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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

A corporate investor can provide diversity on the Board as someone who thinks differently from independent VCs. Corporate venture funds are often referred to as ‘strategicinvestors because of the unique benefits they bring to the table. Entrepreneurs today expect more than just capital from their investors.

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Why I Don’t Like Board Observers

Both Sides of the Table

The first is a “board member.&# This is a person who had legal, corporate governance rights to vote on initiatives that require board approval. The third scenario I’ve seen is with “strategic&# investors. I’ll cover strategic investors in a different post.

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The Summer of Initial Coin Offerings

Seeing Both Sides

Perhaps, when things settle down a bit more, those companies will even raise series A capital from traditional institutional sources to expand the product features, beef up the operations team more fully and make progress in finding initial product-market fit. Fuzzy Governance.

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The Summer of Initial Coin Offerings

Seeing Both Sides

Perhaps, when things settle down a bit more, those companies will even raise series A capital from traditional institutional sources to expand the product features, beef up the operations team more fully and make progress in finding initial product-market fit. Fuzzy Governance.

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Box launches Box Accelerator as its COO reflects on working with young entrepreneurs

The Next Web

Venture Partners, and strategic investors salesforce.com and SAP. ” Box has hired David Quantrell to run the EMEA operations in partnership with Greg Strickland, VP of Global Operations and director of finance & business operations. Strength in experience. Crowded clouds.

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