> I was thinking that as well. Can anyone explain why this isn't common practice? If you squint a little bit, this is exactly what the whole premise of corpora

> I was thinking that as well. Can anyone explain why this isn't common practice? If you squint a little bit, this is exactly what the whole premise of corporate VC is. Take the funds that you'd allocate to long shots and operate as a VC would, provide strategic distribution where you can add value as a bigco, etc. Problem here is that compared to pure VCs you risk portfolio conflict in a different way that may not be as attractive to founders, but at least it's viable.