CVC Strategy: Lessons from 2020, Strategic Considerations for 2021
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• Working with DLA Piper’s Corporate Venture group brings several benefits to our clients:
• Capacity: Corporate venture capital deals frequently involve short deadlines – due to the large number of partners
and associates who routinely work on transactions, we can ensure that the necessary resources are available for our
clients
• Integrated Approach with full scope of legal disciplines to support transactions: Our success in supporting
clients in corporate venture capital transactions is underpinned by market leading tax, intellectual property and
technology, labor and employment, data privacy and security, and regulatory specialists who are deployed when their
expertise is required
• Large international network: DLA Piper is one of the few international legal service providers with access to a large
international network of corporate venture capital legal advisors and the support of 4,300+ lawyers in more than 90
offices in over 40 countries
• Local contacts: Instead of coordinating with different legal advisors, our clients will have a bi-coastal team of US-
based corporate venture capital partners as responsible contacts who will coordinate a transaction project on a
national or international level which saves time and brings efficiency to the process
• Expertise: Our lawyers have extensive know how executing complex corporate venture capital transactions and can
bring the experience of many projects and transactions with them
• DLA has the leading corporate venture practice, Global Corporate Venturing
• DLA ranked #1 Global M&A deal volume in 2020 for the eleventh consecutive year, Mergermarket
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Working with DLA Piper at a glance
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• In the past three years, completed over 2100 deals, totaling over US$31 billion
• We advise investors and companies on 800+ venture and debt financings
annually and have deep experience working with corporate venture funds on
investments, commercial agreements, acquisitions and disposals
• We are active in global markets on behalf of our clients every day and
routinely execute a large volume of complex venture transactions,
allowing us to provide clients with:
• Efficient, cost-effective service regardless of the size of the deal
• A highly integrated and skilled team, from senior partners to
experienced associates, who are conversant in a variety of legal
disciplines
• Thought leadership and training on structures, trends and best practices
in corporate venture
• Relationships and insight by leveraging the collective knowledge and
contacts of DLA Piper’s lawyers in offices throughout the world
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Corporate Venture Recognition
• Twice named the "Legal Firm of the Year“ (Global Corporate
Venturing)
• The only law firm to rank in the
top five for M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital (PitchBook)
• #1 law firm advisor to investors
(PitchBook)
• Recognized – Nationwide: Startups & Emerging Companies
(Chambers USA 2019)
• Recognized as the 2nd global elite
law firm brand in the Acritas US Law Firm Brand Index 2020
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Representative Corporate Venture Clients
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Representative Corporate Venture Transactions
Series C investment in Limelight Health
Series E investment in DocuSign
Series A financing of Stanson Health, Inc.
Series 6 financing of Proterra, Inc.
$18 million Series B investment into
Skyera, Inc.
Series E Preferred Stock financing of
BORQS Ltd.
Series A-3 and Series A-4 financings of
CollabIP, Inc. (dba Tethr)
Series A financing of Suja Life, LLC
Series C Preferred Stock financing of Matterport, Inc.
Series B financing of Serviz, Inc.
Series A Preferred Stock financing of Keemotion, Inc.
Financing of LibreWireless
Technologies, Inc.
Series B investment in Helium Systems,
Inc.
Series B financing of ARC Holdings
Series E financing of Guardant Health
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• Corporate venture capital
• Investment/engagement with accelerators and other startup programs
• Collaboration with other corporations
• Open source software foundations: OpenStack Foundation/OpenMAMA
• Industry collaborations
• Internal projects/entrepreneurship
• Internal projects for internal use
• Process for spinning out “on the shelf” technologies
• Use startup methodologies such as “lean startup” (adopted by GE)
• M&A
• Digital transition to integrate new technologies more swiftly
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Corporate Venture: One Tool in the Innovation Tool Kit
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Corporate Venture: Strategic Alliances to Serve Innovation Needs of Corporations
Corporate Innovation
M&A
Corporate Venturing
Strategic Alliances
JV and Licensing
R&D
Innovation M&A
Corporate Venture Capital
Incubation
Commercial Piloting
Innovation Center of Excellence
Innovation Partnering
Incubation, Commercial Piloting
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Why do Corporate Venturing?
