Opinion

September 14, 2021

Syndicated corporate venturing: what all companies can learn from life sciences

Collaborating with VCs and other companies can be a way of taking the risk out of early-stage investments in breakthrough tech.


Ezra Carlson

6 min read

Photo by Hannah Busing on Unsplash

Corporate venturing is a tool that has become increasingly popular with companies as a lower-cost way to tap into innovation outside the organisation.

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