Running a Corporate Venture Capital Practice
Corporate venturing has never mattered more, and this is a time where the world's interest in CVC is at its peak. Yet it is a practice that is incredibly hard to do well. Even high-performing teams following best practices can be stopped dead in its tracks by unpredictable events and decisions independent of their decisions and outside of their control. Much of this can be mitigated with a solid set of adaptations and processes that bring along the recipients of much of the CVC’s work, the Business Units as helpful partners that can tightly integrate the work of the CVC team to the benefit of the company.
Drawing on the work of the HP Tech Ventures team for processes that have worked for them we will discuss how CVCs can be a useful asset on your cap table and try to unveil the mystery of how to leverage the work of a CVC to your startups advantage at an early stage.
THE PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN HOW TO:
Gain Ideas on how to partner with CVCs to drive value beyond the dollars invested
Understand how a CVC aligns on focus areas and strategic priorities
Understand how a CVC drives market insights, commercialization, and investments
Understand the CVC processes and manages the BU funnel
Discuss deal flow sources and syndicate building
WHO IS IT FOR?
Corporate leaders looking establish corporate venture capital (CVC) practice and Startups trying to engage strategic investors, accelerators and incubators trying to partner with a CVC team. In addition, those trying to understand the difference between strategic and institutional investors.
The workshop is highly interactive and includes tactical advise and frameworks on how to establish a CVC fund and engage with your surrounding ecosystem to increase dealflow opportunities and maximize the results of your CVC practice.
About Mitchell Weinstock
Mitchell Weinstock is a Venture Partner at HP Tech Ventures, the corporate venture arm of HP, where he identifies promising, leading-edge technology startups and pursues strategic investments and partnerships to help those companies bring products to market and scale as they grow.
Externally liaising with the worldwide institutional VCs and the Corporate Venture community, country trade missions as well as HP Labs, HP business groups, their customers and their partners, Mitchell is defining new market segments, products and business models that will help shape HP’s future growth.