China-based artificial intelligence (AI) technology company SenseTime completed a series C+ round at $620m. The round included Qualcomm Ventures, the corporate venture capital unit of mobile semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm, as well financial services group Fidelity International, among other investors. The transaction reportedly valued the company at over $4.5bn. SenseTime has received significant corporate backing in… Continue reading SenseTime feels a $620m round
Category: Analysis
Editorial: Artificial intelligence’s special impact
Artificial intelligence (AI) is predicted to be the next disruptive wave in media and society more generally. MIT professor Max Tegmark’s latest book, Life 3.0, gives a nice hypothesis that the first indication artificial general intelligence (AGI) has happened will occur in media as it offers the best influence/financial returns equation to help the AGI… Continue reading Editorial: Artificial intelligence’s special impact
Corporate Venturing and the Sustainable Development Goals
“the closest thing the world has to a strategy”
Three charts on corporate venturing
This week we offer our readers three interesting charts presented at GCV Symposium in London last week.
Analysis: FAW Group drives Byton for $260m
Carmaker FAW Smart car will invest $260m in smart car developer Byton as part of a series B round expected to reach $500m in size.
GCV-BMG 2018 CVC trends and insights project
Introduction In our inaugural 2017 CVC Trends & Insights summary report (http://www.bellmasongroup.com/insights/) we capped a look at the last five years’ explosive growth of global corporate venturing programs, highlighting the professionalisation of CVC specialty practices, the standardisation of foundational CVC team roles and with now documented external benchmarks framing compensation design, and noting the progressive… Continue reading GCV-BMG 2018 CVC trends and insights project
GCV Powerlist 2018 Contents
Global Corporate Venturing’s top 100 Powerlist 2018
GCV Powerlist 2018: John Banta
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): John Banta, BlueCross BlueShield
GCV Powerlist 2018: Lin Wang
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Lin Wang, JD Finance
GCV Powerlist 2018: Jonathan Tudor
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Jonathan Tudor, Centrica
GCV Powerlist 2018: Markus Solibieda
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Markus Solibieda, BASF
GCV Powerlist 2018: Paula Blazquez Solano
As head of strategic investments at Spain-based Banco Sabadell’s InnoCells corporate venturing unit, Paula Blazquez Solano is effectively the hub of new digital ventures. The strategic investments division works as active partners, supporting portfolio companies invested in at the seed to B-stages with between €500,000 to €3m with the corporate assets of a fully-fledged financial… Continue reading GCV Powerlist 2018: Paula Blazquez Solano
GCV Powerlist 2018: Anne Sissel
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Anne Sissel, Baxter Ventures
GCV Powerlist 2018: Ruchita Sinha
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Ruchita Sinha, Sanofi