The record-breaking first quarter for deal value (full analysis will be out next week in the April magazine issue thanks to Kaloyan Andonov’s work on the GCV Analytics database) shows how much money is available for entrepreneurs showing growth in potentially large markets.
Adding value to portfolio companies and the parent, US-based Capital One, is the core part of the challenge for an edge and be attractive to these entrepreneurs but McNulty said going through last year’s pilot for the GCV Institute made Capital One realise how much they could still improve on other areas, such as communications.
That McNulty has now set up a venture tech team to look at portfolio company diligence and help them land with business units shows the level of detail and support CVCs can bring that is hard for other investors to replicate.
The next Essentials for Enterprise course through the GCV Institute later this month is nearly full and places are filling for next month’s Landing the Value module so thanks to the mentors, CVCs and our partners at Bell Mason Group and the broader team for scaling the pilot into delivery.
