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Lisa said: “Awards like this are for the whole BTV team and show the great strides we’ve made since making our first investment in 2020.

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“Being among the top 1% of venture funds worldwide is a fantastic achievement by the team and our partnering colleagues in ����̽��and we look forward to delivering more benefits through collaboration in the rest of 2022 and beyond.”

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BTV helps support BAT’s A Better Tomorrow™ transformation into a multi-category consumer goods business. Its work gives ����̽��early access to cutting-edge technology, unlocking innovation through R&D collaborations and enabling “test and learn” in new product categories, primarily in the areas of wellbeing and stimulation, biotech, science, sustainability and technology.

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In less than two years, the BTV team has completed��18 investments across the globe, as well as completing its first two successful ‘exits’ (selling the investee company shares to a new acquirer). In both cases, BTV delivered both a strategic and a financial return, which acts as a great indicator to attract other top entrepreneurs.

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In 2021, ����̽��launched an industry-first start-up accelerator programme in partnership with BTV. The programme focuses on identifying start-ups and disruptive entrepreneurs to collaborate with on new technologies and innovative solutions to address common sustainability challenges.

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• ��Lisa Smith today delivers a keynote speech during the��Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2022��around the importance of global corporate venture capital, and how it has a role to play in addressing the climate emergency.