Q&A with Robert Guenther, head of corporate venturing, Henkel Tech Ventures

Q&A with Irene Gómez, director, Telefónica Connected Open Innovation

Q&A with Tarik Galijasevic, managing director, ASV

Q&A with Heri Diarte, head, SE Ventures

Q&A with Suzanna Chiu, head, Amadeus Ventures

Entrepreneurs have traditionally looked for five things from their investors: capital, customers, product development, hiring and, eventually, an exit. Getting customer feedback as quickly as possible has been well-understood thanks to professor Steve Blank and author Eric Ries’s work at the start of the past decade and built into the National Science Foundation’s i-corps platform. But making it a reality is still challenging.

Q&A with Josh Berg, director, Magna Innovation Ventures

Q&A with John Banta, president and managing director, Blue Venture Fund

Q&A with Ore Adeyemi, managing director and head, HSBC SII

Kaloyan Andonov of GCV spoke with Tomas Kėbla, principal at Contrarian Ventures, which is backed by energy group Ignitis, the largest in the Baltics region. Not only is Contrarian Ventures interested in the hydrogen space but its team has drawn a detailed map of the landscape.