There is a growing trend by established firms to use a multitude of External Corporate Venturing (ECV) mechanisms (alliances, partnerships, joint ventures, acquisitions, licensing agreements and investments in corporate venture capital) to acquire external innovations. In this paper, we develop...

We explore the switching dynamic between entrepreneurs and their lead venture capital investors (VCs) with a specific attention to the typology of venture capital funds. In particular, we concentrate on the switching that occurs from a lead independent VC investor (IVC) to a governmental VC...