Eva Rez, formerly an investor at seed-stage venture capital fund Episode 1 Ventures, joined UK-based media company and broadcaster Sky as a senior investment manager earlier this month.
Rez told Global Corporate Venturing her position at Sky’s Startup Investments & Partnerships unit will be her first corporate venture capital (CVC) appointment, adding: “I am very excited about this new opportunity especially because corporate VCs are becoming the next big thing.
“More and more big corporates realise the importance of digitisation or other leading trends in their industry and embrace innovation as part of their core activities.
“Also, more and more founders find the contribution of CVCs very helpful as it comes with patient capital, a lot of industry expertise, access to data, infrastructure and opening doors to the big fish in one’s market.”
Rez spent six months at Episode 1, scouting, evaluating and proposing investments in UK-based deep tech developers. She also established and diversified relationships with incubators, accelerators and other VCs.
Prior to Episode 1, Rez chaired the education committee at Hungarian Venture Capital Association (HVCA), helping to organise events for Hungary-based startups and VC ecosystem stakeholders to share knowledge and networks.
Concerning her new role, Rez added: “I look forward to getting a good understanding of the strategic goals of the company and then identify potential investments that can benefit both sides.
“While the vertical is given, there will be more flexibility in locations and stages. Technologies related to media, entertainment and eSports are probably some of the hottest places to be in right now.
“I cannot wait to be part of this journey and build a digital, automated, immersive and human-friendly future together.”
Photo of Eva Rez courtesy of Medium.
