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Delegates' optimism was palpable at the 7th annual GCV's Corporate Venture in Brasil conference in Sao Paulo last week.
Corporate investors have backed 60 Brazilian startup funding rounds so far this year, double the number in 2019 — and there is more to come.
Speakers highlighted the growing importance of ESG strategy within CVC investments and how CVCs can help their respective parent firms’ green goals, particularly after COP26.
Samsung Ventures' Jong Choi and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius partner Nicholas Moore spoke about how the blockchain space may push past the negative hype surrounding crypto and NFTs.
The fund will make bets on emerging media technologies for Generation Z, including those related to the metaverse.
Corporations need to allocate more funding to startups and take a long-term view despite shaky markets, says VC partner Saul Klein.
Nato’s Phillip Lockwood and In-Q-Tel’s Nat Puffer speak to governments’ growing appetite for deep tech investments in the security sector.
Investors from ABB, BP, ArcelorMittal, Baker Hughes and Engie on how their strategy of building renewables portfolios is evolving.
BP Ventures’ Erin Hallock explored the difficulties in getting a syndicate together for transformative technologies where financial returns could be far away.
Corporate venture capitalists can do more to help sustainability initiatives, Btomorrow Ventures managing director Lisa Smith said in her keynote speech.
The 10th annual Global Corporate Venturing Symposium marked the first return to Europe of the main corporate, university and government venturing units alongside the rest of the venture capital and startup ecosystem. Its mission is: informing, connecting, and transforming the venture ecosystem.
Eco-shaper’s Tracey Carr, Brill Power’s Christoph Birkl and Henkel Tech Ventures’ Paolo Bavaj shared their insights into sustainable investing.
OSI portfolio company First Light Fusion’s co-founder and CEO, Nicholas Hawker, explained how his company’s nuclear fusion technology could contribute to net-zero targets.
GCV’s James Mawson interviewed Energy Transitions Commission chair Lord Adair Turner on the hydrogen space.
Corporate venture capitalists can do more to help sustainability initiatives, Btomorrow Ventures managing director Lisa Smith said in her keynote speech.
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