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State of Venturing in 2023

The venture market downshifts further in 2023, with dealmaking and funding totals falling to 6-year lows.

Corporate startup collaboration

Collaborations between startups and corporates hold risks and benefits for both sides. Thus, a better understanding of corporate-startup collaborations can help both groups to maximize potential benef..

Corporate-backed startups are more likely to survive

The survival rate of startups is investigated on the basis of PitchBook´s data in the 10-year period between 2013 and 2023 by Maija Palmer and when looking at bankruptcies it looks like these ar lowe..

Survival rate of Corporate VC units

Ilya Strebulaev at Stanford conducted an in-depth analysis of all Corporate VC units of S&P500 companies. In total, he identified 94 CVCs and interviewed 74 of their leaders and repeated this after th..

Practices of European Venture Capitalists

To get a better understanding of the VC landscape leading European Business Schools and Universities have joint their efforts and conducted a broad study of VC practices in Europe, summarized in an in..

“Surviving the Storm”: how corporate-startup collaboration is the key to thriving amid economic turbulence.

The Sopra Steria Group together with Ipsos and INSEAD professors, carried out a comprehensive survey of some 1,648 startups and corporate organizations, both public and private, from 10 European count..

MedLim

MedLimwhich is a MedTech startup accelerator program initiated by Medtronic and LIOF, together with the expertise centers Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus, Medace, and imec.istart.

THE 2023 INNOVATION AGENDA

Wellspring published a report on the changes in the innovation agenda in 2022, discussing the impact of the pandemic and the inflation following it.

Looking back at Dutch Design Week 2022

3 Box Solution

In his book The Three-Box Solution, Vijay Govindarajan offersed a simple and framework for leading innovation

A Proven Model for Corporate Venturing from BCG

Large companies are upping their emphasis on growth through innovation by building new businesses, products, and services. Here’s how Boston Consulting Group sees how to overcome the odds and find b..

Startups warned for bad weather ahead

Crashing tech stocks in public markets, record inflation levels, the prospect of rising interest rates and a wider economic slowdown set the scene for difficult times for startups. Therefore, Y Combin..