it tends to be that VCs are looking around at CBCs almost for to take LP positions, and it becomes a very kind of like a feeding frenzy kind of thing. Whereas, actually, what we're looking for is to be that co investor of choice when it comes to clim

...a public actor to act both, of course, at the early stage? I think most people can understand that. But why at the growth stage? Why can't we not solve this with private capital? Well, there are different reasons for this. One is one is enough an arg

had the opportunity to go to work in a factory, in a factory accounting department. So even in my very first role, I was very used to working on the periphery of a large organization. And if I look back at the roles that I've really enjoyed doing and

as Nicholas said, you know, contract from MOD means that there's a contract from MOD. Even if it's a multiyear contract, you don't know necessary that they're gonna continue after that contract expires. So it can be really helpful to find customers o

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I think in Europe, they've had to. I have a controversial take on this, which is the worry about governments funding, especially at those kinds of concentrations, is you end up with governments having market power. And I am a big believer in capitali

If you don't get these three pillars into your corporate venturing entity, you do not stand a chance because you do not know where the success lies. There's no such as a clear formula on how to build a CVC and a corporate venturing entity. It is abou

the true venture type of returns with Seed and Early A. And that type of investments are difficult for us to make as a direct investments. These companies are typically too small and too too young to be able to collaborate with large customers or par