Rising stars shine with their impact
The Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards profiles the industry’s top 50 people who have entered the industry in the past five years with aplomb and notable success.
Top 10
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: #1 Ashutosh Sharma
The Top 10: #1 Ashutosh Sharma, India head of investments and M&A, Prosus Ventures (formerly Naspers Ventures)
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: #2 Ling Ge
The Top 10: #2 Ling Ge, chief European representative, Tencent
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: #3 Andy Cao
The Top 10: #3 Andy Cao, principal, Comcast Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: #4 Lydia Jett
The Top 10: #4 Lydia Jett, partner, Americas, SoftBank Investment Advisers
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: #5 Elana Lian
The Top 10: #5 Elana Lian, investment director, Intel Capital
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: #6 Spencer Chavez
The Top 10: #6 Spencer Chavez, principal, Salesforce Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: #7 Ademidun Edosomwan
The Top 10: #7 Ademidun (Demi) Edosomwan, emerging market lead, Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: #8 Carrie Hurwitz Williams
The Top 10: #8 Carrie Hurwitz Williams, principal, McKesson Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: #9 Samir Kumar
The Top 10: #9 Samir Kumar, managing director, M12
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: #10 Asif Moosani
The Top 10: #10 Asif Moosani, investor, Gradient Ventures
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order)
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Sidra Ahmed Lefort
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Sidra Ahmed Lefort, investor, Munich Re Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Ippei Akiyoshi
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Ippei Akiyoshi, corporate venture capital and business incubation manager, Mineral Resources Group, Mitsubishi Corporation
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Paimun Jared Amini
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Paimun Jared ‘PJ’ Amini, director of venture investments, Bayer Growth Ventures, Leaps by Bayer
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Rosario Cannata
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Rosario Cannata, investment manager, EDP Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Conor Clifford
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Conor Clifford, investment principal, Eon Scouting and Co-Investments (SCI)
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Christophe Defert
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Christophe Defert, vice-president, Centrica Innovations
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Kevin Deneen
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Kevin Deneen, principal, SE Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: José Daniel Díaz Ramos
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): José Daniel ‘JD’ Díaz Ramos, senior investment professional, Femsa Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Avra Durack
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Avra Durack, director of incubation, National Grid Partners
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Tyler Durham
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Tyler Durham, venture principal, Schlumberger
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Charles Holtsclaw
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Charles Holtsclaw, senior venture analyst, TechnipFMC External Technology Engagement
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Beckett Jackson & Damineh Mycroft
Beckett Jackson, investing director, Boeing HorizonX Ventures and Damineh Mycroft, investing director, Boeing HorizonX Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Byron Knight
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Byron Knight, managing director, Koch Disruptive Technologies
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Andrei Lesunovskii
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Andrei Lesunovskii, senior investment manager, Severstal Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Moran Levinovitz
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Moran Levinovitz, investment director, HSBC Strategic Innovation Investments
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: David Li
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): David Li, senior associate, Avanta Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Tony Liu
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Tony Liu, manager, Advantech Corporate Investment
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: João Maia
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): João Maia, corporate venture capital investor, Andrade Gutierrez
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Jelena Markovic
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Jelena Markovic, investment associate, BayWa RE Energy Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Jaytiya Ngammaykin
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Jaytiya Ngammaykin, strategic investment lead, SCB Digital Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Jake Nice
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Jake Nice, principal, Nationwide Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: William O’Donnell
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): William O’Donnell, managing partner, Prologis Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Christopher O’Donnell
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Christopher O’Donnell, executive director of external sciences and innovation, principal, Pfizer Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Erik Paisley
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Erik Paisley, manager, 3M Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Raktapa Pantawongdecha
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Raktapa ‘Natty’ Pantawongdecha, vice-president, Ping An Global Voyager Fund
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Min Park
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Min Park, vice-president, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Nolan Paul
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Nolan Paul, partner, Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Marta Pinho
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Marta Pinho, investment manager, Amadeus Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Benjamin Price
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Benjamin Price, external ventures manager, Saint-Gobain Nova
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Kurt Sheline
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Kurt Sheline, principal, Echo Health Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Jack Statza
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Jack Statza, senior associate, Allstate Strategic Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Jesse Teichman
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Jesse Teichman, investment manager, Future Energy Fund, Chevron Technology Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Selina Troesch Munster
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Selina Troesch Munster, senior associate, Touchdown Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Jeroen van Doornik
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Jeroen van Doornik, partner, Rabo Frontier Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Alessandro Vigilante
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Alessandro Vigilante, vice-president, corporate business development group, Fidelity Investments
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Brandon Yahn
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Brandon Yahn, principal, Convivialité Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Bo Zhai
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Bo Zhai, head of enterprise and emerging tech investments, US, Alibaba Group
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Chen Zhou
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Chen Zhou, investor, Samsung Catalyst Fund
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Jimmy Zhu
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Jimmy Zhu, vice-president, Citi Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Stephanie Vega Ziegler
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Stephanie Vega Ziegler, senior portfolio and partnership development manager, Ferguson Ventures
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