Drive your company into adjacent and
new markers using a portfolio
approach by placing a series of small
bets.
Optimize your current business by
leveraging the speed, agility, and
innovations of startups.
Create a channel to stay current on emerging trends and technologies –
staying up to speed on the “art of the
possible.”
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Options for Corporate Venturing.
Design, launch, and manage world-class CVC Funds leveraging the experience, deal flow, global network, and success of our top-tier Silicon Valley VCs.
Support Executive Investment Committees without a CVC, who are investing off the balance sheet — bringing the discipline, portfolio mindset, metrics, and best practices needed to drive meaningful growth.
Adopt best-in-class methods for partnering with and leveraging external startups to drive maximum value and innovation across the core business.
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2020 in Context“There has been more innovation in the last six months than in the last six years”
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Mohanbir Sawhney, professor at the Kellogg School
of Management at Northwestern University
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• Remote working
• Rethinking workforce management
• Move to the cloud
• New business models
• Telehealth
• eLearning
• DeFi
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2020 Trends
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Global Venture Capital Transactions
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Global CVC Transactions
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Global VC Transactions by Industry
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Global CVC Transactions by Industry
$0.00M
$20.00B
$40.00B
$60.00B
$80.00B
$100.00B
$120.00B
$140.00B
$160.00B
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Source: PitchBook Data, Inc.
Materials and Resources
Information Technology
Healthcare
Financial Services
Energy
(B2C)
(B2B)
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Global Venture Capital Transactions by Round
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Global CVC Transactions by Round
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Source: PitchBook Data, Inc.
Angel
19th Round
16th Round
15th Round
14th Round
13th Round
12th Round
11th Round
10th Round
9th Round
8th Round
7th Round
6th Round
5th Round
4th Round
3rd Round
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• Internet of Behaviors
• Total Experience
• Privacy Enhancing Computation
• Distributed Cloud
• Anywhere Operations
• Cybersecurity Mesh
• Intelligent Composable Business
• AI Engineering
• Hyperautomation
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2021 Technology Trends (Gartner)
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The key is to create actionable objectives.
DEVELOP A
PORTFOLIO AND
PIPELINE OF NEW
VENTURES
Drive growth with fast access toinnovation. Be credible towards startups and top VCs
/ CVCs
SCALE LEARNING
ACROSS THE
MOTHERSHIP
Develop a sensor network to stay current on emerging trends and technologies to channel back to
the Mothership.
DEVELOP SPEED AND
AGILITY
Make small bets, fail fast, maximize learning. Not judged on individual investment, but portfolio quality.
MOVE THE NEEDLE Deliver meaningful financial results, new revenues, startup equity, better-informed M&A
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Here’s a starting list of what startups and VCs need.
Access to Customers Market Knowledge Brand Validation Channel Partners Operating Expertise Last and
Least - Capital
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How your CVC fund will win in 2021
BuildNetwork
HybridSkillset Location Matters
Team Stability
Sense of Urgency
Build a solid and extensive innovation network over 2 years to generate deal flow and accelerate startups.
Combine the skills and internal network of a company veteran with deep knowledge of company core competencies, assets, capabilities, and business with a Venture Capital veteran with Silicon Valley (and / or global ecosystem) networks, insider access, and deal-making experience.
While the Silicon Valley is the oldest and deepest startup ecosystem in the world, other global innovation hubs are important to monitor.
Scout a team of competent innovation and investment professionals.
EIRs with deep Silicon Valley connections.
Senior leader who can navigate the Mothership, incentivized to slay for the long term.
Sense of urgency and flexibility in decision-making from the investment committee.
