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Corporate Venturing Insider — 126 episodes
Barbry McGann on Product-Led Corporate Venture and the Future of AI
Ana Lopes of IBM Ventures on Translating Science, Supporting Founders, and Building the Next Chapter of Corporate Venture Capital
Policy, Capital, and the Future of Innovation: NVCA’s Bobby Franklin on Why VCs and CVCs Must Work Together
600 Bets, Zero Consensus: How Coinbase Ventures Thinks Differently with Hoolie Tejwani
What It’s Like Stepping Into a Moving Venture Machine: Laurel Buckner on BHP Ventures
Inside BASF’s AgroStart Model for Startup Collaboration with Mirella Lisboa
To CVC or Not to CVC: An Examination of Venture Clienting with Francesco Di Lorenzo
Proving Value Before Capital: Patricia Kroondijk on Pilots, VC-as-a-Service, and Corporate Venture Design
The Challenges Facing Corporate Venturing and GCV Leadership with Bill Taranto
Passing the Baton: Lessons from Outgoing GCV Co-Chair, Arvind Purushotham
The Compensation Architect: How Jody Thelander Thinks About Incentives, Autonomy, and the Next Decade of CVC
The Scout Bees of Btomorrow Ventures: Guiding BAT Toward Its Next Hive
Inside BMW’s Venture Client Model: Alexandra Renner on Building the World’s First Venture Client Unit
Talking Corporate Venturing and “When Goliath Needs David” with Valery Yakubovich from Wharton's Mack Institute
“Steady as She Goes”: Intel Capital Veteran Tammi Smorynski on Boards, Down-Cycles, and Why She’s Teaching the Next Generation
What Kind of Investor Do You Want to Be? A Conversation with Mike Smeed of InMotion Ventures
How Game Theory, Gut Instinct, and Long-Term Thinking Shape Great Venture Capitalists: A Conversation with Matt Rhodes-Kropf
Boundary Rules & Breakthroughs from Temple Fennell from Clean Energy Ventures
Bridging Founders and Funders: Lessons from Angela Lee of Columbia Business School and 37 Angels
A Liberal Arts Approach to Private Equity and Venture Investing with Gustavo Schwed of NYU Stern and Princeton
Flying Solo: How Bonny Simi Launched JetBlue’s Venture Arm—and Landed Joby
Chasing the Future with Steve Westly, founder of The Westly Group
How Megann Watters Turned Science-First Investing into Strategic Wins at LabCorp
The Global Edge: Joe LiPuma on CVC’s Strategic Role in International Expansion
From Private Equity to CVC: Steven N. Kaplan, One of the Galaxy’s Top Experts, Shares His Research
Jeff Bussgang Talks AI-Forward Strategies, CVC Best Practices, and Flybridge’s Road to Success
The Power of Ecosystem: Victoria Slivkoff on Juggling Three Full-Time Roles
Intel, Apple, and Europe's 50-Year VC Revolution: A Conversation with Oxford's Thomas Hellmann
From Finance to Philanthropy: Lisa Hehenberger on the Rise of Venture Philanthropy and Impact Investing
Melbourne’s Next Big Leap: Unlocking Australia’s Venturing Potential with Colin McLeod
90% Exploration: How GTT Strategic Ventures Finds the Future of Maritime Innovation with Hélène Loncin
Unlocking 'the Venture Mindset' Beyond CVC: Insights from Ilya Strebulaev
From Horseback to Carbon Curves: Decarbonizing with Diane Frachon of SLB New Energy
Sailing to Scaling: Investor Alejandro Solé's Journey in Energy Transition
To Sit or Not to Sit with Sophie Dingreville of bp pulse
Failure, Hobgoblins, and M&A: Dr. Dennis Charlebois on the Start-up Journey
Wishlist to Wins: Empowering Founders with a Proactive Platform Team
Investing with Purpose: Inside the Gates Foundation’s Strategic Investment Fund
Catalyzing Innovation & The Dotted Line with National Grid Partners
Beyond the Golden Triangle: Exploring UK Innovation with Future Planet Capital
The Voice of the Entrepreneur
The Art of the Fresh Look: From Chips to Cloud
Special Episode | Corporate Venturing Insider
The Person Behind the Builder
Swisscom Ventures: Wielding Autonomy to Create Partnerships
Touchdown Tech: Accelerating the Future of the Sports Experience
Beyond the Pitch: Citi Venture’ Arvind Purushotham Talks CVC Credibility and Goal Alignment
Renaissance Woman: Lessons in Adaptability and Mentorship with Cargill Ventures’ Erin VanLanduit
The Intrapreneur Mindset: Talia Abramowitz on Founding of Deloitte Ventures
Energizing Tomorrow: Talking with a CV Tsar
Scattered to the Wind: From Enron to EnBW
Following the Thread: Navigating Fund of Funds
Taking a Dive into Corporate Venturing Mechanisms
Watts to the Boardroom
The Journey of an ‘Accidental Tourist’: From Pipets to Portfolios
