Innovative Regions

In this piece, we take a quick peak at the still limited but growing corporate-backed deal flow in Africa-based companies.

GCV was delighted to head to São Paulo in October to co-host the fifth annual Corporate Venture in Brasil conference, in partnership with ApexBrasil, and to hold our inaugural GCV Academy in the region.

This year’s Global Corporate Venturing Asia Congress from October 1-2 welcomed a delegation of about 50 international corporate venturers.

Innovative region: New York

Its technology sector is the bedrock but the innovation boost the country needs is beginning to happen.

New York has one of the most vital tech ecosystems in the world, with Silicon Alley in Manhattan said to be the east coast’s answer to Silicon Valley.

Innovative region: Switzerland

Innovative region: UK