The Art of Corporate Venture

Corporate investors have a more complicated role to navigate than financial VCs. But these 5 strategies can help smooth the job.

There is no let-up yet in the investor pullback, but a series of big energy fundraises helped keep total deal value from falling further.

The value of VC deals in China tumbled 44% to $62.1bn by the end of October, but energy-related startups are still raising big rounds.

Several new entrants to the corporate venturing sector could keep the number of active units above their pre-pandemic highs.

The stability and strategic partnering power of corporate investors comes into its own in a downturn. But CVCs must make sure they are ready.

Investors either focus almost exclusively on investments where there was a commercial deal, or avoid any requirement at all.

The shutdown of Argo.AI is a blow to the self-driving dream (and a loss for its carmaker backers). But is transport CVC merely maturing?

Some 31% of corporate investors told us that the main thing they wanted to get from their startup investments was insights.

The value of corporate-backed deals in the energy sector dropped in Q3 but the overall pace of deal making remains steady.

Spinouts have defied the slump in the rest of the market, with deal numbers up 10% from last year. The average size of seed and series B rounds has actually increased.

The oldest standing CVC in the world owes its staying power to discipline, adaptability and unwavering management support says Debi Watson.