We are excited to announce our relationship with Bentley Systems, Inc and the launch of a $100 million corporate venture fund buff.ly/3lZa635

The team at Two Sigma shared predictions for 2021, including hardware making a comeback and the re-imagination of healthcare, supply chain, manufacturing, and education post-COVID buff.ly/38hZtm2

This year, investors tried to focus on multiple "pandemics" at once while doubling-down on their portfolio and figuring out how to make quick decisions in a new environment Silvia Mah buff.ly/38HV9x1

Our Touchdown Ventures team is growing and looking to hire across multiple roles. Please reach out if you, or someone you know, is interested in one of our open positions buff.ly/39YkcM6

Heading into 2021, Chris Smith predicts that raising first-round capital will be increasingly difficult, but the later stage funding market will remain active buff.ly/3aEg0Ui

It is more important than ever to make progress on racial equality. Thank you to John Cee Onwualu , @JamesOnwualu, @VerbumDeiHS, HBCUvc, Parker Dewey & our Touchdown Ventures team for helping us take the first steps on our journey to do our part. medium.com/touchdownvc/bl…

The dynamics of 2020 have accelerated some of the Scott 🌻 Lenet VC predictions for the decade, including future of work, social behaviors, and healthcare RiskyBusinessVC buff.ly/3hhQqWv

Congrats to Touchdown's Will Geiger and BK for being recognized among the top 50 CVC Rising Stars by Global Corporate Venturing! #GCVRisingStars buff.ly/3qMPCN3

We are excited to announce Touchdown Ventures's relationship with Masco Corporation and the launch of a new $50M corporate VC fund. Masco is a leader in the home improvement space and owns brands like Behr paint and Delta faucet medium.com/touchdownvc/ma…

Why should corporations engage in messy venture capital and not simply acquire startups? My colleague Scott 🌻 Lenet shares 3 reasons in his latest blog on RiskyBusinessVC buff.ly/30BTeX8

Building an ecosystem of startup partners can help companies grow their product of service platforms. My Touchdown Ventures colleague Daniel Deeney explains the value of these ecosystems and how to create them buff.ly/2Mtxb16

To help deliver innovation today, it's important to develop a firm-wide strategy, centralize efforts with the right team, institute a robust process, and create appropriate success metrics. Consultancy.asia buff.ly/3dvspdf

Large corporations are "increasingly looking to work with smaller, nimbler companies with cutting-edge technology and ideas" that could help fix the damage done to the environment by global industry. Real Leaders buff.ly/3rKToGy

BlackBerry, like other corporations pursuing corporate venture, are focused on tapping "the ingenuity from startups that will drive innovation forward." TechRepublic buff.ly/3sAsZN3

Real estate firms are ripe for corporate venture activity, as they have the knowledge, connections, and available square footage "that can move the needle for an early-stage start-up looking to scale." @Millionacres_co buff.ly/2OgCbqY

My colleague @selinatroesch analyzes whether companies are more advantaged starting in a bull vs. a bear market and the data suggests that “industry-leading businesses can be born independent of what is happening in the stock market” buff.ly/3aRErgQ

#FounderForward asked founders for their views on emotional intelligence and how 2020 impacted them. In a survey of 100+ entrepreneurs, "more than 95% stated that EQ in leadership is more important than IQ." buff.ly/3cIcOHP

As corporations and startups alike consider returning to the office, factors like the physical space, technology, culture, and data "can contribute to greater human connection among people in a workforce." Fast Company buff.ly/2NE5AKZ

My Touchdown Ventures colleague Scott 🌻 Lenet highlights the importance of actively working to create value for your venture fund’s portfolio companies. buff.ly/3q4Po3T

Despite, or perhaps in part because of the disruptions of the pandemic, AgTech startups attracted a record $6.1B in funding in 2020; learn more about the drivers of 2020 AgTech VC trends in my latest piece on the Touchdown Ventures blog medium.com/touchdownvc/20…