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Corporate Venturing Insider — 123 episodes

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600 Bets, Zero Consensus: How Coinbase Ventures Thinks Differently with Hoolie Tejwani

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What It’s Like Stepping Into a Moving Venture Machine: Laurel Buckner on BHP Ventures

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Inside BASF’s AgroStart Model for Startup Collaboration with Mirella Lisboa

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To CVC or Not to CVC: An Examination of Venture Clienting with Francesco Di Lorenzo

5

Proving Value Before Capital: Patricia Kroondijk on Pilots, VC-as-a-Service, and Corporate Venture Design

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The Challenges Facing Corporate Venturing and GCV Leadership with Bill Taranto

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Passing the Baton: Lessons from Outgoing GCV Co-Chair, Arvind Purushotham

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The Compensation Architect: How Jody Thelander Thinks About Incentives, Autonomy, and the Next Decade of CVC

9

The Scout Bees of Btomorrow Ventures: Guiding BAT Toward Its Next Hive

10

Inside BMW’s Venture Client Model: Alexandra Renner on Building the World’s First Venture Client Unit

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Talking Corporate Venturing and “When Goliath Needs David” with Valery Yakubovich from Wharton's Mack Institute

12

“Steady as She Goes”: Intel Capital Veteran Tammi Smorynski on Boards, Down-Cycles, and Why She’s Teaching the Next Generation

13

What Kind of Investor Do You Want to Be? A Conversation with Mike Smeed of InMotion Ventures

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How Game Theory, Gut Instinct, and Long-Term Thinking Shape Great Venture Capitalists: A Conversation with Matt Rhodes-Kropf

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Boundary Rules & Breakthroughs from Temple Fennell from Clean Energy Ventures

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Bridging Founders and Funders: Lessons from Angela Lee of Columbia Business School and 37 Angels

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A Liberal Arts Approach to Private Equity and Venture Investing with Gustavo Schwed of NYU Stern and Princeton

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Flying Solo: How Bonny Simi Launched JetBlue’s Venture Arm—and Landed Joby

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Chasing the Future with Steve Westly, founder of The Westly Group

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How Megann Watters Turned Science-First Investing into Strategic Wins at LabCorp

21

The Global Edge: Joe LiPuma on CVC’s Strategic Role in International Expansion

22

From Private Equity to CVC: Steven N. Kaplan, One of the Galaxy’s Top Experts, Shares His Research

23

Jeff Bussgang Talks AI-Forward Strategies, CVC Best Practices, and Flybridge’s Road to Success

24

The Power of Ecosystem: Victoria Slivkoff on Juggling Three Full-Time Roles

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Intel, Apple, and Europe's 50-Year VC Revolution: A Conversation with Oxford's Thomas Hellmann

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From Finance to Philanthropy: Lisa Hehenberger on the Rise of Venture Philanthropy and Impact Investing

27

Melbourne’s Next Big Leap: Unlocking Australia’s Venturing Potential with Colin McLeod

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90% Exploration: How GTT Strategic Ventures Finds the Future of Maritime Innovation with Hélène Loncin

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Unlocking 'the Venture Mindset' Beyond CVC: Insights from Ilya Strebulaev

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From Horseback to Carbon Curves: Decarbonizing with Diane Frachon of SLB New Energy

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Sailing to Scaling: Investor Alejandro Solé's Journey in Energy Transition

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To Sit or Not to Sit with Sophie Dingreville of bp pulse

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Failure, Hobgoblins, and M&A: Dr. Dennis Charlebois on the Start-up Journey

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Wishlist to Wins: Empowering Founders with a Proactive Platform Team

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Investing with Purpose: Inside the Gates Foundation’s Strategic Investment Fund

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Catalyzing Innovation & The Dotted Line with National Grid Partners

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Beyond the Golden Triangle: Exploring UK Innovation with Future Planet Capital

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The Voice of the Entrepreneur

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The Art of the Fresh Look: From Chips to Cloud

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Special Episode | Corporate Venturing Insider

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The Person Behind the Builder

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Swisscom Ventures: Wielding Autonomy to Create Partnerships

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Touchdown Tech: Accelerating the Future of the Sports Experience

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Beyond the Pitch: Citi Venture’ Arvind Purushotham Talks CVC Credibility and Goal Alignment

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Renaissance Woman: Lessons in Adaptability and Mentorship with Cargill Ventures’ Erin VanLanduit

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The Intrapreneur Mindset: Talia Abramowitz on Founding of Deloitte Ventures

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Energizing Tomorrow: Talking with a CV Tsar

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Scattered to the Wind: From Enron to EnBW

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Following the Thread: Navigating Fund of Funds

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Taking a Dive into Corporate Venturing Mechanisms

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Watts to the Boardroom

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The Journey of an ‘Accidental Tourist’: From Pipets to Portfolios

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Building Tomorrow: Venture's View of Construction Tech

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The Chinese Wall of Corporate Venture Capital

