The roots of venture studios could be traced back to Idealab and since then it is evolving. During its initial stages, venture studios focused primarily on funding their own new businesses rather than investing in external firms. After the financial crisis in 2008, venture studios focused on providing additional guidance and marketing support to the start-up eco system The developments in venture studios still persist but during the last decade VS are focusing on long term growth of start-ups rather than short term perspective.
Normally, there are two types of venture studios: independent and corporate venture capital studios. The primary difference between the both paradigm is that the independent studios create start-ups from scratch through an in- house integrated venture capital ecosystem, while the corporate studios acquire major stakes in other start-ups, assisting in their R&D activities