corporate venturing

British  

noun

1. finance the provision of venture capital by one company for another in order to obtain information about the company requiring capital or as a step towards acquiring it

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Example Sentences

Since 2011, the number of companies making venture capital investments has risen 79 percent, to 801 globally, according to Global Corporate Venturing, a data provider.

From New York Times

As a sign of how start-up valuations have waxed and waned, the size of the median late-stage fund-raising roughly tripled from 2012 to 2015, but it has fallen by 23 percent so far this year, according to Global Corporate Venturing.

From New York Times

Generally, financial “returns from corporate venturing programs have been substantially less than those of independent venture groups,” Prof. Lerner added.

From The Wall Street Journal

The rise of corporate venturing, partnering and accelerator schemes is offering startups a new way to access to resources in return for sharing some of the  “secret sauce” that large companies are increasingly anxious to tap into.

From Forbes

A report by Silicon Valley Bank found that entrepreneurs in the U.K. plan to reduce reliance on angel funding and government grants, while increasing use of other funding types, such as corporate venturing.

From The Wall Street Journal