Delegates’ optimism was palpable at the 7th annual GCV’s Corporate Venture in Brasil conference in Sao Paulo last week.
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Brazil’s CVC deal flow doubles in three years
Corporate investors have backed 60 Brazilian startup funding rounds so far this year, double the number in 2019 — and there is more to come.
GCV Symposium: Sustainability takes centre stage
Speakers highlighted the growing importance of ESG strategy within CVC investments and how CVCs can help their respective parent firms’ green goals, particularly after COP26.
GCV Symposium fireside chat: Don’t panic over crypto headlines
Samsung Ventures’ Jong Choi and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius partner Nicholas Moore spoke about how the blockchain space may push past the negative hype surrounding crypto and NFTs.
GCV Symposium keynote interview: Sir Martin Sorell announces $100m fund for S4S Ventures
The fund will make bets on emerging media technologies for Generation Z, including those related to the metaverse.
GCV Symposium keynote interview: “As investors, we need to raise our game”
Corporations need to allocate more funding to startups and take a long-term view despite shaky markets, says VC partner Saul Klein.
GCV Symposium panel: Government-based VC funding for security and deep tech
Nato’s Phillip Lockwood and In-Q-Tel’s Nat Puffer speak to governments’ growing appetite for deep tech investments in the security sector.
GCV Symposium panel: Energy and Mobility
Investors from ABB, BP, ArcelorMittal, Baker Hughes and Engie on how their strategy of building renewables portfolios is evolving.
GCV Symposium fireside chat: Looking beyond the short term
BP Ventures’ Erin Hallock explored the difficulties in getting a syndicate together for transformative technologies where financial returns could be far away.
GCV Symposium keynote: CVCs as change agents
Corporate venture capitalists can do more to help sustainability initiatives, Btomorrow Ventures managing director Lisa Smith said in her keynote speech.
GCV Symposium 2021 review
The 10th annual Global Corporate Venturing Symposium marked the first return to Europe of the main corporate, university and government venturing units alongside the rest of the venture capital and startup ecosystem. Its mission is: informing, connecting, and transforming the venture ecosystem.
GCV Symposium 2021: Panel – Cutting through the hype in ESG ventures
Eco-shaper’s Tracey Carr, Brill Power’s Christoph Birkl and Henkel Tech Ventures’ Paolo Bavaj shared their insights into sustainable investing.
GCV Symposium 2021: Keynote – The role of fusion power in the future of energy
OSI portfolio company First Light Fusion’s co-founder and CEO, Nicholas Hawker, explained how his company’s nuclear fusion technology could contribute to net-zero targets.
GCV Symposium 2021: Hydrogen – the next big thing?
GCV’s James Mawson interviewed Energy Transitions Commission chair Lord Adair Turner on the hydrogen space.