Strategic / Corporate Venture Capital Investors

Are you trying to understand a new technology, product or business model that could impact your industry? Are you looking to drive innovation through a corporate venture arm?

We know that as a strategic venture capital investor, you have an additional layer of execution risk. You're looking to make strategic bets on innovations that take your company into a new direction or disrupt your core businesses. You're looking for the strategic as well as financial returns and typically have a longer term outlook. You're looking for the partnership opportunities and the possibility of your investment to become part of the future of your industry.

We represent strategic corporate venture capital investors (including corporations, corporate venture capital and captive venture capital fund in a corporation) on a broad range of venture transactions from start-up financing to late stage investments, including investments made in connection with simultaneously negotiated commercial transactions, in contemplation of a later joint venture or M&A transaction, or on a long-term stand-alone basis.

We understand that you may want to make earlier stage investments with a substantial equity stake and ability to influence the company, or you may prefer to make investments in more mature companies with a lower risk profile. We can support you on your investment strategy across every industry, geography and asset class.

Key contacts

Matthieu Grollemund

Partner

Matthieu Grollemund

Partner

Paris

Mahvesh A. Qureshi

Partner

Mahvesh A. Qureshi

Partner

Washington, D.C.

Simon Grimshaw

Partner

Simon Grimshaw

Partner

Birmingham, London

Dr. Jan Philipp Feigen

Partner

Dr. Jan Philipp Feigen

Partner

Hamburg

Don Williams

Partner

Don Williams

Partner

Shanghai, Silicon Valley

Todd Schwartz

Partner

Todd Schwartz

Partner

Silicon Valley

Stéphane Huten

Partner

Stéphane Huten

Partner

Paris

Meet the Strategic / Corporate Venture Capital Investors team

Representative experience

Mercedes-Benz on a technology partnership with ProLogium to develop next-generation solid-state battery cells.

Sartorius on various venture capital investments in the United States, the UK, and Germany.

Equinor Ventures on its investment in the Series B of Lithium de France.

CommerzVentures on a venture capital investment in Fraugster's fraud detection start-up.

Daimler on its investment in Volocopter; its investments in the Series C and D financings of Via Transportation; and on the combination of ride-hailing platforms MyTaxi and Hailo.

Novartis on a number of venture capital transactions.