Battery materials developer Advano has secured $18.5m in a round co-led by strategic partner Mitsui Kinzoku SBI Material Innovation Fund.
Month: January 2020
Crédit Agricole solidifies Linxo connection
Crédit Agricole is set to acquire a majority stake in portfolio company Linxo as fellow corporates Maif and Crédit Mutuel Arkéa exit.
Roambee tracks corporates for series B funding
Jebsen & Jessen and Telkomsel contributed to a $15.2m second tranche of shipment-tracking technology provider Roambee’s series B round.
Pecan.ai picks up $15m
Dell Technologies Capital co-led a $15m round disclosed as Pecan came out of stealth with plans to further enhance its predictive analytics platform.
P2 Science gets passed $12m
HG Ventures led a series C round that included Chanel and BASF Venture Capital, with the cash to go to expanding the renewable chemicals provider’s production capacity.
Wendell Brooks, winner Leadership in the Innovation Economy Award
Wendell Brooks, senior vice-president at Intel and president of Intel Capital,has been chairman of the Global Corporate Venturing Leadership Society for the past two years and as he steps down from the role and to celebrate his achievements at Intel and on behalf of the broader innovation capital community he will be presented at the GCVI Summit in January 2020 a special award, writes James Mawson
The World of Corporate Venturing 2020: Forward
GCV Leadership Society chairman’s welcome letter by Young Sohn, president and chief strategy officer, Samsung Electronics
50 years after the internet new doors open
Introduction to the World of Corporate Venturing 2020 by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
GCVI Summit 2020: Engaging with startups through CVC and open innovation
Embracing the innovation ecosystem and ensuring strategic cooperation were identified as key for CVC-startup relations in a session chaired by Saeed Amidi, CEO and founder of Plug and Play.
GCVI Summit 2020: How will I know if he loves me?
Touchdown Ventures co-founder Scott Lenet and Accenture Ventures head Mike Redding discussed the relationship between corporate venturing arms and parent organisation.
GCVI Summit 2020: AI and truthtech
In-Q-Tel managing partner George Hoyem discussed disinformation campaigns carried out through artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in recent years with Graphika CEO John Kelly and UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid.
GCVI Summit 2020: The purpose-driven life of CVC
Unlocking innovation potential through corporate venturing and business unit development was the topic for Nicolas Sauvage, Brandon Yahn, Aaron Brandt and Nathan Pascarella.
GCVI Summit 2020: Out with the old, in with the new
Nicolas Sauvage discussed TDK’s approach to innovation and why they put CVC into play, with Orrick’s Ellen Ehrenpreis asking the questions.
GCVI Summit 2020: Getting to scale and long-term staying power
Bill Taranto, who oversees Merck & Co’s Global Health Innovation Fund, talks to GCV’s James Mawson on the strategies of a sustainable CVC program.