Diversity and inclusion has become a vital part of corporate venturing's trajectory, which has expanded exponentially over the past five years.

Lee Sessions, newly-appointed executive-in residence at Global Corporate Venturing, moderated a panel on the changes in the corporate venturing industry over the past five years.

The panelists were Henry Chung, vice-president for corporate venture capital at consumer electronics firm LG; Dave Stevenson, managing director of pharmaceutical firm Merck & Co’s Global Health Innovation (GHI) Fund; and Christina Riboldi; director of the GCVI Summit.

Filling the summit agenda was a tough ask when it began five years ago, Riboldi recounted.