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CVC Unplugged — 300 episodes
Advice from a CVC freelancer
Secondaries are breaking into the mainstream
Do we have enough energy to power the AI future?
Why invest in LatAm
Getting rid of bias in the investment process
Economic ruts are a good time to double down
Investing in the in-space economy
Dealing with an unprecedented demand for power
Protecting critical infrastructure is big business
Canada’s startups navigate the new normal
How CVCs can help hard-tech startups
How innovation can keep democracies ahead
Everyone is waiting for IPOs, but will market uncertainty delay them?
The coming Web3 acquisition wave
rEnergy Partners: Charting a new course as a spun-out cleantech investor
Cencosud Ventures: Venture clienting should involve skin in the game
BMW i Ventures: Carmakers must innovate to navigate rapid technology shift
Leaps by Bayer: Agtech investors look for zebras, not unicorns.
Argentina’s turbulent economy is a forge for fintech founders
Looking ahead at fintech’s comeback
We are in another iPhone Cambrian explosion for the chips industry
Torq hopes to replicate Brazil’s fintech success across LatAm
Best Nights VC wants people to meet in real life again
How to get first-of-a-kind cleantech projects off the ground
M&A and liquidity making a slower comeback in healthcare, but CVCs are stepping up to the plate
While others are cautious in a slower Brazilian market, L4 wants to be greedy
How Olympus Innovation Ventures is looking into the human body
Opening a new CVC office in the US is not easy – here’s how Lotte Ventures is doing it
The US healthcare system has a huge resource shortage. Here’s how small and medium-sized investors can help plug the gap.
Petcare will be a half-trillion-dollar market in the next decade, and its not just treats and toys
Radical change is needed to fix CVC’s gender problem. Here are some ideas.
Investing in the hard assets of cleantech – a conversation with TechEnergy Ventures’ Alejandro Solé
Making investing for everyone – a conversation with FISV’s Alokik Advani
Sabanci wants to invest $200m into renewables technology
Venture clienting as an entry point for more risk-averse corporates
Can mining be at the forefront of the energy transition? A conversation with Vale Ventures’ Bruno Arcadier
LatAm is hungrier for venture service providers – a conversation with Innova 360’s Laura Chicurel
Should accelerators chase revenue instead of investment?
Innovating in an intractable healthcare system
A year of learning at InMotion Ventures – Mike Smeed returns
The future of payments – a chat with Visa’s David Rolf
The Next Wave Webinar: Investing in the changing world of sports
The transition from academic to entrepreneur
Slower and steadier wins the race – Rob Bier’s case against blitzscaling
Let’s give everyone more control over their finances – A conversation with Hugo Bongers
How to get startups and corporates to fit together – a conversation with VentureFuel’s Fred Schonenberg
Universities take a more investor-friendly approach to IP
A CVC is like an organ transplant, the body would be wrong to fight it – A conversation with Jeppe Hoier
How to effectively manage change and transformation (re-broadcast)
The Next Wave Webinar: What does the hospital of the future look like?
Why Cencosud Ventures loves contrarian thinking
Investing in a strong supply chain
A booming market for secondaries
From automobiles to mobility – how Woven Capital is helping Toyota evolve
We should temper our expectations for alternate meat, says Grey Silo Ventures
Corporates underpin over half of all Gen AI investment
A portrait of Sopra Steria’s CVC rebuild
The Next Wave Webinar: Venture building – how to avoid the common failures
Blair Tritt: Schreiber Foods
Bernardita Araya: CMPC Ventures
Kerry Carter
Bill Taranto: MSD Global Health Innovation Fund
Jung Lee & T.A. McCann: Pioneer Square Labs
Alex Mahr: Stryber
Ginger Rothrock & Meghan Hunt: HG Ventures
Stéphane Longuet: Convivialité Ventures
Hakan Goker & Owen Lozman: M Ventures
Juan Niet: Zacua Ventures
Crispin Leick: EnBW New Ventures
The Next Wave: Functional foods – Investors are hungry for more
Richard Zeiger: MSW Capital
Owen Thompson: Cambridge Future Tech
Are IPOs back?
