Ireland-based e-commerce data science company Sales Optimize scooped first prize and £100,000 ($135,000) at the Salesforce Ventures’ DreamPitch event in London last week. Sales Optimize maps e-commerce websites on the internet to create sales leads for suppliers to e-commerce businesses. Three companies presented to a large audience and a panel of three judges: Jacqueline de… Continue reading Sales Optimize Wins £100,000 prize from Salesforce Ventures
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New York affirms corporate and venture capital synergies
Conference review: GCV Synergize 2017
Highlights of GCV in the Big Apple
Global Corporate Venturing’s Synergize conference in New York in October brought together 150 VCs and CVCs.
TrueWealth aims to expand the reach of funding
Newly formed venture fund TrueWealth Ventures is emblematic of a push to increase diversity in the VC world, a subject on the agenda for the GCVI Summit.
CVC delegation to Moscow finds a vibrant ecosystem
The corporate venturing delegation to Moscow in October, organised by Global Corporate Venturing, state fund of funds Russian Venture Company (RVC), and technology accelerator Global Venture Alliance, found that despite an economy challenged by the weak oil price and the troubled ruble, together with sanctions imposed by the EU and the US, there was a… Continue reading CVC delegation to Moscow finds a vibrant ecosystem
UniVenture Visions 2017 Symposium – Hong Kong
The Coller Institute of Venture is proud to announce a confirmed list of speakers at UniVenture Visions, a high-level, exclusive symposium focused on the evolving role of research universities as centers of venture and innovation. The meeting will take place in Hong Kong on Sunday, April 23, 2017. View the list of speakers at http://civ.global/uv2017hk and use… Continue reading UniVenture Visions 2017 Symposium – Hong Kong
CVC Delegation to Moscow finds a vibrant ecosystem
Regional report: Russia
The Future of Transport and the Connected Car
McLaren Applied Technologies, Jaguar Land Rover and Hyperloop discuss the future of transport at the connected car at the Venturespring Connected Car Forum
Brady Bunch Returns to USA
Silicon Valley Bank’s Gerald Brady announces at SVB/UKTI Showcase that he is moving back to California.
Venture funds partially-backed by government perform best in China
Findings from a prize-winning research paper by the University of New South Wales and Singapore Management University
Techventure Singapore
A gathering of “technopreneurs” and investors, September 21 – 22, 2015
Global Corporate Venturing and Innovation Summit
Bringing together corporate venturers, corporate innovators and others in the venturing ecosystem in Sonoma, California. January 27 – 28, 2016
Corporate accelerators should look to entrepreneur staff
Lively panel discussion at the launch of Nesta’s new report on corporate/startup collaboration.
Innovations and Investments in Healthcare (iihc) Summit
A leading European conference on innovation and investment in healthcare. Munich, 17 – 20 September 2015