The 100 Rising Stars in this, the second Global Corporate Venturing awards, represent the top 1% of the industry.
Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) selected these stars as representing the brightest prospects, and those who have already been changing the industry. The selection process involved researching more than 10,000 industry professionals across more than 1,000 corporate venturing units to identify these stars. GCV was looking for those below the top rank of the venturing hierarchy in long-established units, based on their deals, career development so far, being an heir apparent or just “the glue in the unit”.
For newer units, the criteria were more about ambition and desire to represent best practices and use experiences often gained elsewhere to improve the industry.
For both sets of stars, as well as the longer list of potential candidates and nominations received and examined, the input of their managers was important as nominators and for their feedback on why these stars were so good.
Looking at last year’s inaugural GCV Rising Stars, the top three were all promoted or took more senior roles. Lisa Lambert, former vice-president at Intel Capital, became managing partner at Westly Group, Jack Young, partner at Qualcomm Ventures, joined Deutsche Telekom to lead its venture group in North America, and Vanessa Colella stepped up to CEO of Citi Ventures.
Also in the top 20, Nokuyuki Akimoto was promoted at NTT, Ray Schuder now effectively runs Hewlett Packard Ventures after Lak Ananth (a GCV Powerlist 100 top 25 star) was hired to run Siemens’ Next 47 and Frederic Rombaut left to set up his own investment firm.
In the broader list, Olawale Ayeni was hired by IFC from Orange Digital Ventures, Mel Gaceta left US Cellular to set up Synchrony Financial’s CVC unit, Adam Holcombe left USAA to join Munich Re’s HSB Ventures, Mary Kay James was hired from DuPont Ventures by Tyson Foods to set up a $150m CVC unit, Jonas Landström left Volvo to join a startup, Quinn Li took over as head of Qualcomm Ventures, David Mort spun BBVA Ventures out into an independent firm, Propel, backed by the bank, Derek Norman became head of ventures at Syngenta and Aymerik Renard took on North America ventures for West Digital Capital after its acquisition of SanDisk.
Congratulations to all these stars for the next steps in their careers. An industry grows and develops in proportion with its talent, which often can blossom only with the right mentoring, training and role models.
Naturally, the managers of these stars are also something special, and many of them are represented in the GCV Powerlist of the industry’s greatest leaders, which will be published on 22 May 2017 ahead of our seventh annual Global Corporate Venturing Symposium in London.
We are delighted to welcome both the stars and their managers to the invitation-only awards dinner in Sonoma, California, on January 24. My thanks especially go to Sue Siegel and her team at GE Ventures for the support and sponsorship to enable this dinner to happen.
Contents
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Introduction
Introduction to the Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017 by James Mawson, editor-in-chief
The Top 20
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #1 Yao Xia
The Top 20: #1 Yao Xia, executive director, Tencent Investment
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #2 Ana Segurado
The Top 20: #2 Ana Segurado, global managing director, Telefónica Open Future
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #3 Alvin Wang Graylin
The Top 20: #3 Alvin Wang Graylin, China regional president of Vive, HTC
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #4 Shivon Zilis
The Top 20: #4 Shivon Zilis, partner, Bloomberg Beta
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #5 Jack Young
The Top 20: #5 Jack Young, head of venture capital, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #6 Rashmi Gopinath
The Top 20: #6 Rashmi Gopinath, partner, Microsoft Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #7 Bruce Niven
The Top 20: #7 Bruce Niven, chief investment officer, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #8 Larry Illg
The Top 20: #8 Larry Illg, CEO, Naspers Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #9 Joel Krikston
The Top 20: #9 Joel Krikston, managing director, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #10 Karen Kerr
The Top 20: #10 Karen Kerr, senior managing director for advanced manufacturing, GE Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #10 Marianne Wu
The Top 20: #10 Marianne Wu, senior managing director, GE Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #12 Tamiko Hutchinson
The Top 20: #12 Tamiko Hutchinson, managing director, Intel Capital
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #12 Trina van Pelt
The Top 20: #12 Trina van Pelt, vice-president and managing director, internet of things and automated driving, and co-leader, Intel Capital diversity fund
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #14 Sherwin Prior
The Top 20: #14 Sherwin Prior, managing director, GM Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #15 Vitalik Buterin
The Top 20: #15 Vitalik Buterin, Wanxiang
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #16 Margarita Chavez
The Top 20: #16 Margarita Chavez, senior director, AbbVie Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #17 Varun Jain
The Top 20: #17 Varun Jain, senior investment manager, Qualcomm Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #18 Wendy Lung
The Top 20: #18 Wendy Lung, partner, IBM Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #19 Renee Ryan
The Top 20: #19 Renee Ryan, vice-president, Johnson & Johnson Innovation–JJDC
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #20 Tyson Clark
The Top 20: #20 Tyson Clark, partner, GV
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #20 Laela Sturdy
The Top 20: #20 Laela Sturdy, partner, CapitalG
The Rest of the 100 in alphabetical order
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Hamzeh Abdul-Hadi
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Hamzeh Abdul-Hadi, associate, Hikma Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Ore-oluwa Adeyemi
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Ore-oluwa Adeyemi, director, HSBC’s Strategic Innovation Investments
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Biplab Adhya and Venu Pemmaraju
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Biplab Adhya and Venu Pemmaraju, co-heads, Wipro Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Jeff Allen
