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Article How Will AI Impact the Construction Industry? Insights from AXA XL Executive
August 5, 2024 | By Scott Cohen
Cheri Hanes is Vice President and Head of Construction Innovation and Sustainability at AXA XL, the US commercial subsidiary of French $89 billion insurance giant AXA. We conected with her recently on the three pillars her team focuses on; progress metrics; managing the risks of new technologies; and how AXA...
Article AI Use Cases, Customer Insights, and Innovation Lessons from $2.8B AvalonBay Communities
July 31, 2024 | By Scott Cohen
We talk to David Madrid, Vice President of Innovation and Ventures at AvalonBay Communities, a $2.8 billion multifamily real estate investment trust that owns nearly 300 apartment buildings and more than 90,000 apartment homes across 12 states and the District of Columbia.
Article How Japan’s NEC Adjusted Its Silicon Valley Strategy
July 30, 2024 | By Kate Katz
We talked with Naoto Mizuguchi, NEC X CFO about the evolution of its startup accelerator program, now called Elev X! Mizuguchi describes the updated venture studio model, success stories, focus areas, and long-term goals for the program.
Article Making Corporate Accelerators Work: Lessons for Sustained Innovation and Longevity
July 9, 2024 | By Felipe Negritto, Corporate Accelerator Forum
Corporate accelerators can effectively serve as a continuous mechanism for testing assumptions, writes Felipe Negritto, allowing firms to capitalize on new external opportunities. In this piece, Negritto shares the key findings from his recent research on accelerators.
Article Inside a $5B Health System’s ‘AlphaLab’: Structure, Priorities, Metrics and More
June 25, 2024 | By Scott Cohen
We talk with Dr. Jeffrey Cohen, Chief Physician Executive for Community Health and Innovation at Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network, a $5 billion medical system that operates 14 hospitals and more than 200 primary- and specialty-care practices.
Article Inside J&J’s Approach to New Company Creation
February 23, 2024 | By Evan Schwartz and Hadley Thompson
The healthcare giant's approach to new venture creation, in partnership with outside venture capital firms, got rolling in 2021. We talk with Sanjay Mistry, VP of Venture Investments and New Company Creation...
Article How BMW Put Its Corporate Venture Capital Team on the Road to Success
January 22, 2024 | By Evan Schwartz, Hadley Thompson
How do you set up a corporate venture capital initiative to be successful — both financially and strategically? BMW i Ventures, based in Silicon Valley, is one role model. We talk with one of the group's managing partners.
Research Report Driving Growth Through New Ventures and Corporate VC
January 10, 2024
For this research project, more than 25 corporations in the US and EU spoke to InnoLead or completed our survey to share their advice — and the challenges they face — related to new venture creation and corporate venture capital initiatives.
Video What’s Changing in Corporate VC and Internal New Venture Creation?
January 8, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
This one hour video explores what has been changing in the realms of corporate venture capital and incubating new ventures — and how those activities can be linked. Featuring guests from KPMG, Johnson & Johnson, Allegion, and TDK.
Thought Leadership Innovations of the Past and the Imperative of Moving Forward
November 27, 2023 | By Michael Goldstein, SwitchPitch
Collaboration when it comes to innovation is imperative, writes Michael Goldstein of SwitchPitch. Corporations should foster environments where individuals feel empowered to share ideas regardless of hierarchical boundaries.
Article TDK Ventures Managing Director on Connecting Startups with ‘the Mothership’
February 23, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner
TDK Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of TDK Corporation, a Japanese multinational conglomerate. TDK Ventures Managing DIrector Anil Achyuta talks about taking a win-win approach to CVC — and how his team connects startups it invests in to the larger organization.
Article Less FOMO, Better Deal Flow: Goodyear Ventures Principal on Corporate VC in 2023
January 31, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
Chris Varley, Principal of Goodyear Ventures, explains the corporate venture capital group's strategy; the investments the group has made; and why a looming recession might be a good time to invest in startups.
Article JetBlue Ventures Managing Director on Avoiding the ‘Vicious Cycle’ of Corporate Venture Capital Groups
January 9, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
As part of our recent research report, Successful Startup Engagement and Corporate Venture Capital, we spoke with Steve Taub of JetBlue Ventures to hear his perspective on corporate venture capital, how to increase its longevity, and the talent acquisition and retention challenges that come with it.
Video Video: How Big Companies Plug in to the Startup Ecosystem
January 6, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner
Learn about seven ways large companies and organizations can participate in the startup ecosystem — with data to support what percentage of companies use each strategy.
Article Learnings from a New REI Program that Invests in Diverse Entrepreneurs
December 29, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
REI Co-Op ran its first two cohorts in its new Path Ahead Ventures program in 2022. The cohorts, which include early-stage and late-stage startups, focus on helping founders of color advance in the outdoor industry. Kihanya shares the structure of the program, lessons learned, and what's next in 2023.

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