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How to get startups and corporates to fit together – a conversation with VentureFuel’s Fred Schonenberg
Fred Schonenberg is the founder of VentureFuel, a New York-based advisory firm focused on bringing together startups and large organisations, mainly corporates including the likes of Coca-Cola, ABInBe
Universities take a more investor-friendly approach to IP
One of the biggest hurdles to getting technology from universities out into the market has been that of intellectual property who does this technology belong to and who can benefit from it? Traditio
A CVC is like an organ transplant, the body would be wrong to fight it – A conversation with Jeppe Hoier
Jeppe Hoier is a long-time venture investor with experience in financial VCs, corporate VCs and on his own as an angel investor, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. A former partner at Maersk Growth, the CV
How to effectively manage change and transformation (re-broadcast)
Were going back into the vault this week! They say that the only constant in life, and business, is change so how do you manage it effectively? Thats why last year I spoke with Jonny Crowe, a lawy
The Next Wave Webinar: What does the hospital of the future look like?
For a while now, there has been a clear trend, for example, of hospital functions like patient monitoring, diagnostics, and other treatments being moved closer to the patients, even into their homes,
Why Cencosud Ventures loves contrarian thinking
The way we buy things has been changing. Supercharged by the pandemic, the digital and physical sides of the retail experience continue to merge, data analytics continues to play an increasingly large
Investing in a strong supply chain
Today I speak with two people who know a lot about getting stuff from A to B Rose Chen, head of innovation investments and partnerships at supply chain and distribution company Wesco, and Hector Shib
A booming market for secondaries
With valuations down from where they were a couple of years ago, the exit horizons that investors had in mind when they made their original investment ended up being further away than they thought. Th
From automobiles to mobility – how Woven Capital is helping Toyota evolve
There are very few corporates out there that have two CVC funds, Toyota is one of them. Not only does it have an early-stage fund in Toyota Ventures, but also a growth stage unit in Woven Capital wh
We should temper our expectations for alternate meat, says Grey Silo Ventures
For years now, people myself included have been waiting for the advent, in earnest, of plant-based meats. Everyone loves a barbeque, but not the meat industrys effect on the environment, our heal