In February 2022, the GCV Institute celebrates its first birthday with the launch of the first corporate venture capital (CVC) operational and performance benchmarking platform. This will serve as a reference point for CVC strategic and operational planning as well as provide timely best practices data for the Institute’s professional development curriculum.
Month: February 2022
Leadership in the Innovation Economy 2022: Barbara Burger
Given her role at the vanguard of the world’s efforts to transition to a lower carbon future, it is perhaps appropriate that peers describe Barbara Burger, Chevron’s vice president of innovation and president of Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV), as a “force of nature”.
Starting the year with transformative goals
World of Corporate Venturing 2022 report editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
World of Corporate Venturing 2022: Forward
GCV Leadership Society chair’s welcome letter by Jacqueline LeSage, Founder & Managing Director, Munich Re Ventures
Daily Deal Round Up: February 8, 2022
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a $300m round for business-to-business marketplace ElasticRun and co-led blockchain creation platform developer Aleo’s $200m series B.
Intel introduces $1bn semiconductor technology fund
The fund, a joint venture for Intel’s corporate venturing unit and its Intel Foundry Services subsidiary, will seek out startups developing novel semiconductor technologies.
Flexport receives $935m funding haul
SoftBank Vision Fund 1 and Shopify both invested in the shipping management service’s first round in three years, more than doubling its valuation to $8bn.
CapitalG reveals 2021 promotions
Alphabet’s growth equity arm promoted several team members in 2021 including new general partner Jesse Wedler, Jackson Georges, James Luo, Jamie Rosen, Jeremy Zhu and Nina Gerson.
Daily Deal Round Up: February 7, 2022
Financial services provider Tribal raised $60m in a SoftBank-led series B round while Credit Saison invested $30m in a round for peer-to-peer lender Julo sized at up to $60m.
Qredo to scale with $80m
Coinbase Ventures took part in a series A round for the cryptocurrency custody and settlement technology developer as efforts to overcome bottlenecks within blockchain networks intensify.
WNBA makes $75m funding shot
Nike was part of a round representing the women’s basketball league’s first external funding as it looks to close the gap with the richer men’s leagues.
Corporates take iCare to series E round
Salesforce Ventures and MSIVC re-upped their commitment to the owner of employees healthcare platform Carely in a $16.5m round boosting its overall funding to nearly $39m.
Sharp leaves BP for Decarbonization Partners
Meghan Sharp has departed from BP Ventures after more than a decade to head up the $600m Decarbonization Partners fund.
Analysis: Wayflyer receives $150m
Prosus Ventures committed capital to e-commerce finance provider Wayflyer at a $1.6bn valuation, increasing its overall funding to over $236m.