How Maersk Growth Delivers Strategic Value | The Emerging CVC Summit | More Events

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Defining, delivering and measuring strategic value are challenges all CVCs face and few have mastered the art quite as well as the CVC arm of global shipping and logistics giant, Maersk. Launched in 2017, Maersk Growth has established a unique structure for delivering value as a strategic CVC.

We asked Peter Votkjaer Jorgensen and Jannik Pedersen to define how their model has evolved and how they work as a connection between the startups they invest in and the corporate mothership…

Maersk Growth has created a list of “principles” and “learnings” which they consider critical to building a top tier strategic CVC fund. Years in the making but constantly evolving, their learnings have helped shape Maersk Growth as one of the top strategic CVC funds others can learn from.

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Emerging CVC Summit

We are almost at capacity for the Emerging CVC Summit taking place next month June 22nd in Half Moon Bay. We’re excited to host investors from CVCs launched over the last 3-4 years to talk through all the challenges investors face when getting a new CVC off the ground.

Want to attend?

If you are at a CVC launched over the last 3-4 years or recently joined a new CVC fund then email us at team@counterpart.vc to request an invite. We evaluate each request that comes through and will respond within 24 hours of receiving your email.

Maverick’s House - Half Moon Bay

Topics & Speakers

We will unpack topics related to the audience of CVCs, some of which include:

• Pitfalls to Avoid: Lessons Learned from CVC Veterans

• Importance of CVC Branding + Dealing with the Internal PR Police

• Why CVCs Fail? Post Mortem Stories

• New School CVC Models

• Importance of In-House Legal

• VC Tech Stack: Tool + Providers Whom Can Make Your Life Easier

Chris Langford, fmr Managing Director of Lowe’s Ventures (now Managing Partner, Home Technology Ventures)

Shannon Gallagher-Bolton, Senior Director, Legal Counsel, Qualcomm Ventures

Eric Steager, fmr VP, CVC at Anthem Inc. and Director of Corp Dev & Innovation at Independence Blue Cross

Adam Coccari, Managing Director, Intuit Ventures

Tracy Isacke, fmr EVP of New Business Ventures at Telefonica Digital (now Head of Third Party Management Office, SVB)

Brian Flucht, fmr Global Director of Corp Dev, Nike (now Partner, Global Brain)

Head of West Coast Partnerships and BD, Bevel

Sunidh Jani, Director, Business Development & Ventures, Eaton

More speakers to be announced soon!

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All events within the Counter Club are now housed on our new community. If you are not yet a member please request to join by visiting the link below. Other upcoming events include:

• Fintech Deal Party: May 31st (online)

• Dispelling the Myths of CVC: LA Tech Week (register here): June 8th

• Counter IV: October 19th in San Francisco

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