Next47, a corporate venture capital vehicle owned by Germany-headquartered industrial equipment and appliance producer Siemens, has hired Adiari Vazquez as a UK-based associate.
Vazquez had been a Portugal-based investment manager at Caixa Capital, the corporate venturing fund operated by financial services firm Caixa Geral de Depósitos, for more than three years having joined in late 2015, and oversaw early-stage deals in smart energy and materials.
Next47 was launched in 2016 with $1.1bn to focus on investments in deep technology and business-to-business technology developers. It has eight offices globally, spanning China, France, Germany, Israel, Sweden, the UK and US.
The unit supports developers of decentralised electrification, autonomous machines and digitisation technologies, having backed data management technology developer Yellowbrick Data and log-analysis technology provider Logz.io in recent weeks.
Vazquez will help Next47 identify startups disrupting established sectors including industry, infrastructure, manufacturing, construction and agriculture.
Photo of Adiari Vazquez courtesy of Twitter.
