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Former Avanta member Mishra joins Hitachi Ventures
Deepak Mishra, who was part of CSAA and MS&AD’s respective CVC units, will focus on data and AI in his principal role at Hitachi Ventures.
Mar 13, 2024Companies with active CVC units perform better — the full analysis
Global Corporate Venturing analysis indicates that companies with active CVC programmes have higher revenue, EBITDA and cash flow growth.
Mar 13, 2024Rajaram to lead Aflac Global Ventures
Bharat Rajaram will serve as the managing director and head of Aflac Global Ventures.
Mar 11, 2024Six types of corporate investor — which kind are you?
Classic investor, former founder, expert, activist. connector and outsider — there is a broad range of ways to excel at corporate investing.
Mar 11, 20246 things startups want from corporate investors
From having a business development professional on a startup's board to making sure the corporate's sales force are motivated to sell a portfolio company's product, here six things that startups value in their corporate investors.
Mar 8, 2024February confirms it: mega rounds are back
Four companies raised over $700m in February as a burgeoning crypto sector continued to help Singapore buck the bear market and pharma companies resparked IPOs in the US.
Mar 7, 2024Robot startups see growing interest from corporate investors
From robotic commercial kitchens to companion bots to reduce loneliness, these robot startups — which you can meet at the GCVI Summit — demonstrate why investors are rekindling interest in this sector.
Mar 6, 2024M12’s Stewart moves up to managing partner
Michael Stewart, who was a partner at software producer Microsoft’s CVC unit, will lead investments in generative AI, gaming and deeptech.
Mar 6, 2024A third of dollars raised by energy startups comes from corporate-backed rounds
Corporate investors are disproportionately involved in the biggest funding rounds by energy sector startups.
Mar 5, 20245 tips for investing in university spinouts
More corporate investors choose to invest in academic research. But it requires much different skills to investing in later-stage startups.
Mar 4, 2024CVC Unplugged: How Sopra Steria fixed a CVC strategy that wasn't working
Sopra Steria Ventures wasn't delivering value for the parent company. Socheat Chhay came in a year ago to turn the unit around.
Feb 28, 2024How Basel supercharged its spinout rate
Basel has quietly built a life sciences ecosystem that’s becoming hard to ignore.
Feb 27, 2024Featured Content
The CVC Funding Round DatabaseRealtime data of all startup funding rounds with corporate backers. Full access for GCV+ subscribers.The CVC Funding Round Database
Realtime data of all startup funding rounds with corporate backers. Full access for GCV+ subscribers.
The World of Corporate VenturingGCV's annual report on the state of the corporate investment sectorThe World of Corporate Venturing
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Corporate venture building reportData from 100+ corporate venture building programmes, including size, budgets, staffing, reporting lines and outcomesCorporate venture building report
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