Is this the first hint of corporate #venture capital #investment recovering from post-pandemic lows? A quick recap of the trends we saw in May. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eetgYNQE #CVC #VC #startups
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Patty Rowland Burke
Passionate about Innovation. Principal Designer, Global Corporate Venturing Institute. Champion for Women's Leadership: Author of "Beating the…
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Janice Mawson
Managing Director, Global Corporate Venturing Leadership Society
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Paul Asel
Founding Partner at NGP Capital
Updates
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Data from JETRO - Japan External Trade Organization indicates that the number of university #spinouts in Japan has increased two-and-a-half times over the past 10 years. Despite this, Japanese spinouts receive relatively little foreign #investment - something the government is keen to change. Here are some tips and quirks to keep in mind as a potential foreign #investor: https://lnkd.in/eRMwa-fH #startups #CVC #VC #preseed #corporates #incubator
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The #transport sector saw an increase in the amount of dollars being invested in both #CVC-backed and #VC-backed funding rounds in 2024. But the new year seems to have transport sector investors signalling an interest in connected industries like #logistics, #industrials and #autonomous vehicles for workforces. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/eXf5w2dA #startups #EV #aviation #AI #battery #mobility #sustainability Mike Smeed, InMotion Ventures, JLR, Andrew Chang, United Airlines
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Sabrina Jones has left Robert Bosch Ventures Capital, the corporate venture arm of Bosch. https://lnkd.in/ew5cZHp7
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Tobias Hasenjäger has left Viega New Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of the German building services component manufacturer. https://lnkd.in/e8STgAmD
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Jeffrey Makowka has joined AHA Ventures, the investment arm of the American Heart Association, as a program director. https://lnkd.in/eeQnn-_J
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The first #TheNextWave webinar of 2025! 🎉 Join us for this month's edition: Designing a winning CVC Platform - Engagement, Venture Development, Operations, with the incredible Tjerk Joustra, Shell; Geetha R Dholakia, Ph.D, TDK Ventures; and Shanna Hendriks, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), moderated by GCV's own Liz Arrington. They'll cover what differentiates CVC ‘platforms’ and how platform design relates to program charter and innovation goals - what makes a good CVC platform, and how can you maximise your chances of success? 📈 Don't miss out, register for free today for access to the live webinar, the follow up editorial content, and the full recording ➡️ https://lnkd.in/exGJJrGf #networking #cvc #vc #corporateventurecapital #cvcplatforming
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Which corporations invested the most in #startups in 2024? Companies taking big bets on generative #AI, like Alphabet Inc., Microsoft and NVIDIA to some extent dominate our list. But there are other trends visible in our top ten. Here's the list of last year's most prolific investors: https://lnkd.in/eGgpR7V9
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Where do people go after they leave CVC units? There has never been a set path into corporate venturing and there's nothing clearly signposted for what CVC investors should move onto after. Institutional VC, startups, boards, consulting. Here's what a few of the people who have stepped down from corporate investing roles recently told us about life after CVC: https://lnkd.in/ex9MnQQd Many thanks, in particular to Hugo Bongers, Geert van de Wouw and Gen Tsuchikawa for the insights they shared with us for this.
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Sony Ventures: Four #startup trends for 2025 Sony Innovation Fund is a veteran corporate investment unit and has been investing steadily despite the recent challenging startup #funding climate. In 2025 the team is expecting new opportunities in #Web3 and from combining real world and online #gaming experiences. Austin Noronha, US managing director of Sony Ventures also warns that startups will come under increased scrutiny over their use of data. This is what he is expecting: https://lnkd.in/evRZ7HG7 #CVC #VC #investment #2025predictions
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