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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Access to the corporate investor’s ecosystem can open up great opportunities from technology validation to customer and partner development. Urs Cete, the Head of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , notes, “If you think you can provide just money, you will be disintermediated.”. Some corporate VCs even have seed funds.

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When it Comes to Venture Capital, Do Like Warren Does

Growthink Blog

venture funds - and with so many of them pursuing similar deal sourcing strategies and approaches - it has become extremely difficult for VCs to find and secure high potential, well priced deals. Little discussed in most venture fund models are the high costs of deal sourcing, diligence, and oversight.