Episodios

  • 13: How should Corporate Venturing & Innovation Leaders interact with and involve C-level when it comes to innovation and startup collaborations?
    May 3 2024

    Recently, Antwerp Management School published a new study about measuring and reporting on corporate innovation, as well as balancing the relationships with C-Level.

    During this podcast, Elise Carton (PwC) and Robin De Cock (AMS) explore best practices and lessons learned on finding the right balance when it comes to C-level involvement in corporate venturing activities, how to get executive buy-in and maintain constructive relationships.

    It's all about finding the right balance! Elise Carton had a conversation with AMS professor Robin De Cock about the topic in our Corporate Venturing Podcast series.

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    22 m
  • 12: How do you measure the impact of innovation activities in your company?
    Apr 26 2024

    Recently, Antwerp Management School published a new study about measuring and reporting on corporate innovation, as well as balancing the relationships with C-Level.

    During this podcast, Elise Carton (PwC) and Robin De Cock (AMS) dive deeper into the challenges related to measuring and reporting on innovation, and walk you through the different steps to establish a KPI framework set up for success.

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    21 m
  • 11: Is Corporate Venturing only for larger companies? Think again!
    Jan 19 2023

    Corporate Venturing can be just as relevant and feasible for smaller companies than it is for the giants and multinationals amongst us.
    In this episode, Elise Carton (PwC) discusses the latest research of Antwerp Management School on this topic with professor Robin De Cock.

    The differences but also similarities between larger and smaller companies when it comes to corporate venturing might surprise you!

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    18 m
  • 10: Teaming up doesn't have to be complicated
    Dec 5 2022

    This episode is all about corporate venturing in its purest, simplest form: a corporate and a startup teaming up together. No equity participation, complicated negotiations and procedures, it's clear that Energy Lab and Moonbird hit it off right away and got their partnership up and running in no time. Elise Carton (PwC) talks to Stefanie Broes (Moonbird) and Elise Eeckhout (Energy Lab) about their journey so far, and what it might bring in the future.

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    19 m
  • 9: So you build a corporate venture - what happens next?
    Nov 2 2022

    Together with guests Bart Houben (9.5 Ventures) and Bernhard Hauser (Heylog), Elise Carton (PwC) explores what the next steps are for corporate-incubated ventures, throughout the story of Heylog, a Schmitz-Cargobull spin-out in which 9.5 Ventures invested.

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    28 m
  • 8: The banking industry showing the ropes on corporate venturing
    Sep 14 2021

    A recent study of PwC Belgium shows that banks are engaging in an increasing number of partnerships, often with young ventures. Elise Carton (PwC), discusses findings and cases of this study with Gregory Joos (PwC) and Olivier Duron (PwC), who conducted this study. They are joined by Rik Coeckelbergs (The Banking Scene) who shares his views and insights on the latest trends in financial services as well as the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of banks teaming up with startups.

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    37 m
  • 7: VC’s and corporates joining forces to build and invest new venture
    Jul 7 2021

    During this episode, Elise Carton (PwC) dives deeper into the benefits of venture capitalists and corporates working hand-in-hand to build and nurture new ventures.

    Her guests Pieter Van de Velde (9.5 Ventures) and Philippe De Schutter (The Park) speak about different ways corporates and venture capitalists can join forces, as well as how the combination of both made The Park a success story.

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    27 m
  • 6: Practice what you preach - How PwC collaborates with promising ventures
    Jul 7 2021

    During this episode, Elise Carton (PwC) speaks with Johan Van der Straeten (PwC) and Johan De Geyter (Iristick) about how PwC and Iristick have joined forces to best serve our customers when it comes to transforming manufacturing sites supporting ‘the connected worker’.

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    30 m