Dalton ran Pfizer Ventures during a period when pharmaceutical companies shifted to greater dependence on CVC to access innovation.
Author: James Mawson
Space power shifts from defence to commercial sector
Space exploration is driven by commercially focused startups rather than just the defence industries, opening up a power shift.
Chung and Kuchan leave Hyundai Cradle
Insiders are concerned about the future of the corporate investment unit after the two senior-level departures.
The real magic of the SVB loan book may already be lost
SVB used its influence over venture capital investors to make sure startup loans were repaid. If it is broken up, this power is lost.
Can AI and globalisation revitalise corporate venturing?
As the central tenets and ideas of corporate venturing expand around the world new, unique forces in generative AI are coming into play to change the dynamic and unleash greater disruption.
Corporate venture capital statement on Silicon Valley Bank
The following joint statement was prepared by the Global Corporate Venturing Leadership Society Advisory Board.
Corporate investors need to find new answers
There is a potential for corporate venturing to go from about 1% of global corporate R&D budgets to 10% over the next decade.
CVC takes a larger role in corporate innovation spend
The majority of the top 100 US companies in the Fortune 500 list have active CVC units. But what will it take to move the needle further?
CVCs need to play the “Sequoia game” in a downturn
The smartest VCs talk up a downturn but continue to invest. Corporate investors can do the same to seize opportunities when others freeze.
Will technology move from centre stage to facilitator?
AI supplement Q2 2021 editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Using human brains to improve AI
Special report: Sparsity looks to make AI infrastructure more efficient, AI increasingly useful in the software stack, quantum and classical hardware evolves
Cutting through the noise
May 2021 issue editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Landing the Value of Corporate Venturing
For those direct investors navigating the now more liquid private investment world having other teachers steeped in decades of insights is a gift and the GCV Institute’s Landing the Value of Corporate Venturing course next month is honoured to have many of them share their wisdom.
TiEcon 2021
I was super honoured and excited to hear first hand Roland Manger, co-founder and partner at venture capital firm Earlybird, in the prep call before Saturday’s Tiecon keynote.