Mike Smeed: InMotion Ventures
Cassio Spina: Alya Ventures
Michelle Gonzalez: M12
Arthur Alves: Gerdau Next Ventures
Youssef Mawad: JCI Ventures
Jonny Crowe: Liminal Ventures
Arvind Purushotham: Citi Ventures
Debbie Brackeen: CSAA Insurance
Miles Kirby: Deeptech Labs
Mario Augusto Maia: Cogent Venture Partners
Jeffrey Grabow: EY
Dina Routhier & Michael Mahan – Stanley Ventures
Erin VanLanduit: Cargill Ventures
Raj Singh: JLL Spark Global Ventures
Lukasz Garbowski: Btomorrow Ventures
Brian Walsh: Wind Ventures
Brian Schettler: HorizonX
Investing in defence tech
Paul Asel: NGP Capital
Andrew Chang: United Airlines Ventures
Andrew Ferguson: Databricks Ventures
Last Year in Data
Dan Ateya: RTX Ventures
The Next Wave: Investing Beyond Earth – Spacetech
Oil and Gas Investment
Should CVCs want more independence?
The collapse of FTX – where next for crypto?
The Next Wave: Which is a harder job to do: VC or CVC?
Is antitrust a problem for US CVCs?
Vitor Mascarenhas Santos: EDP Ventures Brasil
Artur Faria: Oxygea
Dr. Samuel West: Museum of Failure
Rodrigo Gruner: Vivo
Bill Reichert: Pegasus Tech Ventures
Can record investment in agtech fix global food insecurity?
What background should CVC hires have?
Gustavo Cavenaghi: Kortex Ventures
A growing corporate appetite for nuclear fusion
Anand Kamannavar: Applied Ventures
The evolving landscape of corporate impact investing
Gonzalo Galindo: Cemex Ventures
Hector Shibata: AC Ventures
Carlos Kokron: Qualcomm Ventures
Greg Larkin: Punks & Pinstripes
Anish Patel: Yamaha Motor Venture
Roee Furman: Doral Energy-Tech Ventures
Interview: BlackBerry Ivy Innovation Fund
20 June 2022 – WiL gets $1bn capital injection
Interview: Intuitive Ventures
13 June 2022 – Severstal to cease its corporate venturing operations
Interview: Alex Manson, SC Ventures
30 May 2022
23 May – FTX, Animoca Brands back 6th Man Ventures’ second fund
Interview: Amy Burr JetBlue Technology Ventures
16 May – SoftBank chips into Bucketplace’s $182m round
09 May – Shopify to buy Deliverr in $2.1bn deal
25 April 2022 – Deezer agrees $1.1bn reverse merger
18 April 2022 – Epic Games scores $2bn in corporate funding
11 April 2022 – AMD to pick up Pensando for $1.9bn
04 April 2022 – Instacart snips valuation to $24bn
28 March 2022 – Hub Cyber Security organises $1.28bn reverse merger
21 March 2022 – FinAccel calls off $2.5bn reverse merger
14 March 2022 – LanzaTech lands $2.2bn reverse takeover agreement
07 March 2022 – CommerzVentures collects $335m for third fund
28 February 2022 – SoFi to take Technisys in $1.1bn deal
21 February 2022 – SoftBank pinpoints Spotter in $200m series D
14 February 2022 – D-Wave Agrees to $1.6bn Reverse Merger
07 February 2022 – Sony Makes $3.6bn Bungie Play
31 January 2022 – Swiggy Swipes $700m in Series K
24 January 2022 – Crypto.com Expands Fund to $500m and Brings on Russell
17 January 2022 – Tencent Helps Serve Up $100m for Flipdish
10 January 2022 – SenseTime Sees $851m in Initial Public Offering
20 December 2021 – Anchorage Digital Holds Down $350m Series D Funding
13 December 2021 – Arm Eyeing IPO Amid Nvidia Deal Uncertainty
06 December 2021 — Essentium Shines with $974m Reverse Merger
