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CVC bootcamp
Two days with practitioners: why corporates invest, VC and CVC business models, valuation, deal structuring and fund legal structures.
CVC Builder · Flagship programme
Building a new generation of MENA corporate venture capitalists.
Corporate leaders, investors, founders and policymakers in one room, learning to invest in startups and partner with them. Run with Changelabs since February 2025.
76+
Net Promoter Score, lowest of any cohort
30+
Leading corporates in the room
1,000+
Startups available for matchmaking
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Commercial opportunities from one speed-networking hour
Sources: CVC Builder cohort feedback and programme records, 2025–2026.
What we deliver
From thesis to signed partnerships, in four stages.
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Startup matchmaking
Startups screened against each corporate’s thesis, then structured speed meetings and follow-ups.
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Deals & partnerships
Strategic-fit reviews, business-unit workshops, legal contracting and deal advisory for pilots, contracts and investments.
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Closing & community
Results presented and every corporate joins the CVC Builders Club, the programme’s alumni network.
- Week 1Two-day bootcamp
- Months 1–3Matchmaking and deal structuring run in parallel
- Month 4Closing ceremony and deal announcements, then the Club
The network it built
Corporates, investors, founders and institutions, connected for good.
Every cohort widens the same network: the corporates who build venture arms, the startups they partner with, and the investors, banks and development institutions behind them.
CVC Builders Club
The alumni network every corporate joins at graduation: best practice, deal flow and co-investment, long after the bootcamp ends.
CVC Builder members
A growing corporate network, one community.
Banks, telecoms, conglomerates, real estate developers and industrial groups: the corporates that have joined CVC Builder since 2025.
Inside the bootcampSeven themes, from the case for CVC to the first pilotDrawn from the February 2025 bootcamp and the 2026 SCSP masterclass agendas. Open to see all seven.
Why corporates invest in startups
The strategic and growth case for corporate venturing, backed by market data.
- Corporate VCs… why?
- State of CVC
- Corporate venturing: why now?
VC & CVC business models
How venture funds make money, and where CVC sits next to PE, M&A and banks.
- VC & CVC business models
- CVC vs PE vs M&A
- Managing a CVC portfolio
- Six ways to engage startups
Designing your venturing strategy
Choosing the model, setting the thesis and standing up the unit.
- Scalable CVC frameworks
- Build / Buy / Partner
- Venture studios vs venture clienting
- Roles, governance & KPIs
Valuation & deal structuring
Pricing startups and structuring the deal.
- Startup valuation
- Deal architecture & term sheets
- Convertibles, equity, venture debt
- Investment memo workshop
Fund structures, governance & impact
Legal set-up, administration, regulation and ESG reporting for a CVC vehicle.
- Fund legal structures
- Fund administration
- Regulatory landscape
- ESG & impact essentials
Lessons from practitioners
Regional cases, pitfalls and alumni results, told by the people who lived them.
- Regional inspirations panels
- Fireside: pitfalls & learnings
- Alumni results panel
Ecosystem access & pilots
Connecting corporates to startups, development finance and the next programme.
- Development finance institutions
- Startup speed-dialling
- Pilot proposal reviews
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