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    Investing in defence tech

    There has never been a more crucial time to invest in technologies related to defence and security. War in Ukraine and growing geopolitical tensions between the US and China are bringing a new focus to an area that used to be taboo for investors. Global Corporate Venturing editor Maija Palmer talks to Ryan Lewis, partner at SRI Ventures and Tom Park, partner at BDC Deep Tech Fund, about why they are setting up the GCV Defense Council Advisory Board to foster collaboration between corporate investors looking to invest in this area.

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    Paul Asel: NGP Capital

    The world is changing, along with the way we look at it and experience it – this includes a merging of the physical world and the virtual one. This “great convergence” forms the basis of the newly unveiled thesis of NGP Capital, the venture firm backed by Nokia.

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  • Andrew Chang: United Airlines Ventures

    Air travel is a notoriously hard to decarbonise sector. Next to heavy industry, aviation is the poster child for widespread carbon emissions. For United Airlines,…

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  • Andrew Ferguson: Databricks Ventures

    If it hasn’t already been clear for at least the past decade, there is certainly no doubt of it today: data runs the world. It…

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  • Last Year in Data

    I’m joined by GCV’s Kaloyan Andonov, an analyst and reporter who also happens to be a resident data guru, and has put together an extensive…

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  • Dan Ateya: RTX Ventures

    Happy New Year! For our first episode of 2023, one thing is clear – defence is not a business like any other, for obvious reasons.…

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  • The Next Wave: Investing Beyond Earth – Spacetech

    It is our last episode of GVR for the year! To close out 2022, we’re bringing you a recording of a conversation on one of…

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  • Oil and Gas Investment

    In all likelihood, you will be acutely aware of the energy crisis we are experiencing virtually all over the world. What you may be less…

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  • Should CVCs want more independence?

    What does it mean for a corporate venturing unit to be independent? Is that a structural dimension or a cultural one? What are the benefits…

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  • The collapse of FTX – where next for crypto?

    We’ve got a big, ongoing story that’s been causing serious ripples across one of the fastest growing industries of the past few years. FTX, the…

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