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Interviews
Powerlist Q&A – Anand Kamannavar, Applied Ventures
Q&A with Anand Kamannavar, global head, Applied Ventures
Renewable energy innovation and Israel’s ‘team of teams’ climate tech investing approach
Kaloyan Andonov spoke with Roee Furman, managing director of Doral Energy-Tech Ventures, the recently established CVC unit of Israel-based renewable energy group Doral and one of the active investors in energy innovation
Fireside chat with Presidio Ventures
The UK’s Department for International Trade’s (DIT) venture capital unit talked with Japan-based Sumitomo’s corporate venture capital (CVC) unit, Presidio Ventures, on the opening of its European office in London ahead of the COP26 event in early November.
Powerlist Q&A – Tarik Galijasevic, ASV
Q&A with Tarik Galijasevic, managing director, Allstate Strategic Ventures
Powerlist Q&A – Héctor Shibata, AC Ventures
Q&A with Héctor Shibata Salazar, director of investments and portfolio, AC Ventures
Rising Stars Q&A – Maxwell Swicegood & Min Park, WFSC
Q&A with Maxwell Swicegood, vice-president, and Min Park, director, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital
Powerlist Q&A – Stefan Gabriel, Hitachi Ventures
Q&A with Stefan Gabriel, managing director and CEO, Hitachi Ventures
Other News
Rising Stars Q&A – Andrew Casey, Vanguard
Q&A with Andrew Casey, corporate development deal lead, Vanguard Strategic Business Development
Growing seeds of innovation through strategic corporate venturing
Comment by James Mawson, editor-in-chief, Global Corporate Venturing, Stefan Gabriel, CEO, Hitachi Ventures, Kenichi Funaki, deputy general manager for the corporate venturing office, Hitachi
Jeff Herbst, managing partner, GFT Ventures
Last month, Jeff Herbst departed from US-headquartered semiconductor technology provider Nvidia, where he had led its business development activities and corporate venture capital (CVC) unit Nvidia GPU Ventures for two decades starting in 2001.
Powerlist Q&A – Jacqueline LeSage, Munich Re Ventures
Q&A with Jacqueline LeSage, founder and managing director, Munich Re Ventures
Rising Stars Q&A – Chris Park, UL Ventures
Q&A with Christopher Park, investment director, UL Ventures
Powerlist Q&A – Girish Nadkarni, TotalEnergies Ventures
Q&A with Girish Nadkarni, president, TotalEnergies Ventures
Editor's Picks
CVC in the Time of Coronavirus: Shinichiro Hori, YJ Capital
Despite uncertainty, Yahoo Japan’s corporate venturing vehicle will continue its efforts in innovation and technology in the Japanese ecosystem through collaborations with startups.
CVC in the Time of Coronavirus: Blake Luse, Ferguson Ventures
Ferguson's investment arm is in weekly contact with portfolio companies and expects digitisation to be more widely adopted in the construction industry as work practices change.
CVC in the Time of Coronavirus: Nicolas Sauvage, TDK Ventures
TDK's corporate venturing unit is lining up more deals to go with its investment in Genetesis this week, having been formed early last year with one eye on an economic downturn.
CVC in the Time of Coronavirus: Jason Miles, VFS Innovation Ventures
Although newly formed, Volvo Financial Services' strategic investment arm is optimstic about the potential of mature technologies meeting more inviting valuations.
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