Carole Nuechterlein has headed the Roche Venture Fund since 2001, but even after a decade at the top of the Switzerland-based drugs company’s corporate venturing unit, she said her challenges remained “exits and finding the diamonds in the rough”. Prior to her current position managing Roche’s Sfr500m ($530m) venture fund and its 30 portfolio companies… Continue reading GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Carole Nuechterlein, Roche Venture Fund
Month: December 2013
GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Fredrik Nordh, Saab Ventures
In Fredrik Nordh’s second stint at Sweden-based industrial group Saab he has taken over the company’s Saab Ventures corporate venturing unit at a good time following the successful sale of C3 mapping technology to Apple in the past year. He now sits on boards at ISD, Cold Cut Systems and Wrap International. Saab Ventures is… Continue reading GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Fredrik Nordh, Saab Ventures
GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Gwen Melincoff, Shire
Gwen Melincoff has been senior vice-president of business development at Ireland-based drugs company Shire for more than nine years. Before this she worked at pharmaceutical companies Adolor Corporation, Elan Pharmaceuticals, Eastman Pharmaceuticals and Centocor. She studied management at Pennsylvania State University and biology at George Washington University. Melincoff said: “First, know your syndicate members –… Continue reading GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Gwen Melincoff, Shire
GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Patrick Meisberger, T-Venture
Patrick Meisberger, chief operating officer of T-Venture, has been at Germany-based telecoms company Deutsche Telekom’s corporate venturing unit for the past nine years. Before this he worked at Allianz Venture Partners, a venture unit of the Germany-based insurer. He was previously an executive at Germany-based bank Deutsche Bank, UK-based accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. He studied business… Continue reading GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Patrick Meisberger, T-Venture
GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Shin Nagakura, Transcosmos Investments
Shin Nagakura, managing director of Transcosmos Investments, was a founding member of the Japan-based industrial group’s corporate venturing office in California’s Silicon Valley. He has more than 15 years of experience in investments, business development, and sales and marketing in the US and Japan and said his brief was to “identify, analyse, recommend and execute… Continue reading GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Shin Nagakura, Transcosmos Investments
GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Amit Mehta, Tata Capital
Amit Mehta, senior vice-president at Tata Capital, the corporate venturing unit of the India-based industrial conglomerate, heads the operations in Europe. He joined Tata in February 2008 to assist with the Jaguar Land Rover acquisition and advises on India entry strategies for European portfolio companies. Graduating from Bombay University, Mehta has been in the UK… Continue reading GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Amit Mehta, Tata Capital
GCV Powerlist™ 2013: John McIntyre, Citrix Startup Accelerator
John McIntyre, managing director of Citrix Startup Accelerator for the US-based computer group, has seen some early success in the first three years of the seed fund. In March, Symantec agreed to buy Citrix portfolio company Nukona just six months after its funding round last year, while Drumbi effectively exited the accelerator with a $2m… Continue reading GCV Powerlist™ 2013: John McIntyre, Citrix Startup Accelerator
GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Graeme Martin, Takeda Ventures
Graeme Martin has worked as chief executive of Japan-based pharmaceutical company Takeda’s corporate venturing unit, which he joined when it was in development, for nearly 10 years. Takeda Ventures has invested $50m in 18 companies, four of which have been acquired while 13 are strategically active. Martin said: “The strategic value for Takeda is pretty… Continue reading GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Graeme Martin, Takeda Ventures
GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Nino Marakovic, SAP Ventures
Nino Marakovic became chief executive of SAP Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of the Germany-based technology company, seven years ago. Before this he worked at venture capital firms IVF Ventures and MeVC Capital. He has also worked for US-based investment banks Robertson Stephens, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. At SAP Ventures, Marakovic has overseen the… Continue reading GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Nino Marakovic, SAP Ventures
GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Jim Lussier, Dell Ventures
Jim Lussier has led US-based computer maker Dell’s corporate venturing unit for more than two years. This year Dell has been taken private by its founder Michael Dell in partnership with buyout firm Silver Lake for $24.9bn. Lussier joined the unit from venture firm Norwest Venture Partners, where he was a general partner, and worked… Continue reading GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Jim Lussier, Dell Ventures
GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Loic Lietar, STNewVentures
Loic Lietar founded the corporate venturing unit of STMicroelectronics in 2011 alongside Guy Lauvergeon. The two executives are both long-term veterans of the Switzerland-based semiconductor company. Lietar, managing director, said in an interview for last year’s Powerlist™: “Why corporate venturing in ST? This was not the first time the company has thought about a corporate… Continue reading GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Loic Lietar, STNewVentures
GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Crispin Leick, Innogy Venture Capital
As managing director, Crispin Leick set up Innogy Venture Capital inside Germany-based energy company RWE four years ago, subsequently spinning it out. The firm, which looks to drive disruptive solutions for energy transformation, secured another investor, alongside RWE’s Innogy unit, in Conetwork Erneuerbare Energien, an investment company of one of the last private banks in… Continue reading GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Crispin Leick, Innogy Venture Capital
GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Girish Nadkarni, ABB Technology Ventures
Girish Nadkarni instigated the refounding of Switzerland-based industrial company ABB’s corporate venturing unit slightly more than four years ago. Nadkarni, managing director of ABB Technology Ventures, said “We were sitting on a lot of cash and due to the financial crisis the venture capital community was sitting on its hands not doing a lot of… Continue reading GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Girish Nadkarni, ABB Technology Ventures
GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Ron Laufer, MedImmune Ventures
Ron Laufer joined MedImmune Ventures, a $300m corporate venturing unit of Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, in April 2010 as senior managing director. Laufer was a co-founder of Lilly Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of drugs peer Eli Lilly, and later a managing director at Visium Asset Management, a healthcare-focused investment firm. His arrival was part… Continue reading GCV Powerlist™ 2013: Ron Laufer, MedImmune Ventures