This year, in all bar one of the awards, Global Corporate Venturing selected a shortlist and the winner was selected by the magazine's advisory board at the end of March. Editor James Mawson chose the lifetime achievement award.

The second annual Global Corporate Venturing awards supplement is a celebration of the industry and how it helps entrepreneurs, the venture ecosystem and parent companies make the world a better place and deliver on their strategic and financial goals.

This year’s selection of winners is recognition of their achievements but there are innumerous other successes every day, many of which go unrecognised by the mainstream media, which for too long has focused on independent venture capital firms rather than…