CVC Unplugged

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The CVC Unplugged podcast is a weekly show that brings you fascinating and wide-ranging conversations with leading corporate venture capital investors, subject matter experts, startup founders, journalists and other market participants to keep you informed of the most important trends affecting early-stage investing.

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300 episodes
Updated Jul 10, 2025

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Nov 14, 2022 · 59 min
The Next Wave: Which is a harder job to do: VC or CVC?
On this episode we’ll be listening to the latest in Global Corporate Venturing’s new live webinar series, The Next Wave, which deals with an interesting…
Nov 7, 2022 · 16 min
Is antitrust a problem for US CVCs?
We’ve got GCV’s very own Kim Moore back with us to talk about the rising antitrust scrutiny in the US market and the implications it…
Oct 24, 2022 · 38 min
Vitor Mascarenhas Santos: EDP Ventures Brasil
Vitor Mascarenhas Santos is the head of EDP Ventures Brasil, the Brazil-based arm of energy utility EDP’s corporate venture capital unit. With its Portuguese parent…
Oct 17, 2022 · 34 min
Artur Faria: Oxygea
Artur Faria is CEO of Oxygea, a new CVC arm of Brazil-based Braskem, which was just announced last month. Like a growing number of CVCs,…
Oct 10, 2022 · 43 min
Dr. Samuel West: Museum of Failure
Dr. Samuel West is a licensed clinical psychologist and specialist on organisational psychology, who is also the creator and curator of the Museum of Failure,…
Oct 3, 2022 · 41 min
Rodrigo Gruner: Vivo
Rodrigo Gruner is director of innovation and new business at Vivo, the Brazilian subsidiary of telecoms company Telefónica, which earlier this year launched its own…
Sep 26, 2022 · 44 min
Bill Reichert: Pegasus Tech Ventures
Bill Reichert is partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures, a VC as a service firm that makes venture investments on behalf of corporations. This is a…
Sep 19, 2022 · 19 min
Can record investment in agtech fix global food insecurity?
We are joined once again by GCV’s very own Kim Moore, who has recently written an article exploring a hugely important topic, food insecurity, a…
Sep 12, 2022 · 21 min
What background should CVC hires have?
The economy may be cold but CVC teams are growing and hiring. But what should you look for in candidates? What traits and attributes are…
Sep 5, 2022 · 42 min
Gustavo Cavenaghi: Kortex Ventures
Gustavo Cavenaghi is the head of investments at Kortex Ventures – a CVC unit jointly backed by no less than three corporate limited partners, namely…
Aug 29, 2022 · 22 min
A growing corporate appetite for nuclear fusion
GCV’s very own Kim Moore joined the podcast to speak about her new feature article on nuclear fusion, exploring the advances that have made it…
Aug 22, 2022 · 37 min
Anand Kamannavar: Applied Ventures
Technology can only get as advanced as the materials that make it up, and things are moving fast. Anand Kamannavar is the global head of…
Aug 15, 2022 · 19 min
The evolving landscape of corporate impact investing
Global Corporate Venturing features editor Rob Lavine joins the pod to talk about the shifting models corporate VC’s are employing for their impact investment activities.…
Aug 8, 2022 · 35 min
Gonzalo Galindo: Cemex Ventures
Gonzalo Galindo is the head of Cemex Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of construction materials company Cemex. Having been at the helm of the CVC…
Aug 1, 2022 · 55 min
Hector Shibata: AC Ventures
Hector Shibata is the head of AC Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of beverage distributor Arca Continental. In addition to a deep dive into AC…
Jul 25, 2022 · 49 min
Carlos Kokron: Qualcomm Ventures
Carlos Kokron is vice-president, managing director and head of Americas investments for Qualcomm Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of Qualcomm, the developer of semiconductors and…
Jul 18, 2022 · 38 min
Greg Larkin: Punks & Pinstripes
Every corporate venturing and corporate innovation programme is about to face what Greg Larkin likes to call the “f*** you, pay me meeting”. This is…
Jul 11, 2022 · 29 min
Anish Patel: Yamaha Motor Venture
Interview with Anish Patel, COO and Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Ventures. “Funky Chunk” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Jul 4, 2022 · 40 min
Roee Furman: Doral Energy-Tech Ventures
Interview with Roee Furman of Doral Energy-Tech Ventures. “Funky Chunk” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Jun 27, 2022 · 42 min
Interview: BlackBerry Ivy Innovation Fund
Interview with Vito Giallorenzo of BlackBerry’s Ivy Innovation Fund. “Funky Chunk” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0