Private Capital at LBS

Join Michael G Jacobides, Sir Donald Gordon Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, and Yuri Romanenkov, Academic Director of Next Generation Digital Strategy, London Business School, as they delve into the transformative impact of generative AI (genAI) on industries and private equity In this insightful discussion, Michael and Yuri explore: • The real impact of genAI beyond the hype. • How genAI amplifies corporate inequalities and the role of proprietary data. • The key attributes that help companies succeed with genAI. • The significant findings from firms experiencing transformative genAI impacts. • Strategic integration of genAI for operational and customer engagement excellence. • The implications for private equity investors, including new due diligence methods. • The different strategies needed for large cap buyout investors and growth investors. Discover how genAI is reshaping industries, creating new

Are venture capitalists just good at picking companies that will ultimately be successful? Or do they actually help them become successful through their value-added work. During the Private Capital Symposium 2022, Ramana Nanda, Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance and Academic Lead for the Institute of Deep Tech Entrepreneurship at Imperial Business School and Gary Dushnitsky, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship discuss about how venture capital is being instrumental to driving innovation in companies and how to unlock the barriers to commercialising deep tech. 0:24 What are some of the strength or advantages of the venture capital model? 3:24 Where does the persistence and performance across funds come from in VC? 5:40 What's the best use case for venture capital and what are some of the challenges that we can see associated with the venture capital model? 10:00 How to unlock the challenges of driving innovation and the barriers to commercialisation of deep tech

Professor Ilya A Strebulaev shares insights about his research on Corporate Venture Capital in conversation with Gary Dushnitsky at the Private Capital Symposium 2022 hosted by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital at LBS. Ilya A Strebulaev is The David S Lobel Professor of Private Equity and Finance; Founder and Director, Venture Capital Initiative, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and Gary Dushnitsky is an Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School. Ilya founded the Venture Capital Initiative with the aim to promote research in venture capital, including CVC. They discuss: 04:06 Objectives of CVC: design decisions 06:30 Research methods and findings 11:16 CVC success: Key drivers of investment decisions For more information about the Private Capital Symposium and to register please visit our website: Keep up to date with what we do: • Check out the opportunities and resources available: • Follow the Institute on soci

Jonathan Lavine, Co-Managing Partner of Bain Capital, a leading global private investment firm with approximately $165 billion in assets under management in conversation with Florin Vasvari, Professor of Accounting and Academic Director at the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital at London Business School discussing investment strategies, inflation and private equity. 00:03:00 Jonathan shares his perspective on being publicly listed as an asset manager in an industry that has become successful by investing in private companies, but paradoxically, is fascinated about being publicly listed. 00:07:10 The next frontier in terms of investing - Continuation funds and retail investing 00:11:25 Private equity’s access to the retail market. 00:14:07 What is the definition of a successful firm? 00:15:14 Career advice: How to be a successful private equity individual? 00:17:35 How is inflation impacting the private equity industry? The symposium was organised by the Institute of Entr

At the Private Capital Symposium 2022, Ilya A Strebulaev, The David S. Lobel Professor of Private Equity and Finance; Founder and Director, Venture Capital Initiative, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University talks about his research on corporate venture capital. 00:00 01:03 Corporate venture capital success definition 01:27 Design - CVC unit design will determine its success 02:00 CVC locations and measure of success 03:28 Observation and recommendation on CVC Strategic objectives 06:00 To whom do CVC heads report? 07:32 How is the decision making in corporate ventures organized and its impact. How to structure decision making? 15:20 How often do IVC and CVC interact with portfolio companies and how does this impact the startups? 19:56 IVC vs CVC compensations The symposium was organized by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital at LBS. For more information about the Private Capital Symposium and to register please visit our website: See all our upcoming events