Introduction to Corporate Venturing

Introduction to Corporate Venturing is a custom course, designed specifically for your company’s needs and wants. Contact us at courses@gcvinstitute.com or email Liz Arrington directly at larrington@globalventuring.com to learn more.


Enabling CV Program Innovation Impact

Institute research shows that successful Corporate Venture (CV) programs wield the power of broad, multi-level, internal stakeholder networks to deliver value for both parent and portfolio. 

Entrée into the startup world can be both exciting and frustrating for corporate business partners, and CV teams cannot assume that the shifting landscape of Business Units (BU), Innovation, R&D and other parent partners appreciate how a CV program will address their objectives or understand what it takes to engage startups effectively. A common venturing language and shared expectations about where a CV unit fits and delivers value combined with examples of impactful startup partnerships can help overcome barriers and accelerate progress.


What is Introduction to Corporate Venturing?

Introduction to Corporate Venturing brings partners and stakeholders together for an introduction to corporate venturing and innovation partnering. Using self-paced and live online delivery, expert stories/resources, and peer interaction to maximize learning, the course illustrates high-value corporate parent/BU and CV program partnerships, by interweaving industry concepts in expert stories about partnership benefits and telling the story from all perspectives: CV teams, parent partners, startups.

  • Illustrates high-value corporate venturing approaches, interweaving industry concepts with ‘360’ perspective: CV teams, parent partners, startups

  • Drives common language across the business and VC/startup ecosystem and creates a platform for improved understanding, collaboration, and impact

  • Supports corporate venture teams and partners by reducing the time taken to educate and introduce CV to parent and external stakeholders

  • Provides innovation, parent BU/ functional managers, shared service professionals and venture ecosystem players a best practice research-based intro to corporate venturing

  • Offers opportunities to engage with startups and CVC experts, and to network with corporate peers and VC ecosystem players to share experiences, challenges, and best practices

  • Includes assessment-based certification and ongoing access to private Institute alumni LinkedIn group and quarterly online expert panels discussing CVC hot topics

Enhance parent and CVBD/Portfolio Dev understanding of CVC roles, practices

Session 1

    • What is corporate venturing?

    • Value of parent and CV program partnership

    • Why work with startups?

    • Startup mindset & characteristics

    • When to engage with startups

Session 2

    • Venture investment cycle overview

    • Aligning investment and innovation partnering activities

    • Startup partnerships: KSFs, watchouts

    • Wiring the corporation for change

    • Startup/CVC partner-readiness

Who Should Attend?

  • Corporate venture BD teams

  • Corporate strategy and innovation teams exploring corporate venture opportunities

  • Business unit and functional managers who are interested in engaging with startups

  • VC ecosystem players: accelerators, incubators, VCs with corporate LPs, government innovation promotion agencies, universities and research labs

Also available as a fully bespoke program showcasing internal experts, content, portfolio companies and case studies for business unit and executive ‘onboarding’ and engagement.


Community

  • Enrollment in Introduction to Corporate Venturing includes invitations to GCV Institute’s quarterly panel discussions featuring a VC, a CVC and an attorney.


Pricing

  • $900 per participant or TBD based on level of customization required

Group discounts and Leadership Society member discounts available - contact courses@gcvinstitute.com for more information.