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Unpanel and roundtable sessions
Paul Morris, UK Department for International Trade, gives the results from the unpanel and roundtable sessions at the GCV Symposium in May.
Focus: Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is predicted to be the next disruptive wave in media and society more generally
The shoulders of giants: going beyond capital
What went on at the eighth GCV Symposium in London last month
Highlights from this year’s GUV: Fusion event
GUV: Fusion, Global University Venturing’s annual conference, took place on May 22 and 23 alongside its sister event, GCV Symposium, and while many good aspects remained, others have been updated and refreshed. The first change was perhaps the most obvious. After three years of holding the event near St Paul’s Cathedral, the conference was moved… Continue reading Highlights from this year’s GUV: Fusion event
Corporate venturing: a David and Goliath collaboration
Corporate venture capital, scouting missions, hackathons, excubators, venture clients, corporate incubators and accelerators – these are just some of the models for collaboration between large companies and startups. The practice – corporate venturing – has been adopted by firms such as Siemens, General Electric, IBM, Xerox, Merck and Lucent. There has been significant growth in… Continue reading Corporate venturing: a David and Goliath collaboration
Rise of Chinese innovators lights fire under US leaders
Government house: China
Focus: Bridging the gap between man and machine
CVCs are experimenting with how much mileage can be gained from emerging interfaces such as virtual reality, exoskeletons and brain-computer implants.
Health innovations push the sector forward
GCV Analytics defines the health sector as encompassing pharmaceuticals, medical and diagnostic devices, healthcare IT and administration, care provision and on-demand services as well as other health businesses.
Slight decrease in May
The number of corporate-backed rounds reported in May was 209, down slightly from the 215 in the same month last year. Total investment value fell to $8.99bn, down 4% from $9.3bn in May 2017. Compared with the first four months of 2018, May registered weaker results than March and April, with their 272 and 234… Continue reading Slight decrease in May
Analysis: Adaptive Insights purchased for $1.55bn
The surprising acquisition comes less than a month after the company had filed for a $100m initial public offering.
Editorial: Japan and the world’s animal spirits start to soar
It feels seismic to see the recent flotation of flea market app operator Mercari and e-commerce company Rakuten’s acquisition of its US-based peer Curbside are for the Japanese innovation capital ecosystem. It also reflects the wider catch-up by M&A and public markets to the burgeoning prices paid in private capital markets, validating those later-stage investors who… Continue reading Editorial: Japan and the world’s animal spirits start to soar
Tiantianpaiche raises $100m
Used car auction platform Tiantianpaiche raised substantial nine-figure funding from automotive platform Autohome
Big Deal: Ant’s crawl to $14bn round signals bipolar world
There is an unbelievable-if-it-wasn’t-true chart in Mary Meeker’s annual internet trends presentation showing China mobile payments volume growing 209% year-on-year to almost $16 trillion by the end of last year. The near-doubling in growth rates – not volume – has seen two clear winners in the world’s most advanced and largest mobile fintech market: Tencent’s… Continue reading Big Deal: Ant’s crawl to $14bn round signals bipolar world