Strategic Innovation & Corporate Venturing Program

The accelerating change being brought about by new technology, the rising influence of innovative start ups, a shift of power to Asia and new business models are disrupting the landscape for many companies and industries. These trends have been accelerated and created more siesmic change.

This programme is for executives who wish to address these challenges and engage in the opportunities they offer by driving strategic innovation within their organisations. At the end of the programme you will be able to develop a frame work for your strategic innovation process, understand how to approach corporate venturing and learn from a range of case studies that can offer significant value to the future of your organisation.

(Other dates and tailored for corporates so do get in touch if you have any questions marie.oconnell@aimava.com) 

We are charging a small fee for this valuable programme to recover some costs and importantly to ensure that people that sign up attend.

Quality Content, Discussion & Networking that delivers Strategic Value & Financial Benefit

"In Purpose to Performance: Driving Innovative New Value Chains, Andrew outlines a path to corporate venturing that helps large corporates ensure they are connected to the new technologies that will be their future growth engines." —Dr. Mehmood Khan, Vice-Chairman & Chief Scientific Officer, PepsiCo

"I am pleased to have worked with Andrew over many years and have seen him in action helping businesses build capabilities for effective strategic and operational alignment of venturing and business units." —Tony Askew, Founder Partner, REV Venture Partners Chair, British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) VC group

Strategic Innovation and Venturing Workshop

• 5Ps of Innovation and Venturing – Purpose, Process, People, Partners, Performance

• Strategic innovation and venturing objectives

• Different processes for Venturing and CVC

• Partnering with VCs, Incubators, Universities, advisors and the Corporate Venturing eco-system

• Performance measures and the means of reporting strategic and financial benefits

Networking with leading Corporate and VC guests

Benefits of Participation include:

Increased effectiveness and efficiency, leading to:

• Faster capability development to make better investment and partnering decisions
• More effective communication and working with core business to drive strategic benefit
• Greater chance of building a successful CVC business
• Enhanced deal flow
• Better understanding and decisions on investments
• Creating more engagement from the investment team, business units & other stakeholders
• Drive true value of CV with the corporate strategic value

Investing as VC and CVC Workshop addition programme we also lead that you could find of high value.

Programme Faculty

Andrew Gaule for over 20 years has been advising and working with leading corporates to set up Corporate Venturing and Open Innovation programs. Andrew is working in a range of strategic programs in corporates, building team capabilities, supporting drive of new ventures and building Innovative New Value Chains® in corporates in Europe, USA and Asia in the advisory firm, Aimava.

Samantha Northey over the last 17 years, has represented a number of international organizations in a senior capacity across Asia and has an extensive network and knowledge of the region. She has experience across a range of sectors including international trade, private equity, agriculture, food safety, construction power, wireless connectivity and electric vehicles. Samantha is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, has an M.A. (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh and an MBA from HKUST.

Guest Speakers - Leading Corporate Executives TBC

Many leading organisations are already identifying “Innovative New Value Chains®” by connecting technology, start-ups and partners with investment and new business models This approach is currently used by a number of global organisations to identify opportunities across the value chain, be more strategic and aligned with their investments, manage and develop their innovation pipeline, improve efficiency and reduce the risk of investing in the wrong opportunities. This approach is based on the methodologies and book Purpose to Performance – Innovative New Value Chains by Andrew Gaule of Aimava.

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