Collaboration Acceleration – GM Ventures Head of Open Innovation and Principal Ted Graham

Ted Graham is a Principal with GM Ventures (the venture arm of General Motors) and the Head of Open Innovation. He partners with startups, incubators/accelerators, VCs and academia to accomplish GM’s vision of zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion. GM Ventures is focused on key technologies that can be implemented in GM’s vehicles, manufacturing facilities and operating businesses. They have made 54 investments with 22 exits and 24 still active startups – those are stats any VC would drool over. He is also the author of The Uber Of Everything and a frequent speaker about disruptive innovation and the power of partnering between large and small companies. We talk about open innovation, the power of collaboration between industry leaders and startups and the path to electrification and autonomy.