Each team member will do every part of the process, from scouting, selection to presenting ideas to the business units.
Author: Kaloyan Andonov
Kaloyan Andonov is head of analytics at Global Corporate Venturing.
CVC case study: How TDK Ventures’ young team grew
TDK Ventures started with a minimal team size while it was proving itself and grew it when the portfolio needed more support.
CVC case study: Capita Scaling Partner’s equity-for-services model
Capita Scaling Partner’s equity-for-services model needs a team of 28, most focusing on finding synergies between the parent and the startup.
What is the ideal size for a CVC team?
The short answer is: “It depends” (on strategy, focus and structure). A quick rule of thumb is 3 people per $100m in the fund.
Corporate venturing deals drop in May
The number of corporate-backed deals dropped by 13% year-on-year in May, the first clear sign that the market pullback is having an impact.
Analysis: Nowports fundraise underscores appetite for digitising freight
The freight forwarding company raised $150m round, valuing it at $1.1bn, featuring several corporate investors.
How CVC strategies are evolving
Corporates use to struggle to get into syndicates with VCs. Now it is the VCs looking to get into a syndicate with CVCs.
This is how Chinese VC differs from US and European VC
Financial performance of a sample of Chinese VCs ranged from 14% to 30% per annum, more stable than the range of returns of European and US VC.
GCV Symposium: Healthcare impact funds need to work together
Out of $700bn in impact investing only 7% goes towards healthcare. But Johnson & Johnson is looking at ways to move the needle.
Booming CVC is about to get a reality check
A large number of new CVC units have been set up in the past few years. How will these newcomers weather the coming downturn?
Corporate venturing spikes to record high
2021 year-end data analysis
Renewable energy innovation and Israel’s ‘team of teams’ climate tech investing approach
Kaloyan Andonov spoke with Roee Furman, managing director of Doral Energy-Tech Ventures, the recently established CVC unit of Israel-based renewable energy group Doral and one of the active investors in energy innovation
GCV Symposium 2021: Hydrogen – the next big thing?
GCV’s James Mawson interviewed Energy Transitions Commission chair Lord Adair Turner on the hydrogen space.
GCV Symposium 2021: Fireside chat – Blackrock and its big voice in net-zero transition
Mach49’s Paul Holland spoke with BlackRock Alternatives Investors’ Jim Barry on the latter’s firm’s climatetech strategy.