The Art of Corporate Venture

An overwhelming majority of respondents in our poll said they took board seats — mainly to influence and help the startups in their portfolio.

The sector is vulnerable to the economic downturn as lenders pull back and higher interest rates crimp borrowing. But pockets of the sector continue to attract financing.

Companies that struggle with early corporate venturing efforts will often turn to CVC-as-a-service, says Bill Reichert of Pegasus Ventures.

Non-recyclable plastics making asphalt more sustainable and a vaccine to save the honeybee are just two of 10 inventions that caught our eye.

In the run-up to the float, Porche's investment arm had invested in 18 companies, from hypercars to EV batteries and even bikes.

Jim Gable has returned to lead Chevron Technology Ventures at a time when the energy sector has many conflicting priorities.

The UK government aims to leverage institutional investment including potentially in corporate vehicles.

Mayank Taneja, the new vice-president of OSF Ventures, takes a deep dive with GCV into the way his team works.

Beauty treatments, medical procedures and personalisation are blending together, with China at the forefront of these key trends.

Corporate investors have a new financial incentive to invest in renewables and climate technologies that often proved economically unviable in the past.

Instead of buying Figma for $20bn Adobe might have been better served by expanding its CVC programme. A deal to take out one competitor is standard business practice but doesn’t fix Adobe’s burning platform.