The Art of Corporate Venture

Every CVC team requires a mix of core roles: leader, strategy, finance, scout, operator, and legal. 

Davorin Kuchan, founding managing partner of FreeRun, a dedicated CVC secondary fund manager, demystifies the use of this tool.

The 'Silicon Valley of India' is also known for its lush parks and microbreweries, but where do you meet startups and where are the best cafés? Shelly Mittal of Chrysalix VC tells all.

From tracking success stories to helping corporations get comfortable with risk, here are ways that CVCs can explain their relevance.

For an early-stage investor it makes sense to use secondary sales to rotate out of some more mature startup holdings as a matter of course, says portfolio manager Davide Romeo Nanni.

Having less than $50m in capital is challenging for a corporate VC fund. But with the right approach and in the right sector it can work.

The costs of making things in space — and getting them back to earth — is high. But infrastructure to bring down the costs is being built.

The decline of cleantech and hydrogen investments is overstated in H1, according to GCV data, while transport investments go cold.

Set the businesses up as independent legal entities from day one, hire outside founders (and give them equity) — but make sure there are structured ways to connect back to the parent company.

In this month's local investors guide, Madelyn Rutter of TechNexus Venture Collaborative introduces us to The Windy City's VC scene (and its breakfast sandwiches).

Woven Capital MD George Kellerman gave the GCV Symposium some advice on how to launch a corporate venture initiative that stands the test of time.