In this episode, we sit down with Nick Ellis, Principal of the Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, to discuss their approach to investing in startups and how they work with their portfolio companies beyond just providing capital. Learn about Amazon’s...
Pradeep Tagare is an Entrepreneur turned 2x Corporate VC. After transitioning to CVC at Intel Capital, he’s spent the last two years setting up and leading National Grid’s CVC group. We talk about both his experiences launching a new...
Frontier tech – emerging technologies such as robotics, computer vision and machine learning – are transforming so many of our industries. Established companies need to understand and figure out the right way to react. On this...
About 18 months ago, Bill Pescatello returned to corporate venture after a stint in a traditional VC fund (Lightbank). Evolv is a $100 million firm created in partnership with Kraft Heinz. Bill already had CVC experience as he started his career...
Episode 26: Matt Carbonara — Managing Director, Venture Investing at Citi Ventures This week our conversation continues to focus on corporate venture capital. However, we go from Harvard Business School to a “serial CVC” as Matt has been at 3...
Episode 20: Rich Grant Founder & Managing Director — Touchdown Ventures After helping start Comcast Ventures, Rich left with two other partners to start Touchdown Ventures. On this week’s episode, we have a great conversation about his...