CIV: March – 2016 Updates

April 4, 2016 Announcements, Coller Institute News

Dear friend,

I am writing to share the latest CIV developments, activities, events and news.

At CIV our goal is to advance the global venture ecosystem. Watch CIV’s updated 2016 mission presentation.

	(1) Guest Post Spotlight: Prof. Gary Dushnitsky of London Business School on 500 Crowdfunding Platforms Gary presents his analysis of over 500 crowdfunding platforms across 15 European countries. Prof. Gary Dushnitsky is the author of Corporate Adventure in Venture which was published in CIV’s History of Venture publication.
	(2) CIV Members Can Suggest a Guest Post At CIV we continuously engage our valuable community throughout our various activities. Registered community members can now submit guest posts to be considered for publication on our website and distributed broadly. Please visit our Member Guest Post Page for more information.
	(3) New CIV Research Strand: City Venture The City Venture strand will research the relationship between the city and ventures inside it (taken both individually and as an entire ecosystem). Here we define the essence of venture as the creation of new companies that develop ideas, innovations, and models, and turn them into businesses. Click here to see potential research themes…
	(4) CIV2015HK Event Resources Now Available (including 17 videos and 10 presentations) Visit the CIV2015HK Event Resource page todownload speaker PDF presentations, viewphoto album and to watch presentation videos. Resources include: Michael Bruck’s presentation on theEvolution of Silicon Valley Dr. Marta K. Dowejko on Hong Kong Venture Policy Panel discussion on Unique Venture Models
	(5) Prof. Yesha Sivan to present at the EU Human Brain Project Course On April 17, 2016, CIV’s Executive Director Prof. Yesha Sivan will deliver a lecture entitled The Venture Ecosystem as part of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Neuroscience course held at the Sagol School of Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University. The lecture is open to the interested public, but advance registration is required. Prof. Yesha Sivan previously spoke at Braintech 2015 Visit our Deep Innovation event resource page for brain related presentations
	(6) New Member Resources: Award winning papers on Family Firms, Crowdfunding, Corporate Venture Capital, Etc. The 2014 and 2015 Research Award winning papers are available for download on our website. We invite you to download the winning papers spanning topics such as: The Role of Venture Capitalists in Transforming the Governance and Management of Family Firms Lessons from Online Crowdfunding Pitches Corporate Venture Capital, Technology Spillovers, and Capital Gains: Evidence from the Biopharmaceutical Industry
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