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Nicolas Sauvage on TDK Ventures' strategies, hard tech investments, and sustainable innovation | E20
Join Nicolas Sauvage and Jack Crawford as they delve into TDK Ventures' mission and insights from the GCV conference, focusing on strategic value visualization. Discover TDK's open-sourcing initiatives and global acclaim. Explore the evolution of corporate VC strategies, customer-centric investment criteria, and alignment with UN SDGs. Nicolas shares thoughts on early-stage and hard tech investments, portfolio support, and corporate intelligence. The episode covers co-investment strategies, sector reports, decarbonization, and energy innovation. It wraps up with reflections on personal excellence and closing remarks.
Key Points
- Corporate venture capital must balance both financial returns and strategic value while actively contributing to societal benefits, ensuring a holistic approach to investment.
- Early-stage investments allow corporate VCs to significantly impact startups by providing critical resources and support, especially in the hard tech sector, which aligns with TDK Ventures' mission of driving technological innovation.
- The use of Net Promoter Scores and deep exploration reports helps TDK Ventures maintain a customer-centric approach, ensuring that they add real value to their portfolio companies while fostering a collaborative ecosystem with other investors.
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