With the launch of CMPC’s $100m venture fund last year, Chile’s venture market is making further strides into maturity.
Tag: Podcast
CVC Unplugged: Athlete wellness should be focus of sports tech investment
Investor and former NFL player Kerry Carter joins the pod to talk about why his athletes-first investment philosophy is key to making money in sports tech.
CVC Unplugged: M&A wave about to hit digital health, says MSD’s Taranto
Digital health is not disappearing as a market but will get a “harsh reality check” says the head of the MSD venture unit.
CVC Unplugged: Best way to do AI is kill bad ideas early – Pioneer Square Labs
The venture builder says that moving through ideas quickly, and rapidly killing the ones that don’t work, is the best way to build an AI venture.
CVC Unplugged: Is CVC really the best approach?
Corporate VC is not the ideal tool for bringing innovation into the mothership, says Stryber’s managing partner.
CVC Unplugged: HG Ventures sees a circular future for industry
HG Ventures’ Ginger Rothrock and Meghan Hunt join the pod to talk about the sustainable future of industry and connecting startups to motherships.
CVC Unplugged: Investing in fun with Convivialité Ventures
What’s it like to invest in having a good time? Stéphane Longuet, head of Pernod Ricard’s corporate VC unit, joins the show to talk about it.
M Ventures looks to AI to drive medicine and materials forward
Merck Group’s CVC managing directors Owen Lozman and Hakan Goker speak about the transformational power of machine learning in pharma and materials science.
CVC Unplugged: Construction tech opens door to big returns
The founding partner of Zacua Ventures, Juan Nieto, joins the pod to talk about the large returns that are possible from technology adoption in the highly fragmented construction industry.
CVC Unplugged: Why CVCs should report to a CFO
EnBW New Ventures managing director Crispin Leick talks about why CVCs should focus on financial performance and become limited partners in other funds.
CVC Unplugged: How to combine multiple investment strategies in one fund
MSW Capital’s Richard Zeiger joins the pod to talk about its multi-corporate LP approach and why it rejects the CVC-as-a-service label.
CVC Unplugged: Deep tech startups should focus more on real-world problems
Owen Thompson, of venture builder Cambridge Future Tech, talks about how researchers need to focus not just on complex technical challenges but on solving real-world problems.
CVC Unplugged: JLR’s more strategic CVC is perfect for a company insider
Mike Smeed, managing director of InMotion Ventures, joins the show to talk about how the Jaguar LandRover’s venturing unit is changing direction to bring more strategic value to the parent.
CVC Unplugged: Brazil’s startup ecosystem is ripe for corporate investment
The South American country’s startup ecosystem has matured to the point that corporates are saying it is a perfect time to invest, says Alya Ventures’ Cassio Spina on the CVC Unplugged podcast.