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A job like no other (from Corporate Dealmaker)

By nearly any measure - qualifications needed, compensation issues, likely career path - a job in corporate development is different from other corporate gigs. There are good reasons for that.

Posted on October 15, 2007 8:00 PM

The upside of tension (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The age-old tension between financial and strategic VCs continues to simmer. But with limited IPO opportunities, VCs are becoming less wary of deals that include corporate investors. DuPont Ventures, the strategic venture arm of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., makes investments of $1 to $3 million,...

Posted on April 15, 2007 6:56 AM

Righting the ship (from Corporate Dealmaker)

If Intel Capital had been viewed as the cumbersome ocean liner of the venture capital world, 2006 marked a year when the world's largest corporate VC got a bit nimbler, a bit faster and a lot more aggressive. The investment arm of Intel Corp. cleared $1 billion in total...

Posted on February 15, 2007 11:23 PM

Mutual benefits (from Corporate Dealmaker)

How to compete in a maturing semiconductor equipment industry? For Tokyo Electron, the answer is more partnering--with universities, and now with startups via a new VC operation.

Posted on August 15, 2006 12:27 PM

Nonprofit? Not exactly (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Kaiser Permanente's Chris Grant looks for strategic benefits from healthcare venture investments, but ROI counts too.

Posted on June 15, 2006 8:41 PM

Spinout doctor (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Neil Iscoe is ramping up tech transfer at UT Austin with an injection of entrepreneurial quickness.

Posted on February 15, 2006 3:01 PM

Global Matchmaker (from Corporate Dealmaker)

IBM's Drew Clark on introducing VCs to line execs - in China, Brazil, Russia and India.

Posted on December 15, 2005 5:15 PM

Corporate venture capital: Chapter 2 (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Five years after the bubble, it's coming back. Financial returns still matter at most companies - but strategic objectives matter more.

Posted on April 15, 2005 5:30 PM