Venturing Archives

Case Study: Edison International Growth & Innovation

Edison International is the holding company for Southern California Edison, one of the largest U.S. investor-owned utilities, and non-regulated Edison Energy. Facing rapid change of its core business, the company looked to establish a function to identify opportunities for growth, add value to the core business and provide insights on technology and business model innovation.…

Prospecting Purpose Podcast: Alternative Capital & Financing Innovation

In an episode of Prospecting Purpose, Managing Director Peter Bryant sat down with Sympact’s Elizabeth Freele to discuss alternative financing for mining, the state of innovation within the industry, and the need for collaboration among big mining companies.

The Energy Industry’s Renewed Emphasis on Venturing & Innovation

It’s no secret that for technology innovation to create value, the right partnerships and business models are as important as the technology itself. This notion rings especially true in the energy sector, where large corporates – from oil majors like BP and Shell to service providers like TechnipFMC and Worley to equipment manufacturers like Caterpillar…

GCV Magazine: The Future of Mining

As the world moves to cleaner sources of energy, it is increasingly reliant on mining. As the global economy switches to low-carbon technologies to combat global heating, demand for minerals such as cobalt, copper, lithium, manganese, nickel, and zinc – six essential to the renewable energy industry – could rise by as much as 900%…

Silicon Valley Meets Pittsburgh: How an 85-Year-Old Startup is Transforming Itself

Change and disruption are the new normal in virtually every industry, but especially so in the food and retail businesses. Both sectors are being up-ended by technology, changing consumer expectations and desires, new business models, and the rising tide of the venture space, where new entrants are capturing a disproportionate share of the sector’s growth.…