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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

And they should be; the feeding frenzy in the innovation economy is in some cases because startups are eating the lunch of more established companies. A corporate investor can provide diversity on the Board as someone who thinks differently from independent VCs. Entrepreneurs today expect more than just capital from their investors.