# Corporate venture funds allow multinational corporations to dabble [[Companies want R+D to be off of their balance sheets]] [[Neal Hansch and Liz Keen on Corporate Innovation — Venture Stories]] <!-- #evergreen #needs/reference --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Corporate+venture+funds+allow+multinational+corporations+to+dabble) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Corporate+venture+funds+allow+multinational+corporations+to+dabble) <!-- {BearID:7B9E0C3E-5A00-4AF7-B8A7-CEE91FDC7C1A-19569-0003CC942AD628BD} -->