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Inside CVC.
With Philipp Willigmann and Steve Schmith. Senior voices from corporate venture, startups, investment, academia and policy on how capital, technology and leadership shape the future of business and society.
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Episode 25Marten RauschenbergPart 1: Building Bridges Between Berlin and AsiaPart 1: Building Bridges Between Berlin and Asia4 Oct 2026 · 27 min
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Boardrooms in Transition.
The decisions shaping the next decade are being made in boardrooms right now. Five conversations on how directors and executives handle AI disruption, capital uncertainty and high-stakes decisions.
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- 3/5Karen Francis Investment Under Uncertainty42 min
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Marten Rauschenberg Part 2: AI, Capital, and What Comes NextThis is part two of our conversation with Marten Rauschenberg, Managing Director of the Asia Berlin Forum, who leads the organization's annual Summit connecting Berlin's startup ecosystem to Asia's.11 Oct 2026 · Episode 26 · 34 min
Marten Rauschenberg Part 1: Building Bridges Between Berlin and AsiaMarten Rauschenberg is Managing Director of the Asia Berlin Forum, the Berlin Senate-backed project connecting the city's startup ecosystem to Asia's, and leads the annual AsiaBerlin Summit each November.4 Oct 2026 · Episode 25 · 27 minRupprecht Podszun Antitrust, Regulation, and Europe's Innovation MindsetRupprecht Podszun holds the chair in German and European competition law at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, sits on Germany's Monopolies Commission, and spent two years inside the Bundeskartellamt, the federal competition authority.27 Sep 2026 · Episode 24 · 35 min
Yariv Adan The Moat Is Dead: Data, Defensibility, and Life After GoogleYariv Adan spent 17 years at Google leading Google Assistant, Google Lens, and the commercialization of Cloud AI's conversational and generative AI products before becoming a venture capitalist.20 Sep 2026 · Episode 23 · 38 min
Leif Lindner Rebuilding IFA Berlin and Europe's Innovation DeadlineLeif Lindner is CEO of IFA Management GmbH, the organization behind IFA Berlin, the world's oldest consumer electronics show.13 Sep 2026 · Episode 22 · 36 min
Naiana Miranda Everybody Needs a Hero's Journey: Near-Death Experience, Intuition, and Investing in the AmazonNaiana Miranda is Principal and Co-Founder of MSH Partners and Chair of the Amazon Bioeconomy Chamber, the first international chamber built to connect capital with entrepreneurs across the Amazon basin.7 Sep 2026 · Episode 21 · 35 min
Nick Jonsson What Executives Don't Say: Loneliness, Addiction, and the Cost of Asking for HelpOutwardly, Nick Jonsson had everything that success is supposed to look like: two decades as a senior executive across Asia, an Ironman athlete, a family, the villa and the driver.31 Aug 2026 · Episode 20 · 38 min
Dawn Lim A Nation by Design: AI's Human Edge, Trust in Government, and the Business Case for Aging WellDawn Lim is Executive Director of the DesignSingapore Council, Singapore's national agency for design, and spent over a decade before that at the Economic Development Board working with Fortune 500 companies on innovation and investment.3 Aug 2026 · Episode 19 · 34 min
Dr. Tan Sian Wee Singapore's Innovation Edge, Europe's Capital Gap, and the Global AI RaceDr. Tan Sian Wee has built companies in Silicon Valley, lived and worked in Germany, and now sits inside Singapore's innovation engine at the National University of Singapore, where he manages a S$150 million venture fund.27 Jul 2026 · Episode 18 · 35 min
Podcast: Episode 14 — Building a CVC from zeroAlso available publicly on cvc-summit.com.20 Jul 2026Taj Eldridge Why Africa Is the Next Innovation FrontierFor decades, much of the world viewed Africa through the lens of aid, extraction, or geopolitical risk. Taj Eldridge argues that perspective is rapidly becoming obsolete.20 Jul 2026 · Episode 17 · 32 min
Stuart Russell Why Europe Lost the AI Race and the Poisonous Logic of "But China"Stuart Russell co-wrote Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, the textbook that trained a generation of AI researchers, and founded UC Berkeley's Center for Human-Compatible AI.13 Jul 2026 · Episode 16 · 33 min
Rupprecht Podszun Antitrust, Regulation, and Europe's Innovation MindsetRupprecht Podszun holds the chair in German and European competition law at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, sits on Germany's Monopolies Commission, and spent two years inside the Bundeskartellamt, the federal competition authority.27 Sep 2026 · Episode 24 · 35 minTaj Eldridge Why Africa Is the Next Innovation FrontierFor decades, much of the world viewed Africa through the lens of aid, extraction, or geopolitical risk. Taj Eldridge argues that perspective is rapidly becoming obsolete.20 Jul 2026 · Episode 17 · 32 min