In our series of interviews with leading innovation and venture developers, Andrew Gaule, founder of the Corven Corporate Venturing Network, talks to Iain Cooper manager, early-stage technology investments at Schlumberger.
Gaule: Give a brief introduction to yourself.
Cooper: I manage the early phase investment programme, essentially our corporate venturing activity within Schlumberger. I also look after our external alliances and collaborations with sister industries such as Boeing, Intel, GM and Lockheed Martin.
Gaule: Give a brief description of the purpose of your venture, when it was formed and how the process occurs in your organisation.
Cooper: Schlumberger’s Venture activity was formed in 2008 with the remit to source and secure access to technologies that could disrupt the oilfield services business, in addition to adapting existing venture…