29 November 2021 – J&T Express Gets $2.5bn Funding Delivery
22 November 2021 – Braze Breaches Public Markets in $520m IPO
15 November 2021 – Rivian Motors to $11.9bn IPO
08 November 2021 – Terran Takes Off with $1.58bn Reverse Merger
01 November 2021 – Rent the Runway Lands $357m in IPO
25 October 2021 – Gorillas Roars to $1bn Series C, Instacart Pulls Off $350m
18 October 2021 – Celsius Network Warms Up with $400m in Funding
11 October 2021 – Rivian Reveals IPO Filing
04 October 2021 – Oyo Eyes $1.16bn Initial Public Offering
27 September 2021 – Toast and Freshworks Make Strong Public Market Debuts
20 September 2021 – Investors help Canva paint $200m picture at $40bn valuation
13 September 2021 – PayPal Picks Up Paidy in $2.7bn Deal
Summer Break 2021
02 August 2021 – Rhiti Group and Kanodia Launch VC Firm Deep Pockets Capital Venture
26 July 2021 – Swiggy Raises $1.25bn in Series J
19 July 2021 – SoftBank serves Yanolja with $1.7bn
12 July 2021 – Wise Floats on London Stock Exchange with $12bn Valuation
05 July 2021 – CMR Surgical Raises $600m in Round Led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2
21 June 2021 – Waymo Drives $2.5bn Investment
14 June 2021 – Cambridge Launches Deeptech Labs
Leadership Series: Malin Carlström (ABB Technology Ventures)
07 June 2021 – Wefox Completes $650m Series C
Leadership Series: David Hayes (BP Ventures)
31 May 2021 – Perch Raises $755m in Record-breaking Series A
Leadership Series: Yvonne Lutsch (Bosch Venture Capital)
24 May 2021 – Goldman Sachs Invests $20m in British Anti-money Laundering Company ComplyAdvantage
Leadership Series: Francis Ho (Samsung Catalyst Fund)
17 May 2021 – Grocery Delivery App Dingdong Maicai Orders Up $330m Series D
Leadership Series: Linda Yates (Mach49)
10 May 2021 – Oxford Nanopore Pockets $280m in Equity Financing
Leadership Series: Ellen Ehrenpreis (Orrick)
03 May 2021 – Messagebird Adds $800m to Series C Round
Leadership Series: Jaclyn Kossmann (Applied Ventures)
26 April 2021 – UK National Grid Commits Further $150m to its Silicon Valley-based Corporate Venture and Innovation Group
Leadership Series: Jason Miles (Volvo VFS)
19 April 2021 – Coinbase Lists on Nasdaq
Leadership Series: The State of The Fintech Market in 2021 (GCV Digital Forum)
12 April 2021 – Food Delivery Service Swiggy Raises $800m
Leadership Series: How U.S. Based Venture Arms From Asia Are Supporting Innovation (GCV Digital Forum)
Leadership Series: Scaling Up – How VC Is Helping Startups Succeed (GCV Digital Forum)
29 March 2021 – GoPuff Secures $1.15bn in Round Including SoftBank
Leadership Series: How Hitachi is Leveraging Incubations and Developing an Ecosystem to Supercharge Organic Growth (GCV Digital Forum)
22 March 2021 – Stripe Raises $600m with a $95bn Valuation
Leadership Series: Opening Keynote Fireside Chat: Vinod Khosla (GCV Digital Forum)
15 March 2021 – $1.9bn for Cold Chain Services Provider Lineage Logistics
Leadership Series: Great Expectations – How M12 is Investing in Female Founders (GCV Digital Forum)
08 March 2021 – Klarna Raises $1bn
Leadership Series: Henkel’s Approach To Startup Collaboration – CVC Case Study (GCV Digital Forum)
