July - August issue editorial by James Mawson, editor-in-chief

With the football World Cup under way, it seems appropriate to take stock of just how international and cosmopolitan the corporate venturing industry has become and how it continues to grow within the overall innovation capital ecosystem. 

As the first half of 2018 ended, subject to some amendment as deals emerge that closed in the period, GCV Analytics found deal values involving corporations were up 20% from the previous highest period, the second half of last…