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Time for CVCs to meet a new investment climate

This is the moment for the “C” in CVC to show what it can do, says Jacqueline LeSage, founder of Munich Re Ventures and chair of the GCV Leadership Advisory Board.

Mar 15, 2023

CVC takes a larger role in corporate innovation spend

The majority of the top 100 US companies in the Fortune 500 list have active CVC units. But what will it take to move the needle further?

Mar 13, 2023

South Korea’s innovation ecosystem is on fire

South Korea's innovation economy is outperforming countries like France and Germany and corporate investors are playing a key role.

Mar 12, 2023

NGP Capital: learnings from a 15-year fund cycle

NGP Capital’s second fund produced six unicorns and top quartile returns while navigating significant change at Nokia, its corporate partner. Managing partner Paul Asel shares 6 insights others can take from the experience.

Feb 27, 2023

How to break the ‘not-invented-here’ curse: 5 lessons in open innovation

ABB Electrification has learned a lot about working effectively with startups in the three years since it started the Startup Challenge programme.

Feb 24, 2023

Can innovative material startups cross the chasm?

Materials startups can struggle to move from early adopters to the mass market. These are the 3 main hurdles and how to overcome them.

Jan 30, 2023

GC Ventures: Why we invested in Boston Materials

The carbon fibre composite market is tough for startups but GC Ventures saw that Boston Materials was uniquely positioned to do well.

Jan 22, 2023

What Microsoft and OpenAI learned from Sequoia and YouTube

Tech's greatest deal had been YouTube by Sequoia but the venture model has evolved with founder ambitions

Jan 17, 2023

Supply chain is (still) blockchain’s killer app — it just needs to…

The failure of Tradelens has rocked faith in supply chain blockchain, but used correctly, the technology can bring trust back to transactions.

Jan 15, 2023

How to diversify the CVC industry

We asked corporate investors about why lack of diversity persists and what it might take to change it.

Jan 11, 2023

What next for healthcare CVC in 2023?

What's going to happen to healthcare startup funding this year? Will the IPO market recover? And what kinds of technologies are on the up? We asked some leading CVCs for their view.

Jan 8, 2023

What investors should know about “smoothing” of VC returns

Massaging returns during times of volatility is a common practice in private equity, but investors should be aware of the pros and cons.

Jan 5, 2023

Most CVCs invest from the balance sheet but models range from ad…

Most corporate investors (74%) employ capital directly from the balance sheet of their corporate mothership but there are many variations.

Jan 1, 2023

How the world’s most startup-friendly companies do CVC

These corporate investment teams are young but have big money — and they mostly invest from the balance sheet.

Dec 26, 2022
Events
GCV Institute: Landing the Value of Corporate Venturing
May 6 -
May 9, 2024
Online
Events
Webinar: CVCs and the art of the follow-on
May 8, 2024
Online
Events
GCV Institute: CVC Investment Programs
May 21 -
May 22, 2024
Online
Events
GCV Symposium 2024
Jun 24 -
Jun 26, 2024
London (UK)
Events
Corporate Venture in Brasil 2024 – International Delegation to Brazil
Oct 28 -
Oct 30, 2024
São Paulo (Brazil)
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