Catcha Ventures: Catcha Group's venture arm that has numerous private investments.

Many have turned off the financing tap and have either closed or spun off their venture arms.

Applied Materials also operates a venture investing arm called Applied Ventures.

Pequot was the $2 billion venture arm of hedge fund Pequot Capital Management, but in March 2008, it was spun off as a separate business and renamed.

PA demerged its successful venture arm, Ipex Capital, in June 2008.

Geisinger Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Geisinger Health System.

The company was founded in 2006 and is funded by the venture arm of The Walt Disney Company, Steamboat Ventures.

In particular, the venture arm of Ecompanies is less likely to invest in in-house companies, forcing entrepreneurs to find their own financing.

Primedia, a magazine publisher based in New York, shut down its venture arm in early October.

The company was initially funded by In-Q-Tel (the venture arm of the US Central Intelligence Agency) in May 2000.