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Month: January 2021
GCV Digital Forum 2021: How M12 is supporting diversity and inclusion
Steffens added corporate venturing professionals could introduce female founders or other underrepresented minority founders to their own parent companies if they cannot fund them directly.
GCV Digital Forum 2021: The convergence of AI across industries
Jeff Herbst, vice president of business development at Nvidia and head of Nvidia GPU Ventures, and George Hoyem, managing partner at In-Q-Tel, have shared their predictions on the artificial intelligence (AI) market at the GCV Digital Forum 2021. During the discussion, the pair provided an overview of the current AI market and revealed their thoughts… Continue reading GCV Digital Forum 2021: The convergence of AI across industries
GCV Digital Forum 2021: Creating concord between traditional venture and corporates
Khosla highlighted events like the GCV Digital Forum as a great opportunity to source deals and to partner with corporate investors.
GCV Digital Forum 2021: Blazing a new path through incubation
To follow in Hitachi’s footsteps, a corporate would need to build a small team, secure a small amount of capital and engage in a fail-fast methodology.
Style and Sophistication: GCV Institute’s Call to Action To Professionalize The Industry
James Gunnell joined Rob Coppedge from Echo Health Ventures and Liz Arrington from Bell Mason Group to preview the new GCV Institute initiative.
GCV Digital Forum: Scaling Up: How VC Is Helping Startups Succeed”
CapitalG’s Jeramiah Gordon joined Paul Asel from NGP Partners for a session moderated by John Park, partner at law firm Morgan Lewis.
SenseTime seals funding at $12bn valuation
SoftBank, Alibaba, Qualcomm, Suning and Dalian Wanda-backed image recognition software provider SenseTime has reportedly secured an undisclosed amount of pre-IPO funding.
The Venture Manifesto: Former & Current NVCA Chairs Speak Out On The VC Imperative To Support Innovation
NVCA chairman Barry Eggers joined Kate Mitchell, co-founding partner of Scale Venture Partners, and moderator Heidi Roizen from Threshold Capital to talk around corporate venture and the NVCA’s role in driving innovation.
UC-XTC Start-up Innovation Challenge – Finalist & Winner Spotlight
Curies, Takachar and Sophie’s Bionutrients all bagged prizes at a startup competition allied to University of California and XTC at GCV Digital Forum.
Faraday Future forms $3.4bn reverse merger
The China Evergrande-backed mobility technology producer is joining forces with special purpose acquisition company Property Solutions Acquisition Corp.
DriveNets races to $208m at unicorn valuation
The Samsung Ventures-backed cloud management software provider has raised series B funding in a round that roughly doubled its valuation to over $1bn.
SAP signals Signavio acquisition
Deutsche Telekom is set to exit the BPM software provider in a purchase by SAP reported to be sized at about $1.2bn, triple the size of its 2019 valuation.
Design Therapeutics discovers $125m in series B
SR One reinvested in a series B round for the degenerative disorder drug developer that was led by venture fund Logos Capital.