Top 50 Rising Stars 2022 (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Tim Chiang, investment director, Xerox Ventures
Tim Chiang has been investment director at printing technology provider Xerox’s corporate venture capital (CVC) unit Xerox Ventures since August 2021, where he leads investments in industry 4.0 and cleantech with a focus on energy, manufacturing, connectivity and sustainability.
Chris Fisher, managing director of Xerox Ventures and global head of M&A at Xerox, said: “Tim joined Xerox Ventures as an investment director earlier this year. In his short time with Xerox Ventures, Tim has been an indispensable leader for the team.
“Whether it is leading and identifying critical investment sectors and themes for Xerox Ventures, forging critical and trusted relationships with founders and investors or helping to manage and train associates and senior associates on the Xerox Ventures team, Tim brings an incredible level of professionalism, insight and experience to all those that he engages with.”
Xerox Ventures invests in early and growth-stage companies in the advanced manufacturing, the internet of things, financial services, IT, cleantech and software sectors.
Chiang had spent three years as CVC manager at GC Ventures, a corporate venturing arm of Thailand-based chemical group PTT Global Chemical