More corporate venture capital in sight

Corpo­rate venture capi­tal (CVC) compa­nies are subsi­dia­ries of large corpo­ra­ti­ons that make stra­te­gic invest­ments for the parent company — usually in line with its core busi­ness. The ability to moni­tor markets and tech­no­lo­gies through corpo­rate venture capi­tal, often refer­red to as a “window on tech­no­logy”, allows large compa­nies to iden­tify inno­va­tions and trends at an early stage and to align their own stra­tegy accor­din­gly. — There are many more CVC compa­nies than there were just a few years ago. What accounts for this trend?