Building Tomorrow: Venture's View of Construction Tech
The Chinese Wall of Corporate Venture Capital
Revolutionizing Early-Stage Tech Investments in Sweden
Playing by the Rules: Optionality and Investing
Buying into the Transformative Power of Venturing Beyond
The Art of Strategic Timing and Holistic Thinking
Revving Up: The Three Superpowers of Innovation
Behind the Wheel: Embracing Open Innovation through Curiosity
Navigating the Skies of Innovation
Onwards and Upwards: Building and Maintaining Relationships in CVCs
Harmonizing Innovation: Nurturing Strategic Collaborations
Charting New Waters: The Journey through Sustainable Innovation
Samsung's Odyssey of Innovation and Strategic Growth
Curiosity, Competitiveness, and Empathy: Crafting Success in Corporate Venturing
Innovative Odyssey: Bringing Law to Boundless Ventures
Navigating Corporate Growth and Kickstart Ecosystem Expansion
Trailblazing Ventures: Scaling and Creating
Cracking the Code of Startup Success through Strategic Alignment
Driving Cleantech Innovations with DBL Partners
A CVC Pioneer, Claudia Fan Munce Shares Her Story
A Founder-Focused Approach to Tough Tech Venture Capital: Lessons from Ann DeWitt's Journey
Minimizing Bias Through Hybrid Co-Investment
Being Amadeus's Eyes and Ears
Building and Expanding Your CVC's Mission
Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration
Networks to Research: A Curious Glance into Health Tech
The Importance of A Growth Mindset: From Quick ICs to Global CVCs
Traversing Rough Seas: How Faran Guided Lam Capital Through A CEO-Mandated Pivot
Meeting Innovation and Opposition Head-On
CVC Is Not Rocket Science: A Discussion with Shell Ventures’ Andrea Course
The Journey of a Chief Disruption Officer
Starting a CVC Team from Scratch
Building in Agility As a Hybrid CVC Fund
Legacy in Innovation: GCV Institute’s 15-Year Impact and Shaping the Next Wave of Corporate Leaders
Qualcomm Ventures’ Quinn Li - Levering an “Unfair” Advantage
Eileen Tanghal ‘s Less-traveled Path to In-Q-Tel Leadership
INSEAD’s Zeisberger Preaches Execution, Communication
Convivialité Ventures’ Stéphane Longuet Toasts to the Intrapreneur Spirit and CVC Value-Add
Geek, Suit, Wonk: Founding and Running Toyota Ventures with Jim Adler
Adding Value with Later-Stage Financial Insights
Partner Cyril Vančura brings Silicon Valley Mindset to Europe’s imec.xpand
Goodyear Ventures Leverages Its CVC & Incubator to Innovate Internally and Externally
General Partner Gopinath’s Product Insights Drive B Capital’s Investment Returns
Alexa Fund’s Kevin Crosby Seeks Diversity among Partners, Customers, and Teammates
BMW i Ventures’ Guzel Measures Success on Internal Return Rather than Fund Return
From Gearheads to Game Changers: Unconventional Pathways in Corporate Venturing
How Xin Ma’s TCN Ventures Capitalizes on Asia’s Climate Tech Opportunities
Recognizing the Patterns of Investment Success
Stanley Ventures President Credits Success to Expertise to M&A Experience
Aligning R&D with Corporate Venture Capital with ABB Technology Ventures’ Malin Carlström
BP Ventures’ Quantitative Measurement for Technology Investments
Empathy & Financial Foundations: Jacqueline LeSage’s Strategy at Munich Re Ventures
Bosch Venture Capital Expands Parent Firm’s Strategic Horizons
Samsung Catalyst Fund Leverages Mothership Resources to Deliver Value to Startups
Global Corporate Venturing Editor on CVC’s Image Rehabilitation
Hypotherm Ventures: Measured Steps; Steady Guidance; Proven Processes
Intel Capital Formula: Navigating Corporate Venturing through Flexibility and Startup Spirit
Giants and Innovators: Harmonizing the Collaboration
Navigating the Startup Galaxy: Networks, Diversity, Deal Flows, and Success
The Art of the Possible: The Dance Between CVCs and Ventures
The Legal Kaleidoscope of a CVC’s Journey
Starting from Scratch: Building a CVC
Cultivating Innovation: Unveiling Applied Ventures’ Strategic Vision
RISE-ing Above: Scaling Southeast Asia's Startup Landscape
The Power of Partnerships: Universities and Venture Capital Firms
Using your Mothership as a Secret Weapon
The Biases of the CVC World: Facing the Investor's Dilemma
Analyzing CVCs through The Academic Lens with Gary Dushnitsky
Perfect Timing: Navigating Portfolio Support During Scaling
Bridging the Gap: POC Budget to Unlock Strategic Value with Fumiko Uraki
Merging Paths and Perspectives in the Investment World with Pramilla Mullan