Nazim Cetin, CEO of Allianz X, says corporate investors can jump too early into unproven technologies.

2023 was an exciting year for corporate venture, with sectors like AI and electric vehicles making headline news. But what were our most read stories of 2023?

It is no surprise to see genAI on this list, but semiconductors, EVs, green steel and batteries also featured heavily this year.

Because minority startup investments don't bring control or IP, they are of limited use for corporate innovation.

A decade ago there was hardly a name for it. Today venture capital platform roles are a crucial way for investment firms to attract startups.

Corporate VC is not the ideal tool for bringing innovation into the mothership, says Stryber's managing partner.

CEO Ophir Gaathon tells us why Airbus and American Express have backed Dust Identity, and how diamond dust can track data on objects through the supply chain.

Most of the BP Ventures capital will be deployed in clean energy investments that are designed to help the UK oil and gas major reach its 2050 net zero emissions goal.

HG Ventures' Ginger Rothrock and Meghan Hunt join the pod to talk about the sustainable future of industry and connecting startups to motherships.

Corporate investors rarely back sex startups but as attitudes change and the trend for sexual health and education picks up, are they missing out?

Corporate venture capital units see opportunities to invest despite the departure of financial VCs from startup financings.

Albert Mundet tells us how FC Barcelona began investing through Barça Innovation Hub in the middle of a cost-cutting exercise, and how it balances short and long-term goals.

What's it like to invest in having a good time? Stéphane Longuet, head of Pernod Ricard's corporate VC unit, joins the show to talk about it.

Oz Khan heads up venture capital for ADP, which has over a million clients that portfolio companies can partner with, and he tells us why now is the right time to launch ADP Ventures.