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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Corporate venture funds are often referred to as ‘strategicinvestors because of the unique benefits they bring to the table. Access to the corporate investor’s ecosystem can open up great opportunities from technology validation to customer and partner development. They invest alongside financial VCs.

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Trada – from the beginning

VC Adventure

With that pre-amble, let me describe the story of Trada – a company that helps businesses more effectively manage their search marketing campaigns via its marketplace through which paid search experts work collaboratively and competitively to maximize the effectiveness of Trada customers search marketing campaigns.