Remove Disintermediation Remove Government Remove Syndication
article thumbnail

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.”. Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate. Entrepreneurs today expect more than just capital from their investors.

article thumbnail

Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That's Never - AgileVC

Agile VC

But IMO it’ll take a “big bang” multi-party effort rather than an incremental innovation, so it’ll favor large organizations (big companies and/or governments) rather than startups. Government fiat. A couple conceivable scenarios that could bring us to the mobile payments promised land.

Mobile 250