Thanks as the first GCV Digital Forum goes live today to some of the team (it was a bit early when the final briefing call went ahead for Christina and Janice in the US and Laura, Tomas and Magdalena in Chile) and for the others who have prepared the virtual conference for about 600 attendees and sponsors.
Category: Comment
Korea’s move to open up CVC comes with an eye on its neighbour
It is hard to grasp the rapid shift in balance of innovation potential currently underway from the West to the East, and the locus of mimetic desire is shifting from what Silicon Valley does to what Shenzhen and Beijing are up to.
Participating for the many not the few
It is a good question from the innovation manager at a large global 1000 corporation…
Keeping your options open
The power of science fiction films retains its hold when it comes to inspiring inventors, but the secret to corporate venturing and open innovation lies in retaining optionality.
‘Huawei banned so let’s invade Taiwan’
It’s a scary-enough headline, Huawei Banned, So Let’s Invade Taiwan to Take TSMC?, in reaction to the US government’s 15 May set of strict rules trying to cut the China-based 5G and phone maker off from the global semiconductor ecosystem.
Babylon joins CVC ranks with first US deal
The US healthcare system has many virtues, but it is simply too expensive and hard for consumers to access care, according to insiders.
UBS joins wave of fintech CVCs
Switzerland-based bank UBS Group is setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars of its own money to invest in financial technology companies, according to newswire Bloomberg.
Alibaba investment machine rolls on
Alibaba sold more than $1 trillion of goods and services (called gross merchandise value in the jargon) across its online platform last year. This figure catches the eye and headlines but in terms of corporate venturing and acquisition activities, Alibaba remains a giant. It spent a reported $2bn on the acquisition of Kaola from NetEase and… Continue reading Alibaba investment machine rolls on
Heading towards carbon neutrality through hydrogen
Where do greenhouse gas emissions come from?
Buy, build, partner, invest Walmart-style
US retailer Walmart – where 160 million Americans shop each week – has closed its Jet.com online brand.
Coronavirus and beyond: healthcare challenges
Infectious diseases and pathogens have caught people’s attention again but will funding be a blip or reshape the healthcare industry? And the healthcare opportunities go further into telemedicine and other mental and physical treatments affected by the crisis after all.
Cortical Labs is building computer chips using biological neurons
Comment from Faisal Khan, editor, Technicity
Computers modelled on the human brain
Comment from Kai Beckmann, member, executive board, Merck KGaA
Brains light up with AI
AI supplement Q2 2020 editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing