Conference review: Venture Houston, Texas
Category: Events
It’s not about the money
Lessons from the GUV Summit in Houston, Texas, this month
Abeja adds another corporate to series C round
The retail technology provider has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Google, boosting a series C round sized at $38.3m as of July.
The second GCV Asia Congress: Rise of Dragon & Tiger Tech II
Special report: GCV Asia Congress 2018
Unpanel and roundtable sessions
Paul Morris, UK Department for International Trade, gives the results from the unpanel and roundtable sessions at the GCV Symposium in May.
The shoulders of giants: going beyond capital
What went on at the eighth GCV Symposium in London last month
Highlights from this year’s GUV: Fusion event
GUV: Fusion, Global University Venturing’s annual conference, took place on May 22 and 23 alongside its sister event, GCV Symposium, and while many good aspects remained, others have been updated and refreshed. The first change was perhaps the most obvious. After three years of holding the event near St Paul’s Cathedral, the conference was moved… Continue reading Highlights from this year’s GUV: Fusion event
Caruso channels media’s future
Speaking at the GCV Symposium, Scott Caruso, director of strategic ventures at UpRamp, said that latency, infrastructure and content will be key VC drivers for the media sector.
GCV Symposium Day Two: Data shows CVC deal value outpacing volume
Data from GCV Analytics and Pitchbook showed corporate venturers are increasingly opting for larger deals, consequently reducing the total number of deals.
GCV Symposium 2018
22-23 May, London (UK)
What you had to say about this year’s GCVI Summit
GCVI had grown two times since last year. The attendees were still of great calibre and from interesting backgrounds. The networking opportunities for both first timers and experienced attendees were great. It is easy to have meaningful conversations with many like minded people. The quality of speakers as well as the moderators were top notch.… Continue reading What you had to say about this year’s GCVI Summit
700 ‘heroes of impact’ gather
‘The pace of change will never be as slow as it is today,” said Sue Siegel, chief innovation officer at GE, CEO of GE Ventures, and the summit’s co-chairman, when she opened the conference. “Change is going so fast,” she added. “Today is as slow as it is going to get. “In the future, you… Continue reading 700 ‘heroes of impact’ gather
GCVI Summit – day 1 report
700 “heroes of impact” gather.
Locus closes $19m series A
Tencent has backed antimicrobial therapy developer Locus Biosciences in a $19m round that will fund the company’s first in-human clinical trial.