The Art of Corporate Venture

Universities are having an increasingly big impact on startup ecosystems through funds — here's how GUV plans to measure it and why we won't look at individual founders.

More than 300 new CVC units have been created since 2020. They are less US-centric and more focused on energy than older peers.

Corporate-led funding rounds account for larger and larger shares of total venture investment. The trend is here to stay as CVC offers startups more than just money.

The number of deals in UK spinouts at the earliest stage of equity investing has been falling over the past few years, highlighting a potential bottleneck in early-stage funding.

Some 50% of a consumer startup's capital is spent on advertising, so trading equity for ads can save money. Here's how to get those deals to work.

Australia has one of the world's most mature university investment ecosystems, thanks to large pensions funds, Uniseed and royalties from wifi.

Nichola Bates, head of Boeing's global accelerators and innovation programs, is taking radical steps to improve the gender balance of corporate venturing: she hires only women for her team. And it's not the only way she is shaking things up.

"Resiliency-phase" units move away from CEO supervision, invite business units onto the investment committee and make multiple investments in other venture funds.

From partnering with other universities to working with an existing external VC fund, here are models for universities to consider.

Design the strategy from the ground up, find out what doors to knock on, and be quietly persistent.

University venture funds remain a rarity among the top research universities in the US and in Europe — here are the reasons why and how thigns might change.