A decade ago there was hardly a name for it. Today venture capital platform roles are a crucial way for investment firms to attract startups.

Corporate VC is not the ideal tool for bringing innovation into the mothership, says Stryber's managing partner.

What's it like to invest in having a good time? Stéphane Longuet, head of Pernod Ricard's corporate VC unit, joins the show to talk about it.

Almost none of the world's largest sports teams are active in early-stage investing - we got the answers to why from the worlds of football, basketball and venture capital.

The construction tech-focused VC fund has attracted a slate of big names the building trade.

M Ventures' managing directors Hakan Goker and Owen Lozman explore the future of biotech and frontier technology.

EnBW New Ventures managing director Crispin Leick talks about why CVCs should focus on financial performance and become limited partners in other funds.

MSW Capital's Richard Zeiger joins the pod to talk about its multi-corporate LP approach and why it rejects the CVC-as-a-service label.

Owen Thompson, of venture builder Cambridge Future Tech, talks about how researchers need to focus not just on complex technical challenges but on solving real-world problems.

The CVC sector's reputation is improving after a rocky start in Latin America’s largest economy.