NGP’s Lisa Lambert has spoken to Global Corporate Venturing about the unit’s investment parameters, the need for disruptive investments in the energy sector and the priorities when hiring for a new corporate venturing fund.
Category: Comment
Editorial: 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 it is only when put against public markets does the transformation in liquidity become apparent. In 2018 GCV Analytics tracked 2,775 deals worth an estimated $180.17bn of total capital raised (see more in our… Continue reading Editorial: why private market strategies are outperforming public ones
In-Q-Tel’s expansion reflects geopolitical realities
Government house: In-Q-Tel’s expansion
The impact of strategic investment on ventures
Comment from Ali Farahanchi, vice-president, Danhua Capital
Strategic thinking requires looking at the longer term
December issue editorial by James Mawson, editor-in-chief
Interview: J&J’s 45 years of corporate venturing
To mark JJDC’s 45th anniversary, GCV spoke to Asish Xavier and Renee Ryan, both vice-presidents for venture investments, who focus on biotech and medical devices respectively, and Stacy Feld, vice-president of consumer venture investments and external innovation.
Editorial: strategic thinking requires looking at the longer-term
The newsflow has been quieter than usual this week following the Thanksgiving weekend in the US, but that doesn’t mean there has been a lack of big stories. Tobacco maker Altria is said to be seeking an expanded footprint in the e-cigarette market through a proposed investment in Juul, which is reportedly valued at $16bn.… Continue reading Editorial: strategic thinking requires looking at the longer-term
Editorial: Europe ‘pissing away’ its leadership
There is a nice line in TS Eliot’s Little Gidding: We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. Given the democratic experiments underway in the US and UK to review how they want to be governed… Continue reading Editorial: Europe ‘pissing away’ its leadership
The rise of the corporate accelerator
Comment from Serge Salager, founder and CEO at RetargetLinks
Interview: Arvind Purushotham of Citi Ventures
Reporter Robin Brinkworth spoke to Arvind Purushotham of Citi Ventures about fintech, Citi’s investment methodology, and its unique value-add
When the comic gets serious
The announcement of Nobel laureates for 2018 has exposed the public once again to world-changing research emerging out of universities.
Carrying the industry forward
November issue editorial from James Mawson, editor-in-chief
Too many cooks may spoil the innovation broth
Comment from Robyn Klingler-Vidra, lecturer in political economy, King’s College London, and Juergen Braunstein, postdoctoral fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
The best technology is migrating from the US
Comment from Mark Minevich, senior fellow, US Council on Competitiveness