A coming wave of deep learning training technologies could make it easier to work from less perfect datasets, while greater awareness of data privacy will likely preclude a competitive dash to own and trade data.
Month: January 2020
GCVI Summit 2020: CVC creation and building a culture of innovation
Faran Nouri discussed the challenges of setting up Lam Capital in a time when there were few resources on best practices and revealed how data and AI was disrupting her corporate parent’s industry.
GCVI Summit 2020: Raising the stakes
Diversity and inclusion of women, ethnic minorities and the LGBT community are becoming increasingly important for CVCs and VCs.
GCVI Summit 2020: Dawn of a new day
Diversity and inclusion has become a vital part of corporate venturing’s trajectory, which has expanded exponentially over the past five years.
GCVI Summit 2020: Unique ways to unlock in-house value
Vikram Rajagopalan, head of innovation strategy at Delta Air Lines, provided insights into driving in-house value in the air travel industry.
GCVI Summit 2020: Special introduction on diversity, equity and inclusion
Patty Burke, partner of innovation leadership solutions at the Centre for Creative Leadership, offered strategies to improve female representation at the workplace.
GCVI Summit 2020: Corporate credence – the importance of CVC to source innovation
Orrick’s Greg Heibel has interviewed Samsung Catalyst Fund head Shankar Chandran and Arvind Purushotham, who manages Citi Ventures, about how their respective corporate venturing funds scout new technologies to enter new markets.
GCVI Summit 2020: Examining Sapphire Ventures’ approach
Sapphire Ventures maintains ties to former parent company SAP some nine years after spinning off to differentiate itself in today’s bustling venture market.
GCVI Summit 2020: Telecom 2020 and beyond
Intel Capital senior managing director Dave Flanagan interviewed Verizon Ventures head Chris Bartlett and Qualcomm Ventures’ Alex Villela on their respective vehicles’ investment mandate surrounding 5G technology.
GCVI Summit 2020: Winning CVC strategies for deeptech inflections
Applied Ventures president Om Nalamasu presented the unit’s focus on deeptech.
GCVI Summit 2020: Innovator showcase – advanced mobility, energy and travel
BP Ventures, Schneider Electric Ventures, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings and Denso introduced some of their portfolio companies across areas such as construction and distributed grid management.
GCVI Summit 2020: Sector spotlight on advanced mobility, energy and beyond
David Hayes, Diana Grauer and Avra Durack tackled the challenges around mobility and energy, including a decision by BP Ventures to return into an area where an investment had not worked out previously.
GCVI Summit 2020: Revolutionising the routine of dealflow management
Affinity’s Anne Gherini talks with Ford’s Dennis Liu on what strategic value the automotive manufacturer could provide to entrepreneurs in addition to funding, and what corporates needed to know when managing their innovation pipeline.
GCVI Summit 2020: Unlocking innovation and the global automotive takeover
John Suh, George Kellerman and Tony Cannestra discussed the mobility sector and how investments needed to go beyond the core business.