The GCV Academy programme is scintillating due to the high level of speakers we are privileged to host, and in these videos you can hear some of the types of insights speakers give during the varying courses.
One of the great new things that Global Corporate Venturing launched this year was our GCV Academy, led by Andrew Gaule (pictured) which provides participants an intensive course to bring them up to speed on best practices alongside experienced corporate venturing practitioners and advisors.
Linked are various video highlights from the first GCV Academy session held in October.
This fundamentals of corporate venturing video shows the highlights of what to expect in the academy.
Tony Askew, of Reed Elsevier Ventures, he corporate venturing unit of the Anglo-Dutch publisher, talks about numerous topics including how his team created an informal relationship of networks throughout Reed Elsevier to secure the greatest strategic impact.
Jonathan Tudor, of Castrol Innoventures, the corporate venturing unit of Castrol, talks about topics including the importance of expecting distribution of capital to vary over time.
Neil Foster, a partner of US-based law firm Baker Botts, talks about how different strategies of corporate venturing units lead to significant variance in the terms needed for individual deals.
Mark Muth, a director at UK-based accountancy firm, PwC, talks about trends in corporate venturing including the shift to early stage, the importance of keeping a stable team and important tax issues.
Toby Lewis, of Global Corporate Venturing, summarises some of the latest trends that we are seeing, including investment volumes and the geographic spread of investments.
The next sessions of the Academy are Fundamentals of Corporate Venturing programmes held on January 20 and 21 in London and February 5 and 6 in Palo Alto, California as well as a Masters of Corporate Venturing programme held on February 9 in Newport Beach, California. More details here.
