Introductions of the second day of the 10th GCV Symposium featured GCV’s James Mawson and chair Eileen Tanghal from In-Q-Tel.
Author: Kaloyan Andonov
Kaloyan Andonov is head of analytics at Global Corporate Venturing.
GCV Symposium 2021: Panel – Sustainability investments
Jeremy Nicholls from UN’s Development Programme and Natural Capital Research’s Beccy Wilebore spoke about avoiding the greenwash to locate the best source of capital.
GCV Symposium 2021: GCV Institute update and our benchmarking effort
GCV’s James Gunnell and Jana Reuther gave updates on the GCV Institute.
GCV Symposium 2021: What is next after CVC? Mach49 and building a venture factory
Mach49’s Linda Yates and Paul Holland moderated a session dealing with “venture factories” within corporations, featuring Airbus’ Christian Lindener and Hitachi’s Laurent Guengant.
Xcel Energy elevates EIP’s latest fund
The utility company has backed Energy Impact Partners’s latest fund that targets clean energy companies owned by diverse founders.
Klarna kicks off two initiatives
Klarna has launched two initiatives as part of its commitment to help UK-based SMEs survive the impact of the economic shock from the pandemic.
Tucker tucks into DocuSign
Donald Tucker has joined DocuSign to help run its corporate development and venture investments.
ICL targets food tech and agtech
Israel-based specialty minerals and chemicals group has launched its programme to support businesses in the food tech and agtech space.
Savini saves spot at Honeywell Ventures
Honeywell Ventures has hired Giancarlo Savini to identify cleantech deals and help its parent firm strike up commercial agreements with the portfolio companies, similar to his previous job at Shell Ventures.
Analysis: Horizon Robotics captures $350m
AI chip developer Horizon Robotics raised a round backed by several automotive manufacturers, taking its overall funding to $900m in the past two months.
“If uncertainty is the new norm, partnerships are the new leadership”
IESE Business school ran its 8th Open Innovation Conference last week, with the virtual event co-hosted by Prof Josemaría Siota and Prof Julia Pratts.
GCVI Summit 2020: CVC creation and building a culture of innovation
Faran Nouri discussed the challenges of setting up Lam Capital in a time when there were few resources on best practices and revealed how data and AI was disrupting her corporate parent’s industry.
GCVI Summit 2020: Sector spotlight on advanced mobility, energy and beyond
David Hayes, Diana Grauer and Avra Durack tackled the challenges around mobility and energy, including a decision by BP Ventures to return into an area where an investment had not worked out previously.
GCVI Summit 2020: The importance of being earnest
Scott Kupor talks about the secrets of Sand Hill Road and the imperatives of VC and CVC syndication.