For this deep dive, we spoke to Nicolas Sauvage, President of TDK Ventures. Tell us about your firm. What makes it different? TDK Ventures is the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of TDK Corporation, established in 2019 to invest globally in early-stage startups from Seed to Series B. With $500M in assets under management across| National Venture Capital Association - NVCA -
For this deep dive, we spoke to Quinn Li, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Qualcomm Ventures. Tell us about your firm. What makes it different? For over 25 years, Qualcomm Ventures has been a driving force for innovation, empowering visionary entrepreneurs to revolutionize industries. Our firm distinguishes itself through unparalleled access to Qualcomm’s cutting-edge| National Venture Capital Association - NVCA -
For this deep dive, we spoke to John Roberts, Managing Partner of Boot64. Tell us about your firm. What makes it different? The first big difference is our firm is located in New Orleans, a city beloved around the world, but for culture and food, not VC! It has a small number of VC firms,| National Venture Capital Association - NVCA -
For this deep dive, we spoke to Joe Floyd, General Partner of Emergence Capital. Tell us about your firm. What makes it different? At Emergence Capital, we are focused on early-stage investments in enterprise software companies. Our strategy is to partner with a select number of high-potential startups each year, allowing us to provide dedicated| National Venture Capital Association - NVCA -
For this deep dive, we spoke to Fred Hoch, Founder and General Partner of TechNexus Venture Collaborative. TechNexus Venture Collaborative launched in 2007 as a physical collaboration space for Chicago’s technology entrepreneurs. What began as a clubhouse for innovators eventually expanded into a first-of-its-kind Venture Collaborative that helps leading corporations invest in ambitious startups to| National Venture Capital Association - NVCA -
For this deep dive, we spoke to Steve Brotman, founder and managing partner of Alpha Partners. Founded in 2013, Alpha Partners was built on a bold and unconventional venture capital strategy: partnering with VCs instead of competing against them. Nearly four out of five (78%) of all tech companies have VCs with less than $100| National Venture Capital Association - NVCA -
For this deep dive, we spoke to David Spreng, founder and CEO of Runway Growth Capital. Runway Growth Capital (“Runway”) is a venture debt firm specializing in minimally dilutive financing for late and growth-stage companies. We typically lend to companies considered late-stage (Series C and later) to allow early investors and management to avoid the| National Venture Capital Association - NVCA -
For this deep dive, we spoke to Bianca Corujo, Ventures Manager at parallel18. Tell us about your firm. What makes it different? Parallel18 is a top-level performance-driven international startup program with a social mission: offer entrepreneurs from all over the world access to high-quality business training, funding, and networks to help them scale globally while| National Venture Capital Association - NVCA -
For this deep dive, we spoke to Pradeep Tagare, Head of Investments at National Grid Partners. Tell us about your firm. What makes it different? National Grid Partners is the utility industry’s only corporate venture investor in Silicon Valley. Our parent company, National Grid, is one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy utilities. National| National Venture Capital Association - NVCA -
For this deep dive, we spoke to Jack Crawford, Founding General Partner of Impact Venture Capital. Tell us about your firm. What makes it different? Impact Venture Capital invests in seed-stage artificial intelligence (AI) companies. Our investment experience in AI since our first fund in 2016 makes us a first mover. Following our historical success in| National Venture Capital Association - NVCA -