01 March 2021 – Could the Sleeping Giant of Corporate Venturing – India – Finally Be Waking Up?
Leadership Series: Perfect Harmony – The Convergence of AI Across Industries (GCV Digital Forum)
21 February 2021 – Blockchain.com Raises $120m in Strategic Growth Round
Leadership Series: Will Blockchain Disrupt the Venture Industry? (GCV Digital Forum)
15 February 2021 – Nationwide Increases Nationwide Ventures Allocation to $350m
Leadership Series: The Venture Manifesto (GCV Digital Forum)
08 February 2021 – Robinhood Raises $3.4bn
Leadership Series: Jennifer Ard (Intel Capital)
01 February 2021 – Xerox Sets Up $250m Corporate Venture Capital Fund
Leadership Series: George Baxter (Edinburgh Innovations)
25 January 2021 – Vor Files for IPO on the Nasdaq
Leadership Series: James Mawson (Mawsonia)
18 January 2021 – GV Returns for EQRx’s $500m Series B
Leadership Series: Aaron Brandt (Hypertherm Ventures)
11 January 2021 – Online Tutoring Platform Zuoyebang Raises $1.6bn Series E
21 December 2020 – ByteDance Raising $2bn at $180bn Valuation
Leadership Series: Larry Loev (Ariel Scientific Innovations)
14 December 2020 – Drug Development Company Tempus Secures $200m
Leadership Series: Mike Zimmerman (Main Sequence Ventures)
07 December 2020 – Salesforce Announces $27.7bn Purchase of Slack
Leadership Series: Kelly Sexton (University of Michigan)
30 November 2020 – Stripe Opens Discussions for Funding at Potential $100bn Valuation
Leadership Series: Shiva Dustdar & Lara Koole (Including Both Halves of Society)
23 November 2020 – PingCap Stores £270m in Series D Funding
Leadership Series: Alastair Hick (Monash Innovation)
16 November 2020 – SentinelOne Bags $267m in Series F
Leadership Series: Oliver Keown (Intuitive Ventures)
09 November 2020 – Ant Group’s IPO Suspended by Regulators
Leadership Series: Jeffrey Li (Tencent Investment)
02 November 2020 – Ant Gets Ready for Global Expansion
Leadership Series: Moray Wright (Parkwalk Advisors)
26 October 2020 – Ant Group Aims for World’s Biggest Floatation Topping $250bn
Leadership Series: Alicia Löffler (Northwestern University)
19 October 2020 – SoftBank Backs Kahoot with $215m Investment
Leadership Series: Nichole Mercier (Washington University in St Louis)
12 October 2020 2020 – Uber Spins out Uber Freight with $500m Series A
Leadership Series: Tony Raven (Cambridge Enterprise)
05 October 2020 – Sophia Genetics Raises $110m Series F
Leadership Series: Orin Herskowitz (Columbia University)
28 September 2020 – Roche Pays $448m to Buy Inflazome
Leadership Series: Mark Sherman (Telstra Ventures)
21 September 2020 – Klarna Raises $650m to Almost Double its Valuation
Leadership Series: Tony Armstrong (IU Ventures)
14 September 2020 – Online Education Company Byju Raising $500m
Leadership Series: Lesley Millar-Nicholson (MIT Technology Licensing Office)
07 September 2020 – QuantumScape in Reverse Merger with Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp
Leadership Series: Mark Radcliffe (DLA Piper)
31 August 2020 – Ant Group Files for Dual Listing to Potentially Raise $30bn
Leadership Series: Peter Devine (Uniseed)
24 August 2020 – SpaceX Raises $1.9bn
Leadership Series: Mark Radcliffe (DLA Piper Webinar)
17 August 2020 – Impossible Foods Closes $200m Series G
