The UK’s Department for International Trade’s (DIT) venture capital unit talked with Japan-based Sumitomo’s corporate venture capital (CVC) unit, Presidio Ventures, on the opening of its European office in London ahead of the COP26 event in early November.
Category: Comment
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier
November 2021 issue editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
GCV Symposium 2021: Panel – Cutting through the hype in ESG ventures
Eco-shaper’s Tracey Carr, Brill Power’s Christoph Birkl and Henkel Tech Ventures’ Paolo Bavaj shared their insights into sustainable investing.
GCV Symposium 2021: Keynote – The role of fusion power in the future of energy
OSI portfolio company First Light Fusion’s co-founder and CEO, Nicholas Hawker, explained how his company’s nuclear fusion technology could contribute to net-zero targets.
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: Panel – The energy matrix – fuels for a sustainable future
Brown Rudick’s Neil Foster moderated a discussion between National Grid Partners’ Ian Cooper, Baker Hughes’ Luca Maria Rossi and ZeroAvia’s Katya Akulinicheva on the fuels of the future.
GCV Symposium 2021: Keynote – Lord Gerry Grimstone
Lord Gerry Grimstone, UK minister for investment, gave a keynote on the development of a fertile environment for the growth of decarbonisation technologies.
GCV Symposium 2021: Keynote – How to make an impact in impact investing
Sir Ronald Cohen, chair of the Global Social Impact Investment Steering Group, gave a keynote on impact investing and what he described as the impact revolution.
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.
GCV Symposium 2021: Panel – Talking commercialisation and entrepreneurship
Representatives from University of Strathclyde, Conception X, SETsquared and Oxford University Innovation discussed how university ventures can spearhead sustainable innovation and deliver impact.
GCV Symposium 2021: Panel – A future vision for climate-focused investors
Henkel Tech Ventures’ Paolo Bavaj moderated a session on how the world’s investors are looking to make climate-conscious deals.
GCV Symposium 2021: Impact keynote – A climate change innovator
Hitachi’s chief environmental officer Alistair Dormer gave a keynote on the firm’s commitment to sustainability through innovation.
GCV Symposium 2021: Day 2 welcoming remarks
Introductions of the second day of the 10th GCV Symposium featured GCV’s James Mawson and chair Eileen Tanghal from In-Q-Tel.
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.