During this episode, Santosh is joined by Lisa Costello, Director, Head of Platform at Prologis Ventures. This company is committed to building the future of commerce by investing in Series A through Growth stage companies focused on innovating across the logistics sector. During the conversation, Santosh and Lisa discuss CVC investing and innovation. Topics in their conversation include the dichotomy of financial returns and corporate innovation, how CVC’s can best support startups, the big problem that needs to be addressed in supply chain today, and more.
Highlights from their conversation include:
- The Prologis Ventures story (0:17)
- How Lisa got into supply chain innovation and investing (2:58)
- The CVC dichotomy of financial returns and corporate innovation (5:19)
- Exploring interactions of emerging tech companies with large corporations (7:51)
- How CVC’s can best support start-ups (11:32)
- What startups should be doing to ensure mutual success (14:06)
- Supply chain, innovations, and excitement for 2023 (15:44)
- What’s a big problem in supply chain that needs to be addressed? (17:55)
- Advice for graduates entering corporate innovation or CVC (20:02)
About The Future of Supply Chain
During each episode of The Future of Supply Chain, we sit down with a different entrepreneur, investor, or industry veteran to discuss their story, views on the industry, and how we can collectively build the future of supply chain together. Listen to more episodes at https://www.dynamo.vc/podcasts.
About Dynamo Ventures
Dynamo Ventures is a pre-seed and seed stage fund that invests in supply chain and mobility startups, worldwide.
