As the generative AI gold rush continues, investors need to be able to separate fact from fiction
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CVCs: Here’s what you need to know about venture studios
More corporations are setting up venture studios. They work well with CVC units as long as you understand the strengths of each.
How to build a business development team at your CVC unit
Some 38% of CVC units have a team dedicated to helping portfolio companies make business connections. It is increasingly becoming a secret weapon for investors as portfolio valuations come under strain.
What CVC can learn from product-market fit analysis
Failure to understand product-market fit is at the heart of why most projects fail. CVCs could take some lessons from these post-mortems.
Changing investor attitudes are creating an opportunity for CVC
But to seize it, corporate investment teams must step up their messaging about the long-term value they create.
The real magic of the SVB loan book may already be lost
SVB used its influence over venture capital investors to make sure startup loans were repaid. If it is broken up, this power is lost.
Can AI and globalisation revitalise corporate venturing?
As the central tenets and ideas of corporate venturing expand around the world new, unique forces in generative AI are coming into play to change the dynamic and unleash greater disruption.
Corporate venture capital statement on Silicon Valley Bank
The following joint statement was prepared by the Global Corporate Venturing Leadership Society Advisory Board.
Nine things we learned at the GCVI Summit in Monterey
As the Silicon Valley Bank collapse still shakes the industry, corporate investors are finding a voice and stepping up, but must become more transparent.
Six steps to building a true innovation culture
To be truly effective, an innovation team needs freedom to operate, a separate measurement framework and incentives.
Corporate investors need to find new answers
There is a potential for corporate venturing to go from about 1% of global corporate R&D budgets to 10% over the next decade.
Time for CVCs to meet a new investment climate
This is the moment for the “C” in CVC to show what it can do, says Jacqueline LeSage, founder of Munich Re Ventures and chair of the GCV Leadership Advisory Board.
CVC takes a larger role in corporate innovation spend
The majority of the top 100 US companies in the Fortune 500 list have active CVC units. But what will it take to move the needle further?
South Korea’s innovation ecosystem is on fire
South Korea’s innovation economy is outperforming countries like France and Germany and corporate investors are playing a key role.