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Month: November 2012
2012 Powerlist: Davorin Kuchan, TI
Davorin Kuchan has just finished a comprehensive strategy review of US-based chipmaker Texas Instrument’s (TI) corporate venturing designed to make the company more subtle in its approach. Kuchan, director of corporate venturing and innovation at TI Venture, said: “We have done venturing since 1996, usually at two extremes – on one hand using the fund… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Davorin Kuchan, TI
2012 Powerlist: Kenichi Kimura, Mitsui
He is chief executive of Mitsui Global Investment from his Silicon Valley base. The 20-year veteran of Mitsui has long been involved with venture investments.
2012 Powerlist: Rimas Kapeskas, UPS
“It has been an interesting transition moving over to the corporate venturing side.”
2012 Powerlist: Carleigh Jaques, Visa
Visa has ebbed and flowed with its corporate venturing strategy but, along with credit card providers American Express and Mastercard, has been more active recently, including backing mobile payments provider Square.
2012 Powerlist: Tracy Isacke, Telefonica
Tracy Isacke has been spearheading Spain-based telecommunications company Telefónica’s big push into corporate venturing as director of its Silicon Valley office. Isacke has helped web-based telephony company Jajah integrate with Telefónica, after she led the acquisition of that business in 2010 for $207m. As well as business development, Isacke has worked in sales for O2,… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Tracy Isacke, Telefonica
2012 Powerlist: Matt Hermann, Ascension
“I have one of the most fun jobs in Ascension Health and there are more than 120,000 employees.”
2012 Powerlist: Darren Herman, KBS+ Ventures
KBS+ Ventures has an unusual model in corporate venturing in advertising, as it invests at the agency level rather than at the holding company level.
2012 Powerlist: Adrien Henry, Blue Orange
Adrien Henry was tasked with setting up France-based water and waste management company Suez Environnement’s corporate venturing fund Blue Orange two years ago. Henry, managing director of Blue Orange, said: “We are a dedicated entity and subsidiary of Suez Environnement, which also makes us small, flexible and quick, allowing us to be a bridge between… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Adrien Henry, Blue Orange
2012 Powerlist: Tomoya Hemmi, Docomo
The group was started in 2005, is based in Silicon Valley, California, and has $100m of capital.
2012 Powerlist: Simon Haslam, Moonray
Moonray also complements the regional venturing units in Europe, India and Asia managed by specific groups after the US team spun out to form Volition Capital in 2010.
2012 Powerlist: Anthony Grosso, Hartford
Anthony Grosso, an eight-year veteran of US-based insurer Hartford Financial Services Group, moved to its venture unit last year as director of partnerships. Before joining Hartford Ventures, Grosso helped Hartford launch innovative internal projects, and before that he was an entrepreneur responsible for founding two companies – CIS Services and Verify Systems. He said: “I… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Anthony Grosso, Hartford
2012 Powerlist: Martin Grieve, Unilever
Martin Grieve became head of Unilever Corporate Ventures, the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company’s corporate venturing unit, in 2009. Grieve led the corporate venturing’s expansion into Asia in 2011, winning his board’s approval to expand into emerging markets, going into India, with plans to expand into China. He has also overseen an innovative strategy of backing… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Martin Grieve, Unilever
2012 Powerlist: Matteo Gatta, Belgacom
He came to the role after heading Scarlet, an acquisition of Belgacom, as chief executive from 2008 to 2010.