Make small bets, fail fast, maximize learning.
Report to CxO
InvestmentCommitment
MothershipManagement Reciprocity
Product-Market Fit
Reporting to CxOwill accelerate your efforts.R&D, CFO, and others as advisors as needed
Commit to incubate new business models and invest selectively in startups.Not a blind cash pool. Agile and responsive.
24 to 48-hour decisions on investments — no obstacles to moving fast.
Good working relationships with individuals throughout the organization: brands, marketing, R&D.
Internal communication to understand needs, share learning, and generate a win-win relationship.
Learn and adopt the "pay-it-forward" approach of working within the ecosystem.
Understand the needs of all of our stakeholders in order to maximize success for the CVC and the Mothership.
Leverage Silicon Valley best practices to deeply understand customers and consumers.
Stay relevant and current on trends, technologies, and business models.
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New Initiatives in Corporate Venturing
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Where Global Innovation and Capital Meet
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Information
News on the latest deals, people, companies, and firms investing in the private
markets
Insights
Quantitative and qualitative data on investment activity and the latest trends along
with leading industry perspectives and best-practices with a focus on strategy,
operations, deal sourcing, portfolio support, talent, recruitment and professional
development
Access
Connect and build relationships with a global network of peers, co-investors,
entrepreneurs, LPs and technology decision-makers. Elevate thought leadership
by disseminating original content on GCV owned publications or speaking at GCV
conferences
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Global Corporate Venturing
‘‘ Through our platform, we provide the world’s investors and the wider innovation ecosystem with the information, insights and access needed to succeed in a constantly changing world
’’
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Chaired by Scott Sandell, General Partner of NEA, Global Innovation Venturing brings together various sources of capital
under one banner to help support entrepreneurs, foster innovation and advance the progress of start-up companies.
Members include CVCs, VCs, LPs, Family Offices, Angel Investors and others within the venture capital ecosystem.
GIV is a division of Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) which provides news and data on venture deals, with connections to
more than 10,000 corporate investors worldwide. By collaborating with other parts of the venture community, member
portfolio companies will benefit as they search for capital, customers, product development, hiring and eventually, an exit.
For more information contact: [email protected]
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Global Innovation Venturing Initiative
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THE FIRST SPECIALIZED INSTITUTE DEDICATED TO CORPORATE VENTURING INDUSTRY ADVANCEMENT, STAYING POWER AND IMPACT
Actionable professional development and certification,
rigorous research, and community building
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Institute Curriculum Roadmap
The EssentialsCV Common Language &
Context
Deep DivesCV Professional Development &
Certification
Hot TopicsCV Continuing Education
CV Essentials for EnterpriseCVC Essentials
(For new CV programs)
Landing the Value of Corporate Venturing (CVBD)
High Performance Strategic Investing (CVC)
Legal Topics: Board & Observer Term sheets, IP,
Exits…
CV program marketing &
community building
CV HR & incentive programs
CV portfolio & performance management
Institute Community – Alumni Communities of Practice, Mentors, Experts
Q2, 2021 Q2, 2021
Q2 & Q4, 2021
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coordination risks
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DLA Piper is positioned to provide clients with guidance from anywhere in the world
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• 4,300+ lawyers in more than 90 offices in over 40 countries
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Mark Radcliffe is a partner in the Silicon Valley office of DLA Piper. Mark’s practice focuses on representing corporations in their intellectual property and finance matters. In his thirty years practicing law in Silicon Valley, he has worked with a wide variety of companies from emerging growth companies such as Tarana Wireless, Bulletproof360, Netratings, Lightbend and Magnum Semiconductor, Inc. to larger companies such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, Sony Corporation, Siemens Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Hitachi, Ltd.
Mark is the Chair of DLA’s Corporate Venture Practice Group which represents many global Fortune 100 companies in their venture capital transactions. The Corporate Venture Practice Group also has developed a training program of four modules particularly designed for corporate venture capitalist and which has been presented to over fifteen corporate venture groups. Mark is a regular speaker on venture capital, particularly corporate venture capital.
