corporate VC

also referred to as: corporate vcs

6 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 20, 2015 by Jonathan Triest · across every show →

Everything said about corporate VC, oldest first

Jul 20, 2015 negative

Insight

Triest: Corporate VCs have smaller networks because they do not fundraise

“There are certain firms who invest off balance sheets of big corporations, which is great, and they do really wonderful things, but their networks are always generally smaller and I think a lot of that has to do with the lack of fundraising, because they're no…”

Jonathan Triest Jul 20, 2015 ▶ 7:59 20 VC 055: VC Done Right with Jonathon Triest @ Ludlow Ventures

Oct 23, 2015 positive

Disclosure

Kiip Raised Most of Its Later-Stage Capital From Strategic Corporate VCs

“Pretty much most of the new capital we've raised from new funds in our latter rounds have been pretty much only strategic, ah, corporate VCs.”

Brian Wong Oct 23, 2015 ▶ 17:10 20 VC FF 018: Brian Wong, Founder @ Kiip on Raising $30m in VC Funding by 24

Apr 12, 2017 positive

Opinion

Kashyap: Corporate VCs foster greater diversity than traditional VC firms

“Historically, it's been very, very hard to see how there's sort of just a fundamental lack of diversity in the way it is, and I sort of trace it back to a little bit of the inflexibility with the VC model, and the financial VC model, and why I think corporate …”

Nagraj Kashyap Apr 12, 2017 ▶ 17:42 20VC: Why Young VCs Must Have Cheque Writing Ability & Why Corporate VC Is The Best Training Ground For New VCs with Nagraj Kashyap @ Microsoft Ventures

Apr 12, 2017 positive

Opinion

Kashyap: Corporate VC is a better training ground than traditional VC

“And I think that's why I think corporate VC is a great training ground. You cannot necessarily do the things I'm talking about in a normal financial VC environment, but in the corporate VC environment, you can do these things”

Nagraj Kashyap Apr 12, 2017 ▶ 9:04 20VC: Why Young VCs Must Have Cheque Writing Ability & Why Corporate VC Is The Best Training Ground For New VCs with Nagraj Kashyap @ Microsoft Ventures

Apr 12, 2017

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Kashyap: Corporate VCs lack fixed check sizes and ownership targets

“In the corporate VC environment, we don't have constraints of, we have to write a check of X million dollars. We have to get 20% ownership. We only, only can invest in a sector that the LPs gave us money for.”

Nagraj Kashyap Apr 12, 2017 ▶ 9:57 20VC: Why Young VCs Must Have Cheque Writing Ability & Why Corporate VC Is The Best Training Ground For New VCs with Nagraj Kashyap @ Microsoft Ventures

Feb 18, 2021 negative

Opinion

Wallace: Left to their own devices, corporate VCs make terrible decisions

“While they have all this potential left to their own devices, corporates will make terrible decisions.”

Brendan Wallace Feb 18, 2021 ▶ 33:14 20VC Special: The Real Estate Fintech OGs on Why This Is Not The End For The Bay Area and What Can Be Done To Solve It, The Pros and Cons of Working with Corporate Investors and How Leading Their Teams Has Fundamentally Changed in a COVID World

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