CVC Advice

Mike Smeed, partner at InMotion Ventures has changed his investment style in the two years he has been running InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover's investment arm. One of the key things he learned was to look further outside the carmaker's immediate needs. This is what he told GCV about what he had learned.

From choosing the right team to lead a new venture to creating a cap table that will attract venture capital investors, here are tips on how to do venture building well.

Elliott Parker argues corporates are bad at innovation because they're optimised for efficiency. Here's what they should do instead.

A seven-figure investment from Navigare AB will help double the team and set up hubs in Silicon Valley, central Europe, India and China.

Corporate investment teams often need outside advice as a sounding board. Here's how to get the rest of the business comfortable with that.

Sometimes the startups outside your scope need help the most. Here are four simple things that you can do for them that don't involve a cheque.

Our monthly advice column in which an expert panel gives advice on common problems in corporate venturing.

Our monthly advice column in which an expert panel gives advice on common problems in corporate venturing.

Every startup will need to give away board seats, but founders can shape the boardroom for success – here’s how.

Spinout creation rates vary wildly at universities and intelligent capital and corporate partners have a big role in changing the numbers.