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Bright Automotive, an electric van company backed by corporates including General Motors, Alcoa, Duke Energy, search engine group Google's foundation and Johnson Controls, blames its closure on the US Department of Energy.

The fuel cell company, headed by a former Rolls Royce corporate venturing executive achieves a $500m valuation after securing a joint venture with Suzuki.

Intel's corporate venturing unit launches its$100m Connected Car fund to invest in technologies for the car, which follows the creation of its AppUp and Ultrabook funds.

If Warren Buffett's maxim to be "greedy when others are fearful" is correct, these corporates will be well rewarded for staying the course.

Lauckner, a 33-year veteran of GM, and its corporate venturing head, takes over the chief technology officer role as well as responsibility for research and development, bringing three of the main innovation roles at the company together.

Multinational investment connections behind Russia's latest corporate venturing deals.

GigaOm's addition of Guardian Media Group to its shareholders adds a second venerable European publisher to its register alongsider Reed Elsevier's corporate venturing unit.

Service success sets company among the elite.

Service venturing levels take off.

Entrepreneurs invade a government enclave.