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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Urs Cete, the Head of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , notes, “If you think you can provide just money, you will be disintermediated.”. Of course, bringing startups (whether prospective or existing portfolio companies) closer to operating divisions has business and customer development benefits.