Eileen Tanghal from In-Q-Tel moderated the panel on the rise of digital health, featuring Novartis and Qualcomm-founded dRx Capital’s Rana Lonnen and Black Opal Partners’ Tara Bishop.

Mach49’s Linda Yates and Paul Holland moderated a session dealing with “venture factories” within corporations, featuring Airbus’ Christian Lindener and Hitachi’s Laurent Guengant.

Sony Innovation Fund’s Antonio Avitabile, LG Technology Ventures’ Dong-Su Kim and UCB Ventures’ Erica Whittaker spoke about building a business strategy that adds value to a CVC’s portfolio.

Bayer’s Marianne De Backer spoke with GCV’s James Mawson on the latest in the biotech scene.

Although the pandemic will represent a damaging shock, Watanabe believes it may eventually be beneficial for Japan's startup space.

The Ping An subsidiary is providing strategic assistance to portfolio companies during the Covid-19 pandemic, though managing director Lacey cautioned that startups with high burn rates are facing high risk.

In the first of a new series, Dominque Mégret, head of Swisscom Ventures, tells GCV that the Covid-19 crisis could lead to a greater contrast between CVC's winners and losers.