Amy Burr is the president of JetBlue Technology Ventures (JTV), the corporate venture capital unit of US-based air carrier JetBlue. Amy has been at JTV since 2018 and assumed leadership of the unit last year. Burr speaks to GVR abour about JTV’s strategy, how its investment remit extends well beyond just aviation and focuses on… Continue reading Global Venturing Review: Amy Burr – JetBlue Technology Ventures
Author: Fernando Moncada Rivera
Fernando Moncada Rivera is a reporter at Global Corporate Venturing and also host of the Global Venturing Review podcast.
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