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Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Impact America Fund: Challenges of New Fund Formation
Krauel, Patel, H; Ewald, C; Foroughi, JCase SGSB-SI139-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn July 2013, Kesha Cash transitioned out of her stable role as co-founder of and fund manager for Jalia Ventures (“Jalia”), an initiative investing in early-stage mission driven “businesses operated by entrepreneurs of color,” to launch her own impact venture fund focused on underserved communities. Because Jalia had been funded and supported by Serious Change, L.P., a global impact investment fund, Cash was new to the process of fund formation...Starting at €8.20
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JetBlue Technology Ventures: Bringing External Innovation In House
Burgelman, Robert; Golden, Joseph N.; Sridharan, AmitCase SGSB-E660-EEntrepreneurshipSince its founding in the late 1990s, JetBlue Airways has been known as an innovator in the U.S. airline industry. This case explores how in the mid- to late-2010s, JetBlue sought to drive further innovation by setting up a corporate venture capital arm. Led by Bonny Simi, a long-time JetBlue executive, commercial airline pilot, former U.S. Olympian, and Stanford alumna, JetBlue Technology Ventures (JTV) seeks to bring external innovation in ho...Starting at €8.20
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An Overview of Corporate Venture Capital
Burgelman, Robert; Golden, Joseph N.; Sridharan, AmitCase SGSB-E692-EEntrepreneurshipThis note examines the corporate venture capital (CVC) industry, which has played an increasingly large role in the global innovation ecosystem, especially in Silicon Valley, over the last decade. The contents of the note include: a history of CVC beginning in the early 1960s; a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the industry in the late 2010s; a summary of the primary reasons why large corporations establish CVC arms; a framework for ba...Starting at €8.20