Monthly report: November 2020
Month: December 2020
Does Deerfield have The Cure?
Deerfield Management is putting up $2bn for early-stage life sciences research through to 2030, but what does its involvement mean for its partner universities?
Texas trailblazes corporate venturing
Innovative region: Texas
AI and ethics: the challenge of lining up stakeholders
Special report: AI technologies present complex ethical challenges, early hopes for a multilateral governance framework, but delicate balance to avoid hampering innovative AI
Why startups should be seen but not heard
Comment from Paddy Willis, chief executive and co-founder, Mission Ventures
Agriculture blossoms into a tech age
Feature: Agriculture
Navigating uncertainty and investing for the future
Comment from Shankar Chandran, managing director and head of Samsung Catalyst Fund
Mobilising all forms of capital for sustainable development
Comment from Gillian Marcelle, managing member, Resilience Capital Ventures
Structuring a CVC: create a traditional VC fund structure
Comment from Patrick Flesner, director, LeadX Capital Partners, and Stephan Bank
Turn on, tune into spatial transcriptomics
Comment from Anil Achyuta, TDK Ventures, and YP Huang, Applied Ventures
Why blockchain startups are the perfect strategic investment for energy corporates
Comment from Erin Boyd, Proseeder thought leader
The big trends of 2020 in corporate venturing
What was the most important technology trend or trends in 2020?
2020: the year of innovation capital
GCV December 2020 issue editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
LendingHome leverages $75m in series E
The Sberbank-backed online lender has announced the appointment of a new chief executive alongside its latest round.