The Capital Stack

Why Corporate Venture Capital Plays a Different Game


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Corporate VCs now participate in over 25% of all venture deals. But treating them like traditional VCs is a mistake that costs founders and fund managers alike.

Corporate venture arms serve two masters: financial returns and strategic value. Understanding their dual mandate, longer hold periods, and unique due diligence process changes how you engage with this growing capital source.

Key topics: corporate venture capital, CVC, strategic investors, venture capital, raising capital, capital allocation, LP investing, fund managers, institutional investors, startup funding, M&A, strategic partnerships, alternative investments, private equity, GP-LP relationships, asset allocation, wealth building, direct investments.

The Capital Stack — a daily briefing for anyone raising or allocating private capital: family offices, institutional investors, fund managers, and trusted advisors navigating the full investor landscape.

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The Capital StackBy Thomas Carter