GCVI Summit 2025

March 18-20, 2025

MONTEREY, CA

The world's premier gathering of the corporate venturing and innovation ecosystem

Giving you access to the biggest network of leaders spanning corporation innovation, corporate venturing, venture capital, and wider innovation stakeholders

The 9th annual Global Corporate Venturing & Innovation Summit takes place across March 18-20, 2025 at The Hyatt Regency Resort, Monterey.

This global event has proven to be the biggest dedicated gathering of corporate venture capital and C-suite innovation leadership and is regularly quoted as ‘‘the CVC event’’.

Giving over 800 attendees three days of unrivalled networking opportunities, knowledge transfer sessions and as many 1-to-1 private meetings as your diary will allow - the Summit is not to be missed if you’re looking to develop your venture unit, build one, or do business with those who do. It’s the place where capital meets innovation and it’s the place to be if you’re a corporate investor.

Key features include:

  • High-level programme sessions including keynote speeches, fireside chats, workshops and roundtable discussions with industry thought leaders

  • Unlimited networking opportunities - both formal and informal - for finding deal-flow, LP opportunities and portfolio investments with your peers

  • Pre-event professional development training instructed through the GCV Institute

  • Pre-event social networking activities on March 18 including Whale Watching & Golf

With demand as ever, set to be extremely high as leaders across the industry always have the GCVI Summit in their diary, we recommend securing your places as soon as possible.

In 2024, we had

24 Countries Represented

800+ Delegates

3,000+ Meetings

98 Expert Speakers

293 CVC Units Present

  • "I continue find this event to be high caliber and productive. The amount of serendipitous conversations is phenomenal."

    Scott Caruso, Gridmetrics, previously attending with CableLabs

  • "Networking was very high quality - the atmosphere of openness helped ensure a lot of interesting conversations, and the app allowed an efficient time management."

    Rafael Campos, VOX Capital

  • "Really good balance of content and networking. One of the best GCVIs in the past 5-6 years."

    Anonymous delegate from 2024

  • "(Enjoyed) Connecting with people from across multiple sectors within the venture world."

    Laura Powell, University of Southampton

  • "I loved the 1:1 meetings -- I was able to meet so many people and have intentional, curated discussions instead of trying to accidentally run into people at happy hours."

    Kaitlyn Doyle, TechNexus

  • "Great event as usual. Well attended by Global Corporates. Interesting and compelling panels."

    Anonymous delegate from 2024

  • "Provided a good platform for meeting potential investors (the food was also great!)"

    Zeke Steer, Milbotix

  • “Great opportunities to network quickly with a wide range of like-minded corporates. Did a month of meetings in 2 days!”

    A 2023 Delegate

  • “As a medtech startup with a solution set to transform the global detection of hypertension simply by looking at your smartphone, GCV provided us with a unique opportunity to connect with relevant investors from around the world. Not only through pitching but more importantly through vital face-to-face meetings and networking. Highly recommended!”

    Laurence Pearce, Xim Limited / LifeLight

  • "One of the best networking events I have been to this year!"

    A 2023 Delegate

Our Audience

…and why they attend GCV events

Corporate Venturing Units

To gather the latest trends, explore deal-flow and find solutions with fellow CVC peers

Venture Capitalists

To connect with CVCs about LP propositions and portfolio positioning

Universities and Government Bodies

To position and showcase innovation ecosystem programmes and investment opportunities for corporates and VC investors

Ecosystem Support

Whether it’s legal support, funding litigation, incubation, venture building or acceleration, there’s a huge pool of corporate investors for service providers to work with

Startups and Entrepreneurs

To develop knowledge of building successful relationships with corporate investors and showcase your innovations

Corporate Innovators

To better understand the role of CVC units in wider corporate innovation and identify different investment strategies

GCV works both with, and for, the ecosystem to provide world-class content, communities, development and events. The GCV Leadership Society is at the heart of everything we do, so we make sure our services are optimised to help each and every member, and across the industry as a whole.

To learn more about what we can do for you and how we can immerse you and your business into our community, please contact Charlie Hayward.

The GCV Experience

The Audience

GCV is, at it’s heart, a community of the leading minds in venture. We bring together leaders from different countries, industries and all stakeholder groups of the ecosystem such as corporate innovators and investors, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, academics, accelerators and venture builders

The Interactive Agenda

Keynote speeches and C-level panels always give you a chance to hear from the top, but our agendas are more interactive than ever now. Alongside the above, you can immerse yourself in sector-specific roundtables, technical workshops, portfolio showcases and breakout breakfasts and lunches

The Networking

Who says business can’t be fun? We always offer you activities such as food tours, cultural site visits, sports, even whale watching when we can, to help you relax, unwind and have fun while at the same time, extend those crucial networking opportunities

The 1-1 Meetings

Our previous attendees always say it, ‘‘I have more meetings in two days than I do in two months’’. Our event app lets you connect with other attendees, message them directly, schedule 1-1 meetings and let the AI-driven match-making tool suggest new connections for you