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Jeff Allen, vice-president for strategic investments at Mastercard
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Marcos Almeida
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Marcos Almeida, director, Stefanini
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Tiba Aynechi
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Tiba Aynechi, partner, Novo Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Saurabh Bhansali
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Saurabh Bhansali, venture leader, Humana Health Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Egbert Bierman
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Egbert Bierman, investment director, Transamerica Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Tara Butler
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Tara Butler, managing director, Ascension Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Claire Celeste Carnes
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Claire Celeste Carnes, partner, Providence Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Xuan Chen
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Xuan Chen, managing director, SoftBank’s Hopu-Arm fund
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Suzanna Chiu
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Suzanna Chiu, head of ventures, Amadeus Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Bryan Ciambella
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Bryan Ciambella, principal, B Capital Group
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Michael Dovey
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Michael Dovey, director, IAG Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Meredith Fisher
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Meredith Fisher, partner, Partners Innovation Fund
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Brandon Gath
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Brandon Gath, director, CME Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Allison Goldberg
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Allison Goldberg, managing director and vice-president, Time Warner Investments
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Vitaly Golomb
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Vitaly Golomb, investments and partnerships, HP Tech Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Deborah Harland
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Deborah Harland, partner and vice-president of business investments, SR One
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Mary Kay James
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Mary Kay James, head of Tyson New Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Ilonka Jankovich
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Ilonka Jankovich, partner, Randstad Innovation Fund
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Therese Jordan
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Therese Jordan, director of new business development, Asahi Kasei America
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Brian Kaas
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Brian Kaas, president and managing director, CMFG Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Kurt Kaltenegger
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Kurt Kaltenegger, group vice-president and head of technology, ABB Technology Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Christina Karapataki
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Christina Karapataki, venture principal, Schlumberger Corporate Venturing
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Michael Kim
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Michael Kim, principal, Rogers Venture Partners
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Amy Kobe
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Amy Kobe, director, Baxter Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: David Harris Kolada
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): David Harris Kolada, vice-president of venture capital and corporate development, OpenText
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Anja König
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Anja König, managing director, Novartis Venture Fund
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Nathan Krishnamurthy
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Nathan Krishnamurthy, senior associate, Capital One Growth Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Alexey Kupriyanov
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Alexey Kupriyanov, CEO, Commit Capital
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Molly Lahr
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Molly Lahr, head of platform, American Family Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Changhan Lee
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Changhan Lee, investment manager, Hyundai Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Judith Li
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Judith Li, partner, Lilly Asia Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Franklin Luzes
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Franklin Luzes, chief operating officer, Microsoft Participações
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Russell MacTough
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Russell MacTough, managing director, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Daniel Malandrin
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Daniel Malandrin, vice-president of Bradesco Private Equity and head of Bradesco InovaBra Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Chris Martin
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Chris Martin, director of venture investment and mergers and acquisitions, General Communication
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Antoine Maurel
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Antoine Maurel, investment manager, Orange Digital Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: James McClurg
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): James McClurg, head of Investments, Sky
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Brad McManus
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Brad McManus, investment director, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Kyounghee Min
