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GVR Pod: Helping the parent company transform

Lukasz Garbowski, investment director at Btomorrow Ventures, describes how the corporate venture unit helps its parent diversify away from tobacco.


Apr 6, 2023

How to invest in the future of the office: a view from…

From holograms and new collaboration platforms to dynamic pricing software, three investors told us what they are backing in the new world of work.

Apr 6, 2023

Williams CVC lead Brown moves to decarbonisation fund

Grant Brown, formerly head of Williams' New Energy Ventures, has started a job as investor at decarbonisation fund 8090 Industries.

Apr 5, 2023

Gerson advances at Takeda Ventures

Miles Gerson, formerly senior investment director at Takeda Ventures, has been promoted to executive investment director.

Apr 5, 2023

Alternative lenders search for the right kind of growth amid banking crisis

Rising interest rates are knocking down traditional banks — witness Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse — but does this create space for new, alternative lenders or put them also at risk? We asked one of the most active investors in alternative lenders for his view.

Apr 5, 2023

The Big Deal: Berkshire Grey becomes SoftBank's latest lossmaker

SoftBank's cut-price purchase of the warehouse automation specialist adds to a string of losses, but companies like Berkshire Grey could point to a way forward.

Mar 31, 2023

Deep-tech startups face deepening national security concerns

The pressure on startups to trade off potential security risks of their technology against the competitive need to raise capital is set to grow.

Mar 31, 2023

Saudi media group sets up strategic venture arm

Saudi Research & Media Group's SRMG Ventures is targeting investments in both creators and media technology.

Mar 31, 2023

Gen Phoenix gets $18m to take its recycled leather upscale

The round included Jaguar Land Rover, Dr. Martens and Tapestry and comes as a newly rebranded Gen Phoenix looks to bring its recycled leather to luxury fashion and car seat covers.

Mar 30, 2023

How Btomorrow is helping transform its parent’s core business

Btomorrow Venture’s investment director Lukasz Garbowski talks about its mission to help British American Tobacco reinvent itself in an industry going out of vogue.

Mar 29, 2023

Sato steps back from MS&AD Ventures

After almost five years, GCV Powerlist mainstay and MS&AD Ventures founder Tak Sato has departed from his managing partner position.

Mar 28, 2023

US fusion startup receives $29m

Type One Energy will use the venture financing to fund the commercialisation of its stellarator fusion technology.

Mar 28, 2023
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