During the dot-com craze, just about every company this side of your corner hot dog stand set up a venture capital arm. With Wall Street and Main Street slavering for tech investments, corporate chiefs launched seed funds to boost their bottom lines and scope possible acquisitions.
Then the market crashed, and most corporate venture capital went with it -- until now. Experts say that, thanks to bulging corporate balance sheets and a growing reluctance among traditional venture investors like state pension funds to dabble in risky investments, big companies are getting back into the game in a big way.
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