Andrew Romans captured wisdom from interviews with 100+ Corporate Venture Capitalists (CVCs), independent VCs, CEOs of startups, bankers and lawyers to write the definitive book on the topic of CVC. Masters of Corporate Venture Capital is packed with invaluable advice about how to best raise capital from CVCs, unlock synergies of partnering startups with large corporations for rapid international growth and avoid potential disasters and other dangers related to CVC.More than 20% of all Venture Capital financings include at least one CVC and thus startups need to understand this previously misunderstood area of funding. Corporations need to establish their own CVC arms to access external innovation and learn how to bring this inside via VC investing, partnerships and M&A. We work in a very complex ecosystem and this book captures stories that bring the complexity to life with simple lessons.This book is for: •Entrepreneurs •VCs •Angel investors •Family offices •CVCs •Corporates thinking about launching a CVC •Anyone advising startups. "Everything is disrupting so fast everywhere that there is no company that can keep up with everything that is happening. Every large company should have some kind of venturing program." --CLAUDIA FAN MUNCE, Founder of IBM Ventures "It is fair to say that not all CVCs are able to keep their promise of adding value, but when they do, it is certainly one of the most powerful ways to accelerate the growth of a startup. Masters of Corporate Venture Capital is essential reading for entrepreneurs, VCs and CVCs." --FREDERIC ROMBAUT, Managing Director, Cisco Investment; cofounder, Qualcomm Ventures & Director, Apax Partners At Rubicon Venture Capital we are organizing a series of events in San Francisco, New York and London bringing together panels of top CVCs to discuss the subject and network. Our first event is planned for September 29th in London. Register here: CVCLondon.eventbrite.com. We are still finalizing dates and venues for the same event in SF and NYC. Please contact me if you want to host or sponsor a similar event anywhere worldwide. Our typical format is networking, VC panel, quick talk sharing findings of my research and then plenty of time for networking, food and drinks bringing together entrepreneurs, angels, VCs and corporates. Here's the back story of why I wrote this book.  A large Chinese technology corporate asked me to advise them on forming their own CVC. I told them that I would interview at least 20 to 30 of the top CVCs I already knew and ask them how they do everything from strategy to operations, investment committees, etc. I promised to compile this research and deliver it to them in a private form and also write a book to be shared with the public. I asked my CVC colleagues to share information that I could share with my client and also to sign off on case studies and stories to be included in this book. I also reached out to the large Rubicon VC database asking for stories and interviews from independent financial VCs, CEOs, lawyers and bankers and compiled the best stories with the best advice. I realized that this book was not just essential reading for existing CVCs and corporates thinking of launching CVCs, but that entrepreneurs and VCs thinking of raising CVC funding would also benefit from reading this book. If you outline the playbook of how a CVC invests, their process, what synergies they can unlock and related challenges, this is like reading the playbook of your opponent before going into the negotiation. A deeper understanding of this topic also helps the startups, angels, VCs and CVCs work together more effectively understanding each other's challenges to maximize chances for achieving the huge possible synergies. This is essential reading for anyone seeking to raise capital from these 50 CVCs and other CVCs. I truly believe that when CVC is done right it can move mountains for the startup. When it's done wrong it can be a disaster. I hope to see you at one of our events (rubicon.vc/our-events/) this fall! With regards,   Andrew C. Romans Contributors & Interviewees*Gaurav Bhasin, Managing Director, Technology Investment Banking, Pagemill Partners, a Division of Duff and Phelps Securities, LLC*Roel Bulthuis, Founder & Head, Merck Serono Ventures*Armando Castro, Jr, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP*David Cohen, Founder & Managing Partner, TechStars and Disney TechStars Accelerator*Nikolay Dmitriev, Former CVC Managing Director, OJSC "Rostelecom"; Partner VITA VENTURES*Tim Draper, Cofounder, DFJ, Draper Associates and Draper University*Max Dufour, Partner Technology & Strategy, Harmeda*Eric Elfman, Founder & CEO, Onit*Saman Farid, Vice President Investments & Director of Silicon Valley Office, Legend Star 联想之星 (Legend Holdings); Managing Director, Comet Labs*Brad Feld, Author & Managing Director, Foundry Group; author, "Venture Deals" and five other Venture Capital books *J. Skyler Fernandes, Founder & Managing Direct