Join Bonny Simi, President of Operations at Joby Aviation and former founder of JetBlue Ventures to discuss her corporate venturing career.

Interviewed March 19th, 2025 at GCVI 2025 Summit in Monterey, CA.

Hosted by Nicolas Sauvage

Find the Full Episode here: https://cv-insider.com/

In this episode of Corporate Venturing Insider, Steve Westly—Founder and Managing Partner of The Westly Group, and former Controller and Chief Fiscal Officer of the State of California—joins Nicolas Sauvage for a wide-ranging conversation on investing, innovation, and leadership.

Recorded live at GCV Monterey on March 20, 2025, Steve shares hard-earned lessons from his journey through public service, IPOs, and nearly two decades of venture investing. From early bets on Tesla and Luminar to his views on AI, cost curves, and the role of corporate LPs, Steve offers actionable advice for fund managers, founders, and corporate leaders alike. Listen here!

Interviewed March 20, 2025

Interviewed on March 19th, 2025

Megann Vaughn Watters shares her journey from biomedical engineering to one of healthcare's most strategic corporate venture funds at LabCorp. She and Nicolas Sauvage discuss lessons in sourcing innovation, managing a fund of funds, partnering with startups, managing a growing portfolio, and scaling strategic value across the enterprise.

Tune into our conversation with Joseph LiPuma, Associate Professor In Global Business, Strategy And Innovation at the Boston Questrom School of Business.

Interviewed on March 6th, 2025

Tune into our conversation with Steven Kaplan, Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Interviewed on March 3rd, 2025

Tune into our conversation with Jeffrey Bussgang, General Partner and Co-Founder, Flybridge Capital Partners; Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School, Author of the new book The Experimentation Machine.

Interviewed on February 6th, 2025

Tune into our conversation with Victoria Slivkoff, Executive Managing Director of Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) and later the Head of Ecosystem at Walden Catalyst,

Interviewed on February 28th, 2025

Tune into our conversation with Thomas Hellmann, Professor at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School.

You can also read his case study from Stanford on Apple's CVC in the 80's or read the article on the interview here.

Interviewed on January 14th, 2025

Tune into our conversation with Lisa Hehenberger, Associate Professor and Director a of the Esade Center for Social Impact.

Interviewed on January 16th, 2025

Tune into our conversation with Colin McLeod, Professor and Executive Director of the Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre at The University of Melbourne

Interviewed on January 15th, 2025