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How Corporate Venture Capital Helps Firms Explore New Territory

Harvard Business Review

Two in particular are corporate venture funds, which invest in start-ups outside companies'' walls, and internal idea contests. But cutting back on research funding doesn''t work either. And corporate venture funds, if well managed, can avoid the fickleness problem that plagues independent venture capital and crowdfunding.

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How Corporate Venture Capital Helps Firms Explore New Territory

Harvard Business Review

Two in particular are corporate venture funds, which invest in start-ups outside companies’ walls, and internal idea contests. But cutting back on research funding doesn’t work either. Many large companies have been wary of corporate venturing, because they’ve seen such funds deployed ineffectively.