Feb 7, 2014Top venturers enjoy bumper 2013
A summary of some of the most active corporate venturing units last year, with the link to our 2013 data supplement.
Jan 28, 2014Innovative region: Kazan, Russia
Kazan, a Russian city in Tatarstan, two hours drive from Moscow, is pulling out all the stops in an effort to become the go-to computer science cluster in eastern Europe.
Jan 14, 2014Changing the future
Google Ventures, Intel Capital and Qualcomm Ventures, three of the world's leading corporate venturing investors, made 160 new investments between them and achieved at least 44 exits in 2013, as detailed in this roundup of their 2013 roundups.
Jan 3, 2014Robotics out of laboratories
This article is republished from our sister title, Global University Venturing, as part of our monthly series on academic and industry collaborations.
Dec 20, 2013Beneficial public and private partnerships
That the GIB has formed such an extensive partnership across boundaries and with different corporations and investment groups with varying objectives and approaches to clean-tech is positive.
Dec 15, 2013Year End Survey
Respondents to our year end survey seemed generally enthused by the pace of technological change and the way that technology is rapidly changing the markets in which their parents operate.
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