In 1997, the National Law Journal cited him as one of America’s 100 most influential lawyers. The San Francisco Business Times has named him among the best lawyers in the San Francisco Bay area. Leading international legal publishers consistently rank Mr. Radcliffe among the top lawyers in his profession. The respected English publishers Chambers and Partners has repeatedly named him in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and has described him as “outstanding” and “a leader in open source-related matters.” Legal 500 also recognizes him, commenting: “His expertise in providing strategic IP advice, with particular specialism in open-source matters, has won him plaudits. Indeed, one client describes him as ‘probably the best lawyer in his field.’” In 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 Intellectual Asset magazine named him among the “IAM 250 - The World’s Leading IP Strategists.” In 2014 and 2015 Intellectual Asset magazine named him among the “IAM 1000 - The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners.” In January, 2013, he was appointed by the Department of State as the Private Sector Co Chair of the US Japan Innovation and Entrepreneurship Council. He earned a B.S. in Chemistry magna cum laude from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
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A successful veteran of Silicon Valley, Paul Holland is Managing Director and VC-in-Residence at Mach49, where he leads the company’s Corporate Venture Investing Practice. Paul works with global businesses to design, launch, and manage CVC Funds that leverage the experience, deal flow, global network, and success of his team of top-tier Silicon Valley VCs. Paul supports Executive Investment Committees, bringing the discipline, portfolio mindset, metrics, and best practices needed to drive meaningful growth. He also teaches clients best-in-class methods for partnering with and leveraging external startups to drive maximum value and innovation across the core business.
Paul has been a General Partner at leading venture capital fund, Foundation Capital, for 18 years helping take startup companies from zero to $100M to IPO or acquisition. He enjoys being on the front lines—working side-by-side with entrepreneurs developing fast-growing, dynamic new ventures—experience he is also bringing to support Mach49’swork helping large companies build their own disruptive ventures.
Prior to joining Foundation, he had an equally stellar operating career, joining Reed Hastings at Pure Software, ultimately running Europe, Middle East, and Africa and helping Pure have one of the hottest IPOs of that vintage. He was later recruited by Benchmark Capital to join Mark Gainey at Kana Communications as its first C-suite executive to help Kana grow quickly and go public, ultimately attaining a $9B market cap. In total, Paul helped generate over $13B in market capitalization during his operating career.
Paul began his career at SRI International, where, as he likes to tell his kids, he was a “human Google,” conducting inquiries on a broad variety of topics for global businesses.
He received his MBA from UC Berkeley, MA from University of Virginia, and BS from James Madison University.
Paul is a former president of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists, and he is the producer of the documentary Something Ventured, about the early days of the Silicon Valley. He premiered his newest creative endeavor for the stage: Walls: An American Story in January 2020. He has guest lectured on entrepreneurship at Stanford, Harvard, Dartmouth, MIT, University of Virginia, and James Madison University.
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1. Term Sheets for Corporate Investors. This presentation is designed to assist corporate investors to understand how venture capital term sheets operate with particular emphasis on special issues for corporate investors. The presentation is based on
model Series A and Series B term sheets.
Time: 60 minutes
2. Best Practices for Board Observers and Board Members for a Private Technology Company. This presentation is
designed to train individuals to serve as observers or members of the board of private technology companies and is available in person. The presentation can be of value both for the experienced corporate investor and the new corporate investor. It focuses
on the legal and practical aspects of service as a board observer and board member. The presentation uses a PowerPoint
presentation and provides substantial materials: six memorandums (Basic Fiduciary Duties, Duties upon a Merger, Duties in a Spinout, Duties upon Insolvency, Intellectual Property, Critical Issues and Patent Prosecution Strategy) and a Summary of Best
Practices.
