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Mach49’s Xiao Zhong on the current state of corporate venture capital

In this episode, the hosts are joined by Xiao Zhong, a principal at Mach49 to talk about the big question – is corporate venturing a useful tool for sustainable innovation?
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The world needs more and better innovation to solve climate, waste, and health problems in an increasingly tumultuous and uncertain world – not just the latest app, gadget, or software, but real deep tech innovation in energy, manufacturing, agrifood, resources, and more.

In this podcast, sustainable innovation experts Anthony Schiavo, Mike Holman, and Karthik Subramanian from Lux Research analyze the latest news and interview world-leading experts to navigate the technological, economic, political, and social trends that will determine what innovations succeed or fail.

The venture investing space has seen huge disruption in the past few years, as rising interest rates have triggered a major change in the availability of funding. This week, the hosts are joined by Xiao Zhong, a principal at Mach49, to talk about the big question – is corporate venturing a useful tool for sustainable innovation?

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