Stefan Gabriel is one of the few venture investors with a PhD specifically focused on corporate venture capital, and he has held senior innovation roles across three major industrial groups — BMW, 3M, and Hitachi — giving him an unusually deep cross-industry view of how large engineering companies should run venturing and strategy together. He positions himself as a builder and advisor of multiple corporate venture units, having helped set up, operate, or reshape CVC arms for several Fortune 500 companies around the globe, which gives founders access to a network of large corporates and practical playbooks on how to make strategic CVC relationships work in their favor.