Strategic Capital and Corporate Venture Building

The session combines a short diagnostic panel with a moderated working discussion. Participants will jointly develop a concise Manifesto for Strategic Investment, outlining practical principles and commitments on capital deployment, de-risking mechanisms, and execution models. The goal is to leave Davos with clear next steps and a small number of working groups that may continue beyond WEF.

This is not a sponsor event, not a policy showcase, and not a vision panel.

It is designed for candid exchange and practical outcomes.

The session is convened in partnership with the CVC | Open Innovation Summit platform, which works with senior corporate leaders to redirect more corporate capital toward long-term, system-level change — moving beyond isolated pilots or minority investments to sustained capital deployment that reshapes industries, supply chains, and human systems.

The platform is complemented by Inside CVC, a closed executive dialogue series that functions as an extension of this leadership circle, enabling continuity of board- and C-suite-level conversations on capital, governance, and execution beyond individual convenings.

• Corporate and CVC perspectives on long-cycle, capital-intensive investments

• Where venture capital logic works — and where it breaks — in energy and infrastructure

• Execution and integration risk between financing and delivery

• Human systems, workforce, and care as economic infrastructure for industrial resilience