Leadership Series: Jim Wilkinson (Oxford Sciences Innovation)
10 August 2020 – Epic Games Confirms $1.78bn Funding Round
Leadership Series: Girish Nadkarni & Demi Edosomwan (TCNV)
03 August 2020 – Wu Snaps Up her Former Assets
Leadership Series: Gen Tsuchikawa (Sony)
27 July 2020 – CureVac Officially Closes $640m Round
Leadership Series: Jacqueline LeSage-Krause (Munich Re Ventures)
20 July 2020 – 5G & IoT Provider Jio Platforms Gains $4.5bn from Google
Leadership Series: Tony Askew (REV Venture Partners)
13 July 2020 – Rivian Strikes Deal with Amazon for 100,000 Electric Delivery Vans
Leadership Series: Jon Lauckner (GM Ventures)
06 July 2020 – Zuoyebang Pulls In $750m in Series E Funding
Leadership Series: Amy Banse (Comcast Ventures)
29 June 2020 – Sana Biotechnology Raises $700m in First Round
Leadership Series: David Gilmour (BP Ventures)
22 June 2020 – DoorDash Raises $400m in Late Stage Round
Leadership Series: Raj Singh & Amy Burr (JetBlue Technology Ventures)
15 June 2020 – Zuoyebang in Talks to Raise up to $800m in Coronavirus Boost
08 June 2020 – GCV Digital Forum Roundup
01 June 2020 – UBS Groups Prepares for Fintech Investments
Leadership Series: Heriberto Diarte (Schneider Electric Ventures)
25 May 2020 – SenseTime Expands to Help Track Coronavirus
Leadership Series: Nicolas Sauvage (TDK Ventures)
18 May 2020 – Challenging Investment Landscape and Down-Rounds
Leadership Series: Arvind Purushotham (Citi Ventures)
11 May 2020 – Intel picks up Moovit for $900m
Leadership Series: John Glushik (HG Ventures)
04 May 2020 – FIS Commits $150m to its Corporate Venturing Unit
Leadership Series: David Hayes & Nacho Gimenez (BP Ventures)
27 April 2020 – AvidXchange Raises $128m Bringing Total Round to $388m Plus Audio from our Second COVID19 Webinar
Leadership Series: Tarik Galijasevic (Allstate Strategic Ventures)
20 April 2020 – Stripe Raises $600m in Series G Plus Audio from our Industrial Sector Webinar
Leadership Series: Tony Cannestra (Denso International America)
13 April 2020 – Covid-19 Crisis & Funding Opportunities
Leadership Series: Bonny Simi (JetBlue Technology Ventures)
06 April 2020 – Lyell Immunopharma Gains $493m Investment from GlaxoSmithKline
Leadership Series: Darek DeFreece (UC Berkeley)
30 March 2020 – Lime in Talks to Raise Funding at a Reduced $400m Valuation
Leadership Series: Tom Vanhoutte (Imec.xpand)
23 March 2020 – Fox Agrees to Buy Tubi for $440m in Cash
Leadership Series: Jonathan Tudor (Centrica) Part 2
16 March 2020 – Insightec Targets $150m Series F
Leadership Series: Jonathan Tudor (Centrica) Part 1
09 March 2020 – Waymo Secures $2.25bn in Initial Close of First External Round
Leadership Series: Ippei Akiyoshi (Mitsubishi)
02 March 2020 – Grab Raises $856m from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
24 February 2020 – Imara to Raise Up To $86.3m in its IPO
17 February 2020 – Revolution Medicines Goes Public in $238m Offering
10 February 2020 – Netskope Gains $340m in Round Led By Sequoia Capital Global Equities
03 February 2020 – Corporate Venturing and Innovation Summit Roundup
27 January 2020 – Tokopedia Approaches Close of $1.5bn Round
20 January 2020 – Joby Aviation Raises $590m in Series C to Create Flying Taxis