Watch the replay of this webinar in GCV’s The Next Wave webinar series which took place on January 15, 2025. You can read the article here.
In today’s competitive VC market, money is fungible, and the bar has been raised for corporate venturing programs. High potential startups have clear expectations of both the strategic partnering capabilities and the VC investment professionalism of corporations.
GCV Keystone benchmarking research shows that 40% of CVCs now have integrated professional ‘Platform’ teams that operate in parallel with the investment teams and are highly valued by startups for their ability to deliver parent access and resources. Over half of institutional VC firms have some level of platform team, many of which are focused on marketing and community development, portfolio company support and fund operations.
This webinar explored what differentiates CVC ‘platforms’ and how platform design relates to program charter and innovation goals.
- What is the same and what are the differences between CVC and VC platforms?
- What are common elements found in a CVC platform?
- How does the design of a CVC platform team relate to program charter and innovation goals?
- How to weigh the cost vs the value of platform teams in times of economic uncertainty?
- How do you measure/communicate the value of a platform team and reward performance? (Impact on portfolio performance?)
- What are the biggest challenges to building and managing a platform function?
- What are key success factors?
Speakers:
Geetha Dholakia, Portfolio Program Manager, TDK Ventures
Shanna Hendriks, Director of Business Development, New Enterprise Associates
Tjerk Joustra, GM Global Implementation Management, Shell Ventures
Moderator:
Liz Arrington, Managing Director, GCV Institute
