Contents list for the GCV Powerlist 2021
Ready to embrace the new spirit of belief
Introduction to the GCV Powerlist 2021 by James Mawson, editor-in-chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Venture capital as a service
Edison Fu profiles seven businesses offering VC-as-a-service model to aid corporates and VC firms to spot and team up with innovative startups
TDK podcast analysis
Global Corporate Venturing teamed up with 500 Startups’ CVC Insider Series, where top CVC practitioners advise on corporate venturing challenges
GCV Powerlist 2021: PDF download
The top 25:
1 Rajeev Misra and Marcelo Claure, SoftBank Vision Fund
2 Martin Tschopp, Prosus Ventures
3 Jeffrey Li, Tencent Investment
4 John Somorjai, Salesforce Ventures
7 Gen Tsuchikawa, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV
9 Derek Idemoto, Cisco Investments
11 Quinn Li, Qualcomm Ventures
12 Anja König, Novartis Venture Fund
13 Christopher Picariello, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC
15 Barbara Dalton, Pfizer Ventures
16 Arvind Purushotham, Citi Ventures
17 Annabelle Long, Bertelsmann Asia Investments
18 Alokik Advani, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures
19 Bill Taranto, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund
20 Girish Nadkarni, Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures
21 Lisa Lambert, National Grid Partners
22 Tamara Steffens, Mony Hassid and Samir Kumar, M12
23 Jacqueline LeSage, Munich Re Ventures
24 Geert van de Wouw, Shell Ventures
25 Stefan Gabriel, Hitachi Ventures
26-100 in alphabetical order by CVC unit:
Kurt Kaltenegger, ABB Technology Ventures
Héctor Shibata Salazar, AC Ventures
Thomas Lounibos, Accenture Ventures
Tarik Galijasevic, Allstate Strategic Ventures
Suzanna Chiu, Amadeus Ventures
Paul Bernard, Amazon Alexa Fund
Harshul Sanghi, American Express Ventures
Anand Kamannavar, Applied Ventures
Sanjiv Parikh and Steve Bernardez, Avanta Ventures (CSAA)
Markus Solibieda, BASF Venture Capital
Lisa Smith, BTomorrow Ventures
Kai Engelhardt, Brose Ventures
Jaidev Shergill, Capital One Ventures
Michael Young, Caterpillar Ventures
Gonzalo Galindo, Cemex Ventures
Barbara Burger, Chevron Technology Ventures
Andrew Cleland, Comcast Ventures
Stéphane Longuet, Convivialité Ventures
Tony Cannestra, Denso Ventures
Rob Coppedge, Echo Health Ventures
Fernando Impuesto, Emilio Martínez and Sergio García, Enagás Emprende
Crispin Leick, EnBW New Ventures
Johann Boukhors, Engie New Ventures
Bernhard Mohr, Evonik Venture Capital
Sunita Parasuraman, Facebook New Product Experimentation
Andy Ting, GC Ventures America
Matt Tsien, General Motors Ventures
Robert Günther and Paolo Bavaj, Henkel Tech Ventures
Nick Sugimoto, Honda Innovations
Murray Grainger and Kamal Vasagiri, Honeywell Ventures
Ore Adeyemi, HSBC Strategic Innovation Investments
Kitty Agarwal, Info Edge Ventures
Oliver Keown, Intuitive Ventures
Amy Daniels Burr, JetBlue Technology Ventures
Osei Van Horne, JP Morgan Private Capital
Dong-Su Kim, LG Technology Ventures
Josh Berg, Magna International
Rocky Daehler, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital
Jon Soberg & Tak Sato, MS&AD Ventures
Erik Ross, Nationwide Ventures
Paul Asel, NGP Capital (Nokia)
Harrie Vollaard, Rabo Frontier Ventures
Ilonka Jankovich and Paul Jacquin, Randstad Innovation Fund
Andrea Birolo, Reale Group Corporate Venturing
Carole Nuechterlein, Roche Venture Fund
Aruna Subramanian, Sabic Ventures
Minas Apelian, Saint-Gobain (Nova External Ventures)
Arindam Bhattacharya, Schlumberger New Energy Venture
Emmanuel Lagarrigue and Heriberto Diarte, Schneider Electric Ventures
George Gogolev, Severstal Ventures
Dominique Mégret, Swisscom Ventures
Kay Enjoji, TEL Venture Capital
Hiroshi Saijou, George Kellerman and Jim Adler, Toyota
Dontá Wilson and Vanessa Indriolo Vreeland, Truist Ventures
Christopher Bartlett, Verizon Ventures
Basil Darwish, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital
Shinichiro Hori, Z Venture Capital (previously YJ Capital and Line Ventures)
