Just when you thought you understood venture capital, along comes "corporate" venture capital a/k/a CVC. You’ll love how Wikipedia defines it: "The definition of CVC often becomes clearer by explaining what it is not."  Huh?  Digging deeper, the long and short of it is this:  corporate venture capital is an investment that a company -- typically, a large player in the field -- makes in a startup.  Join our discussion with Marty Sukle, CEO of Snake Creek Lasers, as he talks about his prior life in corporate venture capital.