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Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation Part 4: Setting Up a CVC Organization

Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation Part 4: Setting Up a CVC Organization

By Evangelos Simoudis on February 9, 2015

In the previous post I introduced a five-dimensional framework to employ while setting up a corporate venture group and discussed in detail two of its dimensions: strategy and people. The corporation must establish a long-term strategy for its venture group. As part of this strategy it must create a set of objectives, formulate an investment […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged corporate innovation, corporate VC, CVCinnov, disruptive innovation, innovation, startup, vc, Venture Capital

Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation Part 3: Setting Up a CVC Organization

Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation Part 3: Setting Up a CVC Organization

By Evangelos Simoudis on January 6, 2015

In the first part of the series on corporate venture capital I explored how the disruption of institutional VCs (IVCs) and the imperative for corporations to innovate provide an opportunity to corporate VCs (CVCs) to make their mark in the startup ecosystem and be viewed as viable and valuable financing sources to private companies. In […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged corporate innovation, corporate VC, CVCinnov, disruptive innovation, innovation, startup, vc, Venture Capital

Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Disruptive Innovation Part 2: Will the Big Numbers Result In Big Success this Time?

Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Disruptive Innovation Part 2: Will the Big Numbers Result In Big Success this Time?

By Evangelos Simoudis on November 24, 2014

I started writing these posts with the hypothesis that in their effort to innovate, corporations must re-invent the traditional R&D model with one that augments the R&D efforts with venture investments, acquisitions, strategic partnerships and startup incubation. Corporate VCs (CVCs) are expected to play a big role in this innovation quest. With that in mind […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged corporate innovation, corporate VC, CVCinnov, disruptive innovation, Entrepreneurship, innovation, startup, Venture Capital

Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Disruptive Innovation Initiatives

Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Disruptive Innovation Initiatives

By Evangelos Simoudis on October 13, 2014

A large corporation recently requested my advice on how to set up and structure their venture fund, which they wanted to base in Silicon Valley. This corporation had initially set up a venture fund in the late ‘90s to invest in Internet startups. By 2002 they closed down the fund after determining that its portfolio […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged corporate innovation, corporate VC, Corporate Venture Capital, CVCinnov, disruptive innovation, Dot-com bubble, Entrepreneurship, innovation, Silicon Valley, Venture Capital

Additional Considerations for Corporate Incubators and Accelerators

Additional Considerations for Corporate Incubators and Accelerators

By Evangelos Simoudis on September 8, 2014

In my last post I wrote about corporate incubation/acceleration models, presenting four distinct ones, discussed how to start one of these organizations, and how to increase the value derived from them. In this blog I provide additional details on the topic by: Presenting the criteria and guidelines a corporation should use to start an incubator […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged accelerator, Business incubator, corporate innovation, disruptive innovation, Entrepreneurship, GE Capital, google, incubator, innovation, intrapreneurship, startup, Venture Capital

Using Corporate Incubators and Accelerators To Drive Disruptive Innovation

Using Corporate Incubators and Accelerators To Drive Disruptive Innovation

By Evangelos Simoudis on August 13, 2014

Corporations are establishing incubators, e.g., Samsung, and accelerators, e.g., Orange, in order to advance their disruptive innovation initiatives. They are doing so on their own, e.g., Samsung, Swisscom, or in partnership with independent accelerators, e.g., Disney, Microsoft, and Barclays have partnered with Techstars. Many corporate incubators and accelerators are established in Silicon Valley, but not […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged accelerator, Allianz, corporate innovation, disruptive innovation, Entrepreneurship, incubator, innovation, intrapreneurship, linkedin, Pitney Bowes, samsung, startup, swisscom

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IBM-Apple Deal: Mobile Enterprise Applications

By Evangelos Simoudis on July 21, 2014

On July 15 IBM and Apple announced an exclusive partnership.  There are several components to this partnership that have been addressed elsewhere (here and here) but of most interest was the commitment to develop 100 industry-specific mobile analytic applications.  As I had written, the broad adoption of smartphones and tablets by employees, customers and partners, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged analytic application, apple, Big Data, corporate innovation, enterprise applications, ibm, innovation, Insight as a Service, mobile applications, mobile-first applications, mobility, startup

Measuring the Performance of Corporate Innovation Initiatives

Measuring the Performance of Corporate Innovation Initiatives

By Evangelos Simoudis on April 30, 2014

The business models of large corporations are being disrupted faster than ever before, e.g., Netflix is disrupting the video distribution industry, while new lucrative markets being created by innovative startups, e.g., Uber, Nest, and SpaceX. As a result of these developments, corporations are starting to realize they will need to re-invent their disruptive innovation model.  […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged corporate innovation, disruptive innovation, Entrepreneurship, innovation, intrapreneurship, KPI, Silicon Valley, vc | 1 Response

Silicon Valley’s Role in the Re-Invention of the Disruptive Corporate Innovation Model

Silicon Valley’s Role in the Re-Invention of the Disruptive Corporate Innovation Model

By Evangelos Simoudis on April 14, 2014

Corporations from industries as diverse as agriculture, manufacturing, logistics retail and financial services are being disrupted at an unprecedented rate by a variety of innovations: technological, e.g., cloud computing and big data analytics, startup creation, e.g., lean startup, investment model, e.g., crowd-funding, business model, e.g., offering software as a service, marketing, e.g., social engagement, product […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged corporate innovation, corporate VC, disruptive innovation, Entrepreneurship, innovation, intrapreneurship, Silicon Valley, startup formation, vc | 2 Responses

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