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Intel Capital on Tuesday announced three new investments in Chinese startups. The corporate venture giant will invest $20 million in solar solutions manufacturer Trony Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. and undisclosed amounts in electricity storage system maker NP Holdings Ltd. and healthcare...
Posted on October 28, 2008 3:20 PM
Like every big consumer products company, Unilever plc cares about innovations in the fast-growing health and wellness sector. Like some of its rivals (such as Nestlé SA), it does corporate venture capital investing to stay wired into what's happening there. But it has developed its own model for VC investing,...
Posted on March 12, 2008 8:21 AM
Corporate venture capital hasn't been this prolific since the tech boom '90s. When recession hit then, many CVCs disappeared. We're in another downturn, and dealmakers are showing they learned from history. In this article, The Deal's George White writes that tech giants like IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp. and others...
Posted on February 14, 2008 6:16 PM
In the past, plant biotechnologists concentrated on crops used primarily for animal feed. Lately, though, the genetic engineers have turned to creating crops for biofuels. Startups in the field have worked largely on behalf of agricultural chemical giants. Monsanto Co., Dow AgroSciences LLC, the DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition division of...
Posted on December 15, 2007 10:39 AM
A few financial companies, such as Visa International and Goldman, Sachs & Co., maintain dedicated CV groups.
Posted on October 15, 2007 7:42 PM
"At Guidant, we never made an investment at any company without the notion that if things went well, we would acquire it."
Posted on August 15, 2007 4:55 PM
The gaming industry is built on alliances; also read about corporate venture groups and the value of business process outsourcing.
Posted on April 15, 2007 6:44 AM
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
As Turner Broadcasting System blazes forth into digital media, Greg Foster is doing his part by leading both corporate development and corporate venture.
Posted on February 15, 2007 1:07 AM
Every major pharmaceutical company is doing business in China either through joint ventures or wholly owned subsidiaries... also, we take a quick look at corporate venture capital.
Posted on October 15, 2006 5:27 PM
Energy sector investments are heating up; outsourcing contacts are getting shorter in duration; and E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. and BP plc form a joint venture to produce butanol from sugar beets...
Posted on August 15, 2006 11:26 AM
Propelling Moore's Law forward; plus trends in joint ventures, CVC and outsourcing.
Posted on June 15, 2006 6:34 PM
Joint Ventures: electronics Technology companies have been teaming up to design and manufacture electronic components for more than three decades. The result is a huge web of JVs consisting of partnerships such as the ones that link Royal Philips Electronics NV and NEC Corp.; Sony Corp. and Samsung Electronics...
Posted on February 15, 2006 1:06 PM
IBM's Drew Clark on introducing VCs to line execs - in China, Brazil, Russia and India.
Posted on December 15, 2005 5:15 PM
Big oil is posting record profits, leading companies are on the regulatory hot seat in Washington, high demand is raising questions about the adequacy of future supply and the political climate in many oil-rich countries ranges from uncertain to threatening. It's business as usual in the energy industry, where...
Posted on December 15, 2005 5:07 PM
Trend Tracker (from Corporate Dealmaker)
Corporate venture capital, business process outsourcing and joint ventures.
Posted on October 15, 2005 1:52 PM
Longtime treasurer Arvind Sodhani takes over as president of the hyperactive corporate venture group.
Posted on June 15, 2005 4:11 PM
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
As head of Agilent Technologies Inc.'s corporate ventures unit, Maximilian Schroeck operates in a setting that he describes as a "dream unto itself." Agilent's four core businesses combine to make the company an attractive partner for venture capitalists. Agilent provides test and measurement products to the communications and electronics...
Posted on February 15, 2005 1:50 PM
ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures ponders its investing scheme amidst other plans for efficiency in the oil business.
Posted on December 15, 2004 10:59 AM
Contrary to what you may have heard, corporate venture capital is alive and surprisingly well. Despite the mistakes venture capitalists of all kinds made during the bubble years, the innovation needed to sustain many industries continues to develop outside major companies. In recent years we've seen new corporate entrants...
Posted on August 15, 2004 3:31 PM
By the late 1990s, funneling millions of dollars in corporate venture capital into startups was standard operating procedure for many big technology companies. Not for IBM Corp., though. Yes, the company's transformation from a bastion of proprietary technology to a champion of open systems was under way, creating a need...
Posted on February 15, 2004 11:47 AM
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