Opinion

June 22, 2021

Should CVCs be strategically or financially driven?

Everyone starts off saying corporate venture funds should be mainly strategic. But the truth is: show me the money.


Alberto Onetti

4 min read

Strategic or financial? This is the one-billion-dollar question I usually ask the managing partners of CVC funds.

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Mind the Bridge chart showing answers to strategic/financial question on CVC
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