“Our senior leadership recognised that to be successful, our investment activity had to be sustained over a long period of time.”
Author: Evangelos Simoudis
Constructing a venturing unit
Over the past year several corporations have asked me for advice on the venture groups they plan to form. These days corporate venturing funds are announced on a weekly basis. Before providing my advice I ask three questions.First is whether the CEO is ready to lead the corporation’s innovation goals, and see the venture group as one… Continue reading Constructing a venturing unit
Venturing’s role in disruptive innovation initiatives
A large corporation recently requested my advice on how to set up and structure its venture fund, based in California’s Silicon Valley. This corporation had initially set up a venture fund in the late 1990s to invest in internet startups. By 2002 it had closed down the fund after determining that its portfolio companies had lost their financial… Continue reading Venturing’s role in disruptive innovation initiatives
Considerations on accelerators and incubators
Evangelos Simoudis, senior adviser, Trident Capital examines corporate accelerators and incubators.
Using corporate incubators and accelerators to drive disruptive innovation
A look at how corporates are operating their accelerators and incubators, by Trident Capital’s Evangelos Simoudis.