Research
Sector research and operating notes on corporate venture, written for the people who have to make the decision rather than describe it.
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Insights
- Unicorn Founders
The new unicorn founder profile: what the data reveals
For a long time, the “typical” unicorn founder came out of a business school, had done a stint in finance or consulting, and knew how to sell a vision before even having a product…
7 min read - Unicorn Founders
Where Do the Founders Building the World's Largest Companies Come From?
Brain drain gets talked about a great deal. The underlying idea is simple, almost intuitive: a country trains brilliant engineers and researchers…
8 min read What to Measure in Year One of a Corporate Venture Programme
First-year reviews of corporate venture programmes almost always open with the same number: how many deals were done. It is the easiest figure to produce and the easiest to defend…
8 min read- Unicorn Founders
Europe's Founder Factories: How Today's Unicorns Are Creating Tomorrow's Startups
Ask where Europe's next generation of unicorn founders will come from, and the most reliable answer is: its existing unicorns…
5 min read - Unicorn Founders
The European Founder Mobility Problem: Why So Many Unicorn Founders Relocate and Whether EU Inc Can Change That
Europe has a startup formation problem it has largely solved, and a startup scaling problem it has not. The region continues to create more new companies per year than the United States…
6 min read - Unicorn Founders
What Europe's 2026 Unicorn Class Reveals About Where Capital Is Flowing
Every new unicorn cohort is a signal of where investor conviction actually sits, as distinct from where it merely talks about sitting…
5 min read - VC-as-a-Service
The First Three Years of a VCaaS Program: A Practical Roadmap
Corporations evaluating a VCaaS mandate can usually find good material on why the model works and how it compares to building internally…
6 min read - VC-as-a-Service
What to Negotiate in a VCaaS Mandate Agreement: A Practical Checklist
A VCaaS relationship is only as good as the mandate agreement that defines it. The concepts that make the model work in theory — aligned incentives, clear governance…
6 min read - VC-as-a-Service
How Much Does VCaaS Actually Cost? Comparing Venture Capital as a Service to an Internal CVC Team
The decision between building an internal corporate venture team and partnering with a Venture Capital as a Service (VCaaS) provider is usually framed around governance, speed and talent access…
7 min read
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