Where do ideas and investment intersect?

Michael Moe is founder of GSV, a modern merchant bank that invest, advises and partners with some of the fastest growing companies in the world; what they call the stars of tomorrow. As you'll hear, GSV, which stands for Global Silicon Valley, runs various investment vehicles including the publicly traded GSV Capital.

It's quite possible you know some of the companies GSV has invested in. Facebook, Spotify, Twitter, Lift DropBox, Coursera among others. I thought you did.

But GSV is far from your traditional investment play. They also incubate ideas. GSV labs is just one example. Next generation insights and technologies that they expect will help drive next generation business solutions.

How does it work? As Moe explains, GSV has created an active web of companies, advisors, ideas, and investments across several key emerging growth industries including education, big data, sustainability, social mobile, and more. The result was a terrific conversation that covered the principles of emerging growth investing, thoughts on the pros and cons of tech's role in our daily lives and what exactly drives innovation today.