Since the start of his mandate in 2014, European Commissioner Carlos Moedas has been in strong support of the setting up of a European Innovation Council (EIC) for breakthrough, market-creating innovation, with a focus on smart funding, smart investment and smart regulation, to make Europe ‘the place to be’ for innovators.”
Month: July 2019
PitchBook seeks the golden mean of corporate venturing
The latest note by data provider PitchBook found that, in the context of growth in corporate venture capital, the most active CVC arms it examines have shown a strong historical performance and corporate-backed portfolio companies have reaped benefits in the form of higher exit chances and lower bankruptcy rates
A lack of vision will come to haunt us all
It seems like only yesterday that Global University Venturing celebrated breaking through 2,000 deals in its database, but at the time of writing we are already at more than 3,200 investments and exits.
Switzerland’s land of opportunity
Innovative region: Switzerland
The future for $100m rounds and the innovation economy
It has been a remarkable decade for innovation capital. More than $1 trillion of venture capital had been invested by the end of last year, according to data provider Pitchbook, driven by corporations engaging in more than half that total, according to GCV Analytics.
Interview: Wendy Lung, IBM Ventures
Wendy Lung, managing director of IBM Ventures, spoke to Robin Brinkworth about being an IBM lifer, how IBM Ventures’ flexibility delivers value for IBM, and the broader corporate venturing ecosystem
IT sector continues to nurture innovation
Sector Analysis: Information Technology
Multinational corporates storm the Israeli market
Comment from Eze Vidra, managing partner, Remagine Ventures
Facebook coin brings crypto adoption closer
Comment from Jalak Jobanputra, founder, Future Perfect Ventures
Slowdown in June
Monthly analysis: June 2019
Venture capital desperately needs more governance
Comment from Scott Lenet, president, Touchdown Ventures
Europe’s position narrows as disruption unfolds
Social network Facebook’s plans to launch the Libra blockchain and native cryptocurrency, its custodial wallet and subsidiary Calibra, programming language Move and its governing body the Libra Association based in Geneva, Switzerland, certainly took most of the attention this month.
Russian corporates get $100m fund on track
RT Invest and RZD Technologies have put up 20% of the capital for a fund that will support wireless network devices and IoT technologies in transport and logistics.
Fever warms up with $35m
The Spain-based event and activity discovery platform has now raised in excess of $70m altogether, having secured $35m from investors including Rakuten and Atresmedia.