PwC’s corporate venturing podcast

Mar 05 2025 14 ep. 28 mins
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Corporate venturing can take many forms, from a relatively simple collaboration agreement around a proof of concept (PoC), to commercial joint ventures and strategic capital investment via a corporate venture capital fund. In this podcast series, we take a deep dive into how cruise ships (large corporates) and speedboats (agile start-ups) can successfully join forces to the benefit of all involved.

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CV Barometer: closing the innovation gap

Mar 05 2025 25 mins  
The 4th corporate venturing barometer is out! The results show a major gap between corporates wanting to collaborate with startups and those who actually do. It seems that something is holding corporate's back from reaching out to startups... What is it? And how can we close this gap? Enya and Birgit discuss the results with Robin De Cock, associate professor at Antwerp Management

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

May 03 2024 22 mins  
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

12: How do you measure the impact of innovation activities in your company? 

Apr 26 2024 21 mins  
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 se

11: Is Corporate Venturing only for larger companies? Think again!

Jan 19 2023 17 mins  
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 venturi

10: Teaming up doesn't have to be complicated

Dec 05 2022 18 mins  
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

9: So you build a corporate venture - what happens next?

Nov 02 2022 27 mins  
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.

8: The banking industry showing the ropes on corporate venturing

Sep 14 2021 37 mins  
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 fina

7: VC’s and corporates joining forces to build and invest new venture

Jul 07 2021 27 mins  
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 suc

6: Practice what you preach - How PwC collaborates with promising ventures

Jul 07 2021 29 mins  
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’.

5: How corporate start-up studios and entrepreneurs are building the successful start-ups of tomorrow hand in hand

Dec 18 2020 31 mins  
How can corporates and entrepreneurs build ventures together? In this episode, Elise Carton (PwC) explores the benefits and challenges of this exciting form of corporate venturing. Her guests Sam Heymans (CEO and founder of Lizy) and Michaël Grandfils (Managing Director of Lab Box, d'Ieteren's start-up studio) share their experiences on corporate start-up studios, having a corpora