FREE online courses on Venture Capital Funding - The Venture Capital Industry - Corporate venturing

 

 

One form of investing that was popular in the 1980s and has caught on again is “corporate venturing”. This is usually called “direct investing” in portfolio companies by venture capital programs or subsidiaries of non-financial corporations. These investment vehicles seek to find qualified investment opportunities that are congruent with the parent company's strategic technology or that provide synergy or cost savings.

 

Corporate venture programs usually invest their parent's capital while other venture investment vehicles invest outside investors' capital.  Some venture firms specialize in advising, consulting and managing a corporation's venturing program.