The story of the obscure ’90s shoegaze, slowcore, or emo band that goes viral decades later and launches a comeback is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon (shoutout Duster, Panchiko, and of ...

Adidas, a clothing and footwear company with $20 billion in annual turnover, created a corporate venturing arm three years ago to access new business opportunities. This division, Hydra Ventures, ...

Ask the average person on the street what comes to mind when they think of Jamaica, and the answer likely revolves around sun, rum, and music. But the Foromic conference in Montego Bay spotlighted the ...

I like to use the line “the robots are coming” when I speak about the future. Lately I’ve noticed that it makes entrepreneurs smile and executives frown. The frowns are understandable. After all, what ...

Corporate venturing—the practice of establishing a unit of a corporation with the mandate to make strategic investments in entrepreneurial ventures—has emerged as one of the most prominent strategies ...

Corporate venturing has been described as a David-and-Goliath cooperation in the business world. Established companies seek innovation by partnering up with agile startups via a range of mechanisms, ...

Corporate venturing – the term used for when established corporations collaborate with startups in an effort to boost innovation -- continues to emerge at speed. Well-known adopters now include AT&T, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. With growth back on the agenda after a period of austerity and cost cutting, it is worth reflecting on the ...

When the genomics revolution was transforming the pharmaceutical industry, Eli Lilly realized that its survival might hinge on its ability to catch up with this disruption. So in 2001 the company ...