Collaborative venturing in squads
IESE has published an Insight article “Beyond teaming up: how corporate venturing squads work — and where they struggle” Collaborative venturing in Corporate venturing squads (CV squads) is creating multi-corporate alliances where several companies jointly scout, test, or invest in startups to drive innovation. These squads are growing as a strategic model for collaboration — even among competitors — but success depends heavily on governance and execution, not just innovation intent.
