PRINT THIS PAGE Learning to live with your offspring - overcoming the growing pains of corporate venturing
14/11/2001. Source:Corven.
Corporate venturing has had its ups and downs over the years. The point for investors is to understand why companies invest in venture, either directly into companies or via VC firms. This report by Corven gives them an overview. The pressure is on for Europe's corporations to deliver new growth using their existing assets and untapped intellectual property. This pressure is driving the growth in corporate venturing. Investors looking at investing alongside corporates have to decide whether these goals match their own financially driven motives for investing in venture.
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