Parent company representation on startup and portfolio company boards is an essential element of the corporate innovation industry – but who holds these seats?
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9 startups that aim to make us live longer
Corporate investors are backing a host of elder-care startups, from those seeking Parkinson’s cures to apps aiding mental wellbeing.
5 corporate investing pitfalls to avoid
Corporate investors have a more complicated role to navigate than financial VCs. But these 5 strategies can help smooth the job.
Half of corporate investors negotiate special rights for portfolio company exits
Corporate investors rarely acquire the portfolio companies they invest in, but most will still negotiate special rights around an exit.
Housenbold falls for Leaf Home
The house renovator has hired GCV Rising Star Jeffrey Housenbold, formerly a founding managing partner at SBIA where he helped oversee the SoftBank Vision Funds.
Idugboe joins Interswitch for venture push
Commerce and payment services provider Interswitch has hired Tony Idugboe to head up its merger and acquisitions.
Cooper replaced by Bhattacharya at Schlumberger
After 13 years heading up Schlumberger’s corporate venturing activities, Iain Cooper has departed for a CEO position at gas emissions detection startup SeekOps.
Burr busies herself with Carrot role
Smoking cessation service Carrot has hired Busy Burr as president and CEO, months after she left Humana after setting up its corporate venturing arm.
Taber takes up DataRobot offer
Intel Capital managing director Igor Taber has left the chipmaker’s corporate venture capital unit to join portfolio company DataRobot as senior vice-president of corporate development and strategy.
Foxconn’s McCabe joins Future Family
Jen McCabe, an ex-business development director at Flex who was most recently an investment director at Foxconn, will head business development for Future Family.
GV’s Kraus crosses over to Lime
GV general partner Joe Kraus, who joined the bike rental service’s board when the unit led a $355m round in July, has agreed to become its COO.
SoftBank’s Misra surrenders Snapdeal board seat
Kabir Misra, one of the corporate’s two representatives on Snapdeal’s board of directors since early 2017, is stepping down.
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2018: Kiersten Stead
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order by company): Kiersten Stead, Monsanto Growth Ventures
Larizadeh Duggan kicks GV for Kobalt
GV general partner Avid Larizadeh Duggan has left the unit for a chief strategy and business officer position at GV portfolio company Kobalt.