GCVI had grown two times since last year. The attendees were still of great calibre and from interesting backgrounds. The networking opportunities for both first timers and experienced attendees were great. It is easy to have meaningful conversations with many like minded people. The quality of speakers as well as the moderators were top notch. Majority of the speakers had good chemistry with one another and the moderators definitely prepared well.
Jay Onda, Startup Investments, Orange Silicon Valley
The 2018 GCVI event was extremely successful and useful. Great networking with the who’s who of corporate ventures. Very good and relevant presentations covering all the key topics .
Eric Buatois, managing partner, Benhamou Global Ventures
This was the first time I was attending GCVI and it was very insightful, informative and inspiring. The speakers were great and the topics were chosen to reflect market trends and top-of-mind topics. Congratulations to the organisers who were able to get such high-powered leaders to attend.
Ravishankar Gundlapalli, CEO, MentorCloud
The 2018 GCVI is now the unparallelled leader in terms of networking with potential co-investors. It may surprise you who – in non-competing areas – are looking at similar technologies and businesses. Leverage each others’ investment dollars for a win-win-win for corporates, institutions and most importantly, portfolio companies.
Iain Cooper, manager corporate venturing, Schlumberger
GCVI summit was truly amazing with great content, and insights shared by experts in the corporate venture industry. It was a unique opportunity to interact with other corporate venture units. Great learnings, great networking and a truly awesome conference put together by the GCV team!
Ashish Mahashabde, principal, IBM Ventures
Effective snapshot of the current situation among the companies.
Pauli Marttila, senior lead, Sitra
GCVI is a great event for meeting and getting to know the CVC community.
Quentin Compton-Bishop, CEO, Warwick Ventures, University of Warwick
This year’s GCVI summit was incredible. The number of companies represented really highlights the growing importance of this sector, and the opportunity to meet and hear from so many amazing people made this one of the best events in the calendar.
Tracy Isacke, head of corporate relationship management, Silicon Valley Bank
The GCVI Summit is hands down the best event for people and organisations interested in corporate venturing.
George Kellerman, chief operating officer and general partner,
Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley
I attend many conferences and have to say that the GVCI conference is one of the most productive conferences I attend each year. The content, networking, quality of people, contacts and opportunities to collaborate with the largest corporations in the world is frankly in my experience unprecedented.
George Hoyem, managing partner, In-Q-Tel
Este summit es una excelente oportunidad para entender lo que esta pasando por la cabeza de las grandes corporaciones en relación a la innovación y al corporate venture capital. Imperdible.
Jose Catalan, head of innovation, Masisa
GCVI has created an institution and given a voice to corporate, university and government venture. I would thoroughly recommend them as a knowledge partner to any investor in the venture or growth arena.
Douglas Hansen-Luke, founder and executive chairman, Future Planet Capital
The GCVI was an invaluable experience. The summit connected me with potential industry partners that, as a new startup, I would not have met otherwise.
Michael Urner, CEO, Tergis Technologies
Probably the event for all CVCs out there. It is a great platform to network, share common best practices and to discuss opportunities and dealflow.
Matthias Schmidt, director strategic value creation, Swisscom Ventures
Excellent opportunity to be surrounded by so many people who understand your role, and what you are trying to accomplish.
Carrie Walker, Director, Explore New Growth, CarMax
The GCVI Summit is the single most important event on my conference calendar every year. After 17 years of attending venture conferences, 10 of which as a CVC, my expectations are very high. The GCVI Summit delivers with the most impactful private meetings, top-notch networking, and topical presentations to anchor the entire event.
Keith Gillard, general partner, Pangaea Ventures
I felt the 2018 GCVI Summit was a great way to immerse myself in the mindset of the VC world. I found it was filled with passionate intelligent people who seemed legitimately interested in using their gifts and resources for the betterment of all stakeholders. The annual GCVI Summit event is a must-attend conference for any CVC and is a great opportunity for financial VCs to gain privileged access to the most active and respected CVCs in the world in order to collaborate on mutually beneficial dealflow.
Tom Hawkins, managing partner, Forté Ventures
The 2018 GCVI Summit was my first of many. As an accelerator with a goal of connecting startups to large corporations, I attended to hear perspectives from leaders in the space but also to meet them and discuss collaboration. I had 40-plus meetings with top CVCs, all in two days. These meetings would have taken me six months to organise outside of this event. I came out of the event versed in top CVC trends and with new connections that I hope to work with for years to come.
Brian Tetrud, corporate partnerships manager, Plug and Play Tech Centre
For startups like QC Ware that are advancing new technologies like quantum computing, getting in direct contact with industry players who want to explore these new technologies is very valuable. GVCI is a very efficient means of connecting startups with potential corporate customers and investors.
Matt Johnson, CEO, QC Ware
The great summit for networking!
Weera Paramasawat
This summit is definitely the most important about CVC in the world, where you can know not only what is going on in this industry and best practice, you can also make a great network with other executives making the same job of trying to bring innovation from outside the company, just like you.
Country manager Chile, Telefónica Open Future
The GCVI Summit is the must-attend event for corporate innovators and VCs. Whether you are new at the practice or an experienced professional, there is always value in listening to others.
Managing director, a food industry organisation
GCVI provides ample opportunity to learn more about the CVC space, especially from companies who have been doing it for a while. Networking is great as there are so many companies that do not compete in your industry.
Vice-president ventures, a digital and high-tech organisation
The quality of networking at GCVI was excellent. The most difficult decision I had to make was whether to spend my time listening to panels or with additional networking.
Anonymous
The GCVI Summit is a great conference to attend for networking opportunities. It was nice to speak with other CVCs and learn their areas of focus, processes and procedures and ways to learn from one another.
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