Time: 240 minutes
3. Term Sheets for Corporate Investors. This presentation is designed to assist corporate investors to understand how venture
capital term sheets operate with particular emphasis on special issues for corporate investors. The presentation is based on model Series A and Series B term sheets.
Time: 60 minutes
4. Developing and Managing Intellectual Property Strategy for Portfolio Companies. This presentation is designed to train
investors to assist in the development and management of intellectual property strategy for their portfolio companies which
matches their business strategy. Intellectual property has become critical to protecting a company’s business and building valuefor a merger. The sale of the Friendster patents for $40 million and the purchase of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion have
emphasized the importance of intellectual property. The presentation will describe basic forms of intellectual property, common
mistakes made by startups and successful strategies of companies and startups. And the presentation will address the concernsof acquiring companies and the strategies to ensure the highest possible value for a startup in an acquisition.
Time: 90 minutes
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Corporate Venture: Training Programs
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Representative M&A Clients
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Representative M&A Transactions
Joint venture with TDK
Acquisition of assets from Nesscap
Energy, Inc. (CVE: NCE)
US$23 million
Acquisition of Represent
International Inc.
US$71 million
Acquisition of NXP Semiconductors N.V.
US$47 billion
Acquisition of Centerplate
US$675 million
Acquisition of Peet’sCoffee & Tea
US$ 1 billion
Acquisition of Sigma Designs, Inc.
$US282 million
Majority ownership joint venture with
Hagie Manufacturing
Joint venture with Thunderbird School
of Management
US$102 million
Acquisition of Dragon Innovation
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• Market leader for innovative, tax efficient structuring of business
transactions and resolution of significant tax controversies
• With more than 300 tax lawyers and economists, our global tax advisory group
helps clients address the complexities of international commerce and
operational challenges, and avoid, manage and/or resolve tax disputes
• Our global tax group works alongside our corporate venture and M&A teams
and is positioned to assist clients in efficient tax structuring on venture
investments and corporate acquisitions and disposals including:
• choice of entity to achieve the best tax and business objectives
• utilization of tax attributes
• structuring and implementing financings
• optimum structures for facilitating exit strategies
• tax-efficient compensation and incentive awards
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Transactional Tax Recognition
• Named among the world’s leading international tax advisors
and transfer pricing advisers
globally (World Tax and World Transfer Pricing 2019)
• Named among the world’s leading transfer pricing practice
globally (World Transfer Pricing
2019)
• Los Angeles Firm of the Year (International Tax Review 2018)
• Americas Consumer Products
Tax Group of the Year
(International Tax Review 2018)
• Americas Private Equity Tax Deal
of the Year (International Tax Review 2018)
• Globally ranked in Chambers and
Partners Ranked in Legal500
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Recognition
• Named one of the Best of the
Best IP Law Firms in IP
Litigation – BTI Litigation Outlook
• Recognized as the second most active patent practice in
the last ten years among
national firms by Law 360 (2020)
• IAOP Global 100 –
One of the World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors in 2020
(fifth year in a row)
• Highly ranked among the top firms nationwide as a leading
IP and ITC practice in the US,
and a leading IP firm globally – Chambers USA and
Chambers Global (2020)
• Recognized worldwide by legal directories and industry members as one of the
leading groups of its kind
• Our Intellectual Property and Technology (IPT) practice includes nearly 500
dedicated lawyers in more than 24 countries, with particular strength in key
global markets
• We are one of the most widely recognized providers of a full range of
commercial, intellectual property, privacy, licensing, sourcing and technology
law services for leading businesses worldwide
• Our IPT practice works alongside our corporate venture and M&A teams and is
positioned to assist clients with a range of IP related matters including:
• licensing, sale, acquisition and financing of IP rights
• guidance on intellectual property-oriented M&A considerations; including
the transfer of IP
• technology and licensing matters that arise in the context of strategic
ventures and other complex commercial transactions
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Intellectual Property & Technology
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