GCV’s Kaloyan Andonov presented an overview of the key findings from the World of Corporate Venturing report.
Month: January 2020
Exclusive: AutoFlightX takes off with TDK funding
TDK Ventures revealed its investment in vertical take-off and landing company AutoFlightX on stage at the GCVI Summit 2020 today.
GCVI Summit 2020: The advanced vision of Toyota AI Ventures
Jim Adler cited a potential mismatch between internal business units and startups during his talk at the GCVI Summit 2020.
GCVI Summit 2020: Transformative investing and delivering on the charter of CVC
Julie Murchinson led the panel on CVC models, which featured Rob Coppedge, Tom Rodgers and Bill Taranto.
GCVI Summit 2020: Soaring performances – Boeing Horizon X
Brian Schettler talked about Boeing HorizonX Ventures’ investment strategy and focus on portfolio development in periods of corporate change.
GCVI Summit 2020: Conversational AI and the big bang for voice processing
The keynote presentation featured Jonathan Cohen and Scott Stephenson discussing speech recognition software in a session moderated by Jeff Herbst.
Hito-Com hits corporate venturing target
The recruitment firm’s $9.2m corporate venture capital vehicle will target developers of advertising and online retail technology.
GCVI Summit 2020: Artificial intelligence applications in healthcare
In this keynote interview, Renee Yao asked Scott Barclay, Fabien Beckers and Chakri Toleti where artificial intelligence applications in healthcare are headed.
GCVI Summit 2020: Innovation plays and the impact of CVC
Distinct roles for business development and CVC investor professionals was one of the ideas floated at a discussion on innovation plays and CVC’s impact.
GCVI Summit 2020: Amplifying innovation – Exelon’s journey of continuous reinvention
Clareo’s Paul Donnellan asked Brian Hoff how he set up innovation strategies and an internal incubator at Exelon.
Venture industry pays tribute and plans way ahead at GCVI Summit
There were some glowing tributes paid at the Global Corporate Venturing and Innovation Summit’s first day to Harvard professor Clayton Christensen who died late last week for his seminal work on disruptive innovation laid out in his book, The Innovator’s Dilemma.
Verkada captures $80m at $1.6bn valuation
The video security system developer almost tripled its valuation in nine months, raising series C funding from investors including Siemens Next47.
Whip Media gets $50m tip
The WME-backed television data and content manager raised the money in a Eminence Capital-led round that took its overall funding to at least $110m.
Insurance comparison platform Gabi bags $27m
Corporate investors Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures and Securian Ventures returned for a CMFG Ventures-backed round that boosted Gabi’s overall funding to $39m.