To mark JJDC’s 45th anniversary, GCV spoke to Asish Xavier and Renee Ryan, both vice-presidents for venture investments, who focus on biotech and medical devices respectively, and Stacy Feld, vice-president of consumer venture investments and external innovation.
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Outsized returns: betting against the crowd
We recently set out to test our view on the next big tech trends against the view of external experts. To determine the latter, we performed a count of technology references from blue-chip tech prediction pieces.
How the best corporate venturers keep getting better
Over the past couple of decades, corporate venturing has been characterised by its boom-and-bust cycles. Companies would increase their investments during frothy markets to boost financial performance and then pull back during economic downturns when the prospect of quick financial gains evaporated. Today, corporate venturing is taking a different approach. Companies are still seeking financial… Continue reading How the best corporate venturers keep getting better
IBM and Qualcomm vets launch AV8
Allianz-backed venture capital firm AV8 launches in the UK and the US.
GCV Synergize 2017
October 26 2017, New York City (USA)
The curious case of the corporate capital correlation
Corporate venture capital efforts may boost public stock share prices, by Scott Lenet and Eric Budin, Touchdown
News round up 9 January 2017
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
Verizon runs to exit
Run, a US-based mobile-focused programmatic advertising technology backed by Verizon Ventures, the corporate ventuyring unit of the eponymous phone service, has been acquired by Publicis through its Starcom MediaVest Group. Verizon had backed Run’s $1.5m seed round a year earlier in August 2013.
Axis Corporate Edition 2016
Join the 3rd annual Axis Corporate Edition – the only event in Israel focused exclusively on Israel’s most innovative startups and corporate investors.
GCV Symposium 2017 – London
Join 400+ business leaders from the corporate venturing and wider high growth business ecosystem for the two-day 2017 GCV Symposium.
The accidental VC – insights from a legend
You have one of the best corporate venturing track records in Asia over the past 16 years. To what do you attribute your success and of what are you most proud? Success is always a function of timing and opportunity with a bit of luck. I attribute my success mainly to three things – sector… Continue reading The accidental VC – insights from a legend
Comment: There’s more to venture capital than just capital
In an industry that moves as fast as venture capital, all sorts of ideas can get swept up in the hype machine and quickly crowned as the newest of new things. So it is with recent talk about startup investing. Venture firms and funds, evangelists preach, have to do more than write checks; they must… Continue reading Comment: There’s more to venture capital than just capital
Q&A with Ian Goldstein of Fenwick & West
Ian Goldstein, partner in the corporate group of Fenwick & West, is one of seven attorneys who helped the law firm open its New York City office in June having moved across from the Drinker Biddle law firm. At the time of his move, Richard Dickson, chairman of Fenwick, said: “Ian Goldstein’s depth of experience… Continue reading Q&A with Ian Goldstein of Fenwick & West
Corporate venturing strategies to foster innovation
Comment from Mark Fenwick, associate professor, faculty of law, Kyushu University, and Erik Vermeulen, head of governance, Philips Lighting, and professor of business and financial law, Tilburg University