Max Fowinkel and William Janeway from Warburg Pincus told attendees the risks of the current environment are positive for corporate venture capital.
Speaking at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2019, Max Fowinkel and William Janeway, managing director and special limited partner at at private equity firm Warburg Pincus respectively, discussed how corporate venture capital (CVC) funds can make returns in a difficult marco environment.
Janeway kicked off the discussion by saying the ‘distinct investment environment’ is entering a second decade of real risk free interest rates of negative-to-zero levels.
Without neglecting CVC funds, Janeway said the institutional investors that are providing capital…
