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Episode 199
Season 3
Best practices in Corporate Venturing with Fidelity's Alokik Advani
Here is what they talked about:
- Alokik shared his story – how he got to where he is now
- Fidelity’s approach to working with start-ups: from partnering to investing
- What is the mandate of Fidelity International Strategic Ventures?
- Alokik shared some of the success stories of the start ups he has helped and identified which start-ups he had invested in
- How Alokik and his team find start-ups, weighing in the pros and cons of inbound and proactive outreach
- Key FinTech themes he wants to follow up as an investor: embedded finance - democratizing access to investment products or sustainability
- Discussed valuations, previous bubbles and bursts, and the record height fundraising for FinTechs
- How do Alokik and Fidelity think about whether to invest or not
- What is it like to work with Fidelity as an investor
- Corporate VC’s bad reputation and suggestions on how to do it right
- How can interested parties reach out to Alokik and Fidelity?