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How to effectively manage change and transformation (re-broadcast)
April 21, 2024

We’re 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? That’s why last year I spoke with Jonny Crowe, a lawy

The Next Wave Webinar: What does the hospital of the future look like?
April 14, 2024

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
April 07, 2024

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
March 31, 2024

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
March 24, 2024

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
March 17, 2024

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
March 10, 2024

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

Corporates underpin over half of all Gen AI investment
March 03, 2024

The story of the past year or so has been artificial intelligence and, in particular, generative artificial intelligence, or gen AI. Doesnt matter what sector youre in, or what countries you look at

A portrait of Sopra Steria’s CVC rebuild
February 25, 2024

Sopra Steria Ventures, the CVC unit of French IT giant Sopra Steria, has been around for half a decade. After a few years, however, the investment programme was not really yielding any tangible result

The Next Wave Webinar: Venture building – how to avoid the common failures
February 18, 2024

Todays show is a bit different instead of a normal conversation, were bringing you GCVs most recent edition of the Next Wave our monthly webinar series that features panel discussions on emergi