Backstage as a vehicle investing in “underestimated rather than underrepresented founders”.
Month: July 2021
GCV Leadership Society – New Member Spotlight: Blackberry
Vito Giallorenzo shares insights on BlackBerry’s new approach to venture.
GCV Digital Forum 2021: How and why CVCs should earn carry
Mach49 advises its clients to put in place appropriate compensation to avoid poaching of staff.
GCV Digital Forum 2021: Qualcomm Ventures and The Continuation To Conquer CVC
Qualcomm Ventures leader reflects on 20 years’ success.
GCV Digital Forum 2021: M&A, exits and rising trends across the market
Alex McCracken, managing director at Silicon Valley Bank’s UK branch, provided an overview of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, exit routes and emerging trends across the market at the GCV Digital Forum 2021. As McCracken underlined, activity has been buoyant in the last year, often driven by an increasing presence of corporate investors. A rising… Continue reading GCV Digital Forum 2021: M&A, exits and rising trends across the market
GCV Digital Forum 2021: Amazon’s innovation strategy
Paul Misener, senior vice-president for global innovation policy and communications at Amazon, speaking at the GCV Digital Forum 2021 described how being obsessed over customers instead of competitors is the key to Amazon’s innovation strategy. “Our invention machine relies very heavily on customer sessions, where we figure out what the customer can get out of… Continue reading GCV Digital Forum 2021: Amazon’s innovation strategy
GCV Digital Forum 2021: How innovation and syndication have strengthened the healthcare sector
Jennifer Friel-Goldstein, managing partner for life science and healthcare practice at SVB Capital, and Christopher Picariello, president of Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, discussed how innovation is fuelling the growth of the healthcare sector at the GCV Digital Forum 2021. “At Johnson & Johnson Innovation our ultimate mission is to identify the best ideas… Continue reading GCV Digital Forum 2021: How innovation and syndication have strengthened the healthcare sector
Award-winner Malik joins Dell
Dell Technologies Capital has hired Radhika Malik, formerly a senior associate at Samsung’s $500m Catalyst Fund.
Daily Deal Round Up: July 28, 2021
Denso took part in a $71m series D round for artificial intelligence technology provider Blaize while inflammatory disease drug developer Aristea closed a $63m Novo and Arena-backed round.
India’s rising economic power
Venture capital funding for Indian firms hit a six-year high of $12.1bn in the first six months of 2021
DataRobot authenticates $300m series G round
the augmented intelligence software producer more than doubled its valuation to $6.3bn in a ServiceNow-backed round and has bought corporate-backed Algorithmia.
PsiQuantum crosses off $450m in funding
M12 returned to reinvest in the quantum computer developer at a valuation topping $3bn, boosting its overall funding to $665m.
iCapital Network manages to raise $440m
Ping An Global Voyager Fund has returned to back the asset management platform developer’s latest round, at a $4bn valuation.
Microvast ties up $3bn reverse takeover
Koch Industries and Oshkosh are backing a $540m private placement supporting the merger between advanced battery maker Microvast and a special purpose acquisition company.