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South Korea exit culture: tortoise beats hare

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.


Sep 13, 2013

Naspers keeps classified in Asia

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.

Sep 12, 2013

Spotlight on compensation

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.

Sep 9, 2013

Innovative region: UK

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.

Sep 7, 2013

Gaule's QT: Tony Askew, Reed Elsevier

Corven Networks' Andrew Gaule interviews Reed Elsevier Ventures' Tony Askew.

Sep 7, 2013

Profile: Hearst Ventures

A look at the corporate venturing unit of media group Hearst Corporation, which has sealed successes including Netscape, Broadcast.com and Brightcove in its near two decade-long history.

Sep 7, 2013

Big Deal: Samsung's Novaled buy in HD

This week's Big Deal looks at what Samsung stands to gain from the acquisition of Technical University Dresden's spin-out Novaled and its OLED patents.

Aug 17, 2013
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