The merger of corporate venture-backed Gojek and Tokopedia, Indonesia’s two biggest startups, has focused attention on the global success story happening in southeast Asia.
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Azimut acquires 30% of P101
Azimut, an Italy-based asset manager managing about $70bn, last week acquired 30% of P101, a local venture capital (VC) firm with €200m ($240m) of assets under management.
Landing the Value of Corporate Venturing
For those direct investors navigating the now more liquid private investment world having other teachers steeped in decades of insights is a gift and the GCV Institute’s Landing the Value of Corporate Venturing course next month is honoured to have many of them share their wisdom.
The changing landscape for venture capital
SoftBank’s near-$100bn first Vision Fund five years ago was regarded as a seminal moment less for the outcome of its deals than for the changes to the venture business model it wrought.
TiEcon 2021
I was super honoured and excited to hear first hand Roland Manger, co-founder and partner at venture capital firm Earlybird, in the prep call before Saturday’s Tiecon keynote.
Mawsonia has won a Queen’s Award for International Trade
Our submission weighed heavily on the fantastic work the team developing Global Corporate Venturing, Global University Venturing and Global Impact Venturing has been doing over the past few years to connect innovation capital sources and drive innovation forward on the global stage.
3D Printing and Advanced Materials roundtable
Join today’s pitch session on 3D Printing and Advanced Materials at 9 am PT/5 pm UK
Food and agtech investor roundtable
Join our food and agtech investor roundtable today at 9am PT/5PM London/6pm CET
Green energy improving human welfare
The impact of cheaper, cleaner, limitless energy and people living longer, healthier lives are two of the main drivers for human evolution.
Twitch viewership doubles during lockdown
Twitch viewership doubled during lockdown to more than 6 billion hours.
GCV-SVB webinar: Q1 data
Join today’s webinar at 05:00 pm (UK) with Alex McCracken, SVB, reviewing the first quarter data prepared by Kaloyan Andonov, GCV
Comcast’s decision to limit its corporate venturing unit
Almost six months on and the Comcast Ventures team has largely broken up and moved into new roles.
Leveraging Honeywell’s tech to help startups
GCV spoke with Giancarlo Savini, who has recently left Shell Ventures and joined Honeywell Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of industrial product and software producer Honeywell.
Carbon capture investment needed to hit climate change
Global Energy Council Q2 2021 editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing