Christopher Bartlett, formerly managing director at Morgan Stanley, has become head of Verizon’s corporate venturing arm.
Month: October 2018
Bringing the best and brightest into the industry
Special report: Mentoring the next generation of leaders
No one ever steps in the same river twice
October issue editorial by James Mawson, editor-in-chief
Stacking the odds in universities’ favour
University corner: Activity has been steadily ramping up during September
Dealflow maintains pace in September
This is our data snapshot based on last month’s investment activity. The charts and tables have been generated by our data platform GCV Analytics.
The future of energy: Different horses for different courses
Kaloyan Andonov of GCV spoke to Geert van de Wouw, vice-president at Shell Ventures, the venturing subsidiary of Anglo-Dutch oil and gas major Shell about the future of energy and how the rebranded venturing arm under his command tackles it.
You may beat an algorithm today – what about tomorrow?
Comment from Sloane Ortel, curator and commentator, CFA Institute, and Ashby Monk, executive and research director, Stanford Global Projects Centre
Next-gen CVC – our team crosses borders, breaks boundaries
Comment from Jonas Svedlund, general counsel and head of business development, GE Ventures
BP Ventures in China – land of opportunity
Tom Whitehouse, contributing editor, spoke to Jin Hu, BP Ventures’ Shanghai-based China lead, about how she is re-adapting to her country of birth after 16 years in the UK. Hu also set out the strategic rationale behind BP’s $10m backing of Nio Capital and pledged to demonstrate value to venture investors in China.
MTN’s innovation shift from large to small
Comment from Herman Singh, group chief digital officer, MTN
Europe’s most important budget
Editor-in-chief James Mawson takes an in-depth look at what the Horizon Europe budget needs to achieve.
The challenge of battery tech investment
A range of new materials and technologies could yield vastly improved batteries for purposes including electric vehicles and grid storage.
Corporates in Finland remain cool on venturing
University and government venturing successes fail to attract significant corporate interest
The future of energy based on inclusion
Tom Whitehouse, contributing editor, interviewed Barbara Burger about Chevron Technology Ventures’ new Future Energy Fund and GCV’s Venture Houston conference next month, which she is co-chairing and Chevron is co-sponsoring.