March issue editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Category: Comment
Editorial: Blessing of Chinese unicorns for world’s markets
While the US awaits its next wave of $1bn flotations after ride-hailing platform Lyft’s filing for an initial public offering (IPO) at between $20bn to $30bn in market capitalisation this month, its Chinese counterparts have spent the past 18 months taking to the public markets. About a quarter of the estimated 125 Chinese unicorns –… Continue reading Editorial: Blessing of Chinese unicorns for world’s markets
Diversity brings strength to the industry
February issue editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
RSP looks inwards
Akihiko Okamoto, head of Recruit Strategic Partners, on helping startups enter Japan.
Lighting the match
When you break a record, there are usually two questions asked of you by journalists – how did you get here, and do you think you can maintain this performance?
BMW sets store by financial opportunity
Ulrich Quay, managing partner of BMW i Ventures, spoke to Robin Brinkworth about his investment ethos, the technologies BMW invests in, and how the fund operates
JetBlue flies high with the help of startup insights
Raj Singh, managing director at JetBlue Technology Ventures, spoke to Robin Brinkworth about JetBlue’s strategic model, its partnerships, and how they ensure alignment with JetBlue’s business units
Editorial: Tech will save us in energy transition
“We will need to develop new technology and redesign the energy system around the customer. We want to be at the forefront of that global, tech-enabled transition to a zero carbon energy system,“ according to Ovo founder and CEO Stephen Fitzpatrick in an interview with the Financial Times. Mitsubishi Corporation has paid $256m for a 20%… Continue reading Editorial: Tech will save us in energy transition
Editorial: Welcome to the Tencent-sponsored metaverse
In game-industry deal-making, it appears there is Tencent, then there is everyone else. As a sign of both financial muscle and the need to expand beyond core markets given the effective closing of the Chinese market to new games in 2018, Tencent was either a major shareholder in or investor in four of the top… Continue reading Editorial: Welcome to the Tencent-sponsored metaverse
Questions for the Future
Introduction to the World of Corporate Venturing 2019
Welcome to the Global Corporate Venturing Awards 2019
Introduction to the GCV awards 2019 by James Mawson, editor in chief
Hope remains after a troubling 2018
GCV January 2019 issue editorial by James Mawson, editor-in-chief
Why private market strategies are outperforming public ones
The astonishing development of the private capital markets for fast-growing companies in the past five years is easy to record but only when put against public markets does the transformation in liquidity become apparent.
The most important trends of 2018 and the big issues for 2019
In our annual survey of corporate venturing industry leaders, we asked what were the most important trends in 2017 and sought their insights into the big opportunities of 2018.