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Kyounghee (Kay) Min, director of corporate development, Cisco
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Vartan Minasyan
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Vartan Minasyan, head of investment and innovation, Kaspersky Lab
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Paul Morgenthaler
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Paul Morgenthaler, senior investment manager, CommerzVentures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Pramila Mullan
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Pramila Mullan, senior principal, Accenture Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Arvind Nagarajan
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Arvind Nagarajan, director, Pearson Affordable Learning Fund
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Christian Noske
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Christian Noske, partner, BMW i Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Gladys Nunez
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Gladys Nunez, principal, Amgen Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Arthur O’Keefe
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Arthur O’Keefe, chief financial officer, Movile
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Bharadwaj Ogirala
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Bharadwaj Ogirala, corporate development, Axiata Digital Services
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Victor Orlovski
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Victor Orlovski, managing partner, MoneyTime Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Amish Parashar
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Amish Parashar, venture partner and director of strategic business, Yamaha Motor Ventures and Laboratory Silicon Valley
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Rich Pardoe
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Rich Pardoe, venture executive, Chevron Technology Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Jessica Peltz-Zatulove
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Jessica Peltz-Zatulove, partner, KBS Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Karthik Prabhakar
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Karthik Prabhakar, director, head of fundraising, IDG Ventures India Advisors
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Anis Rashid
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Anis Rashid, investor, WME Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Aymerik Renard
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Aymerik Renard, director, Western Digital Capital
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Courtney Robinson
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Courtney Robinson, principal, Advance Vixeid Partners
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Liz Rockett
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Liz Rockett, director, Kaiser Permanente Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Joe Saijo
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Joe Saijo, president and managing director, Recruit Strategic Partners
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Anna Schiller
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Anna Schiller, program manager, JetBlue Technology Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: David Schulte
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): David Schulte, managing director, McKesson Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Jason Smith
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Jason Smith, director, Sinclair Digital Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Mark Smith
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Mark Smith, executive director, Verizon Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Choong Sohn
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Choong Sohn, senior manager for open innovation, Lenovo
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Rohen Sood
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Rohen Sood, investment manager, Reinventure Group
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Suchi Srinivasan
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Suchi Srinivasan, vice-president, McKinsey Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Kiersten Stead
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Kiersten Stead, investment director, Monsanto Growth Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Eric Steager
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Eric Steager, director of corporate development and innovation and managing director of strategic innovation portfolio, Independence Blue Cross
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Carl Stjernfeldt
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Carl Stjernfeldt, senior venture principal, Shell Technology Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Lutz Stoeber
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Lutz Stoeber, investment director, Evonik Venture Capital
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Rajesh Swaminathan
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Rajesh Swaminathan, investment director, Applied Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Hong Truong
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Hong Truong, director, Summation Health Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Olga Turzhanskaya
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Olga Turzhanskaya, head of Qiwi Venture
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Ilka Wicke
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Ilka Wicke, director, Boehringer Ingelheim
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Fay Xing
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Fay Xing, partner, Wuxi Healthcare Ventures
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Janie Yu
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Janie Yu, partner, Fung Capital
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Karen Zhang
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Karen Zhang, executive director, Baidu Investment
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Penglan Zhao
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Penglan (William) Zhao, senior investment manager, Bertelsmann Asia Investments