Financial technology startups’ value has risen to $1.1 trillion, equivalent to 10% of the value of the global banking and payments industry, and up from 4% in 2018, according to the Economist’s analysis. The focus has been on banking, insurance and payments, it notes. However, the bigger disruption in some ways is the inclusion of venture… Continue reading Fintech startups’ value rises to $1.1 trillion
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Nato’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) has done its main job over the past 70-plus years – protecting its now 30-strong list of national members through a mutual defence policy.
GCV Powerlist announced 21 July
Matt Carbonara‘s great insights on how CVC adds value – if entrepreneurs ask the right questions to identify the supportive ones. Many of these leaders, including Citi’s, will be honoured at the GCV Powerlist on 21 July as part of the GCV Digital Forum running through to the 28th and including a digital health pitch event in partnership with Ken Gatz‘s… Continue reading GCV Powerlist announced 21 July
The issue of sustainability
The Global Industry 4.0 Council is in development this year and will look to tackle the theme of sustainability.
IT sub-sector: Neo4j raises $325m
Neo4j, a US-based provider of graph-centric database and related products, has raised $325m at a more than $2bn valuation in its series F round led by France-based private equity firm Eurazeo.
Vertical Aerospace agrees to go public
The equity market for UK-based private companies is taking off and while the golden triangle between London, Oxford and Cambridge is often seen as the heart of the country’s innovation and deeptech creativity, there are some exciting initiatives happening further west.
Riding the wave of innovation: How to partner effectively with pharma companies
The covid-19 vaccine has proven beyond a doubt that biopharmaceutical innovation can be spectacularly rapid and life-changing. What made it possible and how do we replicate its success?
Celebrating 100 years of innovation
Doctors Will Morris and Akhil Saklecha talk with Chris Coburn, the founding executive director of Cleveland Clinic Innovations and chief innovation officer at Mass General Brigham
Serving one mission
Healthcare Q2 2021 supplement editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Chinese exit returns mount up
The number of venture deals in China rose 56% in the first quarter from a year earlier, the fourth consecutive quarter of rising activity, as startups pulled in RMB354bn ($55bn) in investment, according to data provider ITjuzi reported by the Financial Times.
Notes from the Bund
Comment by Nick Yusko, chief executive and chief investment officer, Morgan Creek Capital Management
Structuring a CVC: invest on market terms
Comment from Patrick Flesner, partner, LeadX Capital Partners, and Stephan Bank, partner, SMP
Learn from the best
June 2021 issue editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Apply to join the investor delegation to Cambridge
There is a lot happening in Cambridge, England. The university might have passed its 800th anniversary earlier in this century but the basics of its operating model to bring the smartest people in the world together to solve its hardest challenges remains intact.