Where Global Innovation
and Capital Meet
Sectors Art of CVCConsumerEnergyFinancialHealthIndustrialITMediaServicesStartupsTelecomsTransportUniversity

The Art of Corporate Venture

Ask the experts: What to do when business units want to invest,…

Our monthly advice column in which an expert panel gives advice on common problems in corporate venturing.


Mar 28, 2024

Which corporates most actively invest in microbiome startups?

Three companies have led the pack in microbiome startup investments over the past five years. This is who they are and what they invest in.

Mar 26, 2024

Crumbling system, fragile lives: can spinouts help in the senior care crisis?

From a chest-worn device to help with Parkinson's symptoms to stress measuring socks — here are the spinouts providing support for senior citizens.

Mar 25, 2024

Communicate, be resilient, and know when to leave: how CVC units can…

Creating a resilient strategy, constantly communicating their value and knowing when to spin out will help corporate investment units increase their longevity.

Mar 20, 2024

How the cost of generative AI is shaping the investment landscape

Perspectives on generative AI from corporate investors at the GCVI Summit in Monterey.

Mar 18, 2024

Venturing helps the corporate bottom line — but only if you do…

In fact, doing it badly is worse than not having any CVC activity at all.

Mar 13, 2024

Companies with active CVC units perform better — the full analysis

Global Corporate Venturing analysis indicates that companies with active CVC programmes have higher revenue, EBITDA and cash flow growth.

Mar 13, 2024

Six types of corporate investor — which kind are you?

Classic investor, former founder, expert, activist. connector and outsider — there is a broad range of ways to excel at corporate investing.

Mar 11, 2024

6 things startups want from corporate investors  

From having a business development professional on a startup's board to making sure the corporate's sales force are motivated to sell a portfolio company's product, here six things that startups value in their corporate investors.

Mar 8, 2024

February confirms it: mega rounds are back

Four companies raised over $700m in February as a burgeoning crypto sector continued to help Singapore buck the bear market and pharma companies resparked IPOs in the US.

Mar 7, 2024

A third of dollars raised by energy startups comes from corporate-backed rounds

Corporate investors are disproportionately involved in the biggest funding rounds by energy sector startups.

Mar 5, 2024
© 2025 Mawsonia Ltd. All rights reserved.
test reg

Login

Not yet subscribed?

See your subscription offers here