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Revolutionizing Early-Stage Tech Investments in Sweden

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Playing by the Rules: Optionality and Investing

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Buying into the Transformative Power of Venturing Beyond

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The Art of Strategic Timing and Holistic Thinking

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Revving Up: The Three Superpowers of Innovation

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Behind the Wheel: Embracing Open Innovation through Curiosity

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Navigating the Skies of Innovation

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Onwards and Upwards: Building and Maintaining Relationships in CVCs

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Harmonizing Innovation: Nurturing Strategic Collaborations

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Charting New Waters: The Journey through Sustainable Innovation

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Samsung's Odyssey of Innovation and Strategic Growth

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Curiosity, Competitiveness, and Empathy: Crafting Success in Corporate Venturing

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Innovative Odyssey: Bringing Law to Boundless Ventures

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Navigating Corporate Growth and Kickstart Ecosystem Expansion

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Trailblazing Ventures: Scaling and Creating

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Cracking the Code of Startup Success through Strategic Alignment

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Driving Cleantech Innovations with DBL Partners

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A CVC Pioneer, Claudia Fan Munce Shares Her Story

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A Founder-Focused Approach to Tough Tech Venture Capital: Lessons from Ann DeWitt's Journey

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Minimizing Bias Through Hybrid Co-Investment

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Being Amadeus's Eyes and Ears

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Building and Expanding Your CVC's Mission

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Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration

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Networks to Research: A Curious Glance into Health Tech

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The Importance of A Growth Mindset: From Quick ICs to Global CVCs

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Traversing Rough Seas: How Faran Guided Lam Capital Through A CEO-Mandated Pivot

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Meeting Innovation and Opposition Head-On

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CVC Is Not Rocket Science: A Discussion with Shell Ventures’ Andrea Course

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The Journey of a Chief Disruption Officer

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Starting a CVC Team from Scratch

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Building in Agility As a Hybrid CVC Fund

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Legacy in Innovation: GCV Institute’s 15-Year Impact and Shaping the Next Wave of Corporate Leaders

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Qualcomm Ventures’ Quinn Li - Levering an “Unfair” Advantage

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Eileen Tanghal ‘s Less-traveled Path to In-Q-Tel Leadership

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INSEAD’s Zeisberger Preaches Execution, Communication

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Convivialité Ventures’ Stéphane Longuet Toasts to the Intrapreneur Spirit and CVC Value-Add

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Geek, Suit, Wonk: Founding and Running Toyota Ventures with Jim Adler

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Adding Value with Later-Stage Financial Insights

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Partner Cyril Vančura brings Silicon Valley Mindset to Europe’s imec.xpand

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Goodyear Ventures Leverages Its CVC & Incubator to Innovate Internally and Externally

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General Partner Gopinath’s Product Insights Drive B Capital’s Investment Returns

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Alexa Fund’s Kevin Crosby Seeks Diversity among Partners, Customers, and Teammates

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BMW i Ventures’ Guzel Measures Success on Internal Return Rather than Fund Return

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From Gearheads to Game Changers: Unconventional Pathways in Corporate Venturing

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How Xin Ma’s TCN Ventures Capitalizes on Asia’s Climate Tech Opportunities

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Recognizing the Patterns of Investment Success

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Stanley Ventures President Credits Success to Expertise to M&A Experience

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Aligning R&D with Corporate Venture Capital with ABB Technology Ventures’ Malin Carlström

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BP Ventures’ Quantitative Measurement for Technology Investments

104

Empathy & Financial Foundations: Jacqueline LeSage’s Strategy at Munich Re Ventures

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Bosch Venture Capital Expands Parent Firm’s Strategic Horizons

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Samsung Catalyst Fund Leverages Mothership Resources to Deliver Value to Startups

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Global Corporate Venturing Editor on CVC’s Image Rehabilitation

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Hypotherm Ventures: Measured Steps; Steady Guidance; Proven Processes

109

Intel Capital Formula: Navigating Corporate Venturing through Flexibility and Startup Spirit

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Giants and Innovators: Harmonizing the Collaboration

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Navigating the Startup Galaxy: Networks, Diversity, Deal Flows, and Success

112

The Art of the Possible: The Dance Between CVCs and Ventures

113

The Legal Kaleidoscope of a CVC’s Journey

114

Starting from Scratch: Building a CVC

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Cultivating Innovation: Unveiling Applied Ventures’ Strategic Vision

116

RISE-ing Above: Scaling Southeast Asia's Startup Landscape

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The Power of Partnerships: Universities and Venture Capital Firms

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Using your Mothership as a Secret Weapon

119

The Biases of the CVC World: Facing the Investor's Dilemma

120

Analyzing CVCs through The Academic Lens with Gary Dushnitsky

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Perfect Timing: Navigating Portfolio Support During Scaling

122

Bridging the Gap: POC Budget to Unlock Strategic Value with Fumiko Uraki

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Merging Paths and Perspectives in the Investment World with Pramilla Mullan