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Welcome to the Global University Venturing (GUV) media page which features our videos, including interviews with industry leaders and sessions from our worldwide events, plus our weekly podcast, Global Venturing Review, which covers the week’s biggest news on deals, funds, exits, and people news from corporates, university, and governments.

Global University Venturing Videos

Welcome to our video area, which includes interviews with industry leaders and footage of sessions on stage at our worldwide events.
These videos are published on the Global University Venturing YouTube channel.

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The Global Venturing Review Podcast

The Global Venturing Review brings you the week's biggest deals, funds, exits and people moves from across the corporate, university and government venturing worlds. It is published every Monday and free to download below, or on the podcast app of your choice, including iTunes, and on Soundcloud. If you own an Amazon Alexa, try asking it "Alexa, what's my flash briefing?" to get a quick roundup of the most important stories.

March 18, 2024

From automobiles to mobility – how Woven Capital is helping Toyota evolve

Global Venturing Review

There are very few corporates out there that have two CVC funds, Toyota is one of them. Not only does it have an early-stage fund in Toyota Ventures, but also a growth stage unit in Woven Capital – which was previously investing on behalf of , as its name suggests, Woven by Toyota, the automaker’s next-generation mobility business, but has more recently expanded its scope to being the growth investment arm for Toyota as a whole.

The post From automobiles to mobility – how Woven Capital is helping Toyota evolve appeared first on CVC Unplugged.

March 11, 2024

We should temper our expectations for alternate meat, says Grey Silo Ventures

Global Venturing Review

For years now, people – myself included – have been waiting for the advent, in earnest, of plant-based meats. Everyone loves a barbeque, but not the meat industry’s effect on the environment, our health, or the treatment of animals themselves. Alternatives have been coming to the shelf for years now, but the same problems persist – the taste is not quite the same as real meat, and the price is far too high to really compete.

The post We should temper our expectations for alternate meat, says Grey Silo Ventures appeared first on CVC Unplugged.

March 04, 2024

Corporates underpin over half of all Gen AI investment

Global Venturing Review

The story of the past year or so has been artificial intelligence and, in particular, generative artificial intelligence, or gen AI. Doesn’t matter what sector you’re in, or what countries you look at, everyone is trying to apply gen AI to their business, and investors are seeing a gold mine.

The post Corporates underpin over half of all Gen AI investment appeared first on CVC Unplugged.

February 27, 2024

A portrait of Sopra Steria’s CVC rebuild

Global Venturing Review

Sopra Steria Ventures, the CVC unit of French IT giant Sopra Steria, has been around for half a decade. After a few years, however, the investment programme was not really yielding any tangible results. The structure was not quite there, the strategy was not quite aligned with the corporate leadership wanted, and the focus was too skewed towards M&A rather than venture itself. A change was needed.

The post A portrait of Sopra Steria’s CVC rebuild appeared first on CVC Unplugged.

February 26, 2024

Socheat Chhay: Sopra Steria Ventures

Global Venturing Review

Sopra Steria Ventures, the CVC unit of French IT giant Sopra Steria, has been around for half a decade. After a few years, however, the investment programme was not really yielding any tangible results. The structure was not quite there, the strategy was not quite aligned with the corporate leadership wanted, and the focus was too skewed towards M&A rather than venture itself. A change was needed.

The post Socheat Chhay: Sopra Steria Ventures appeared first on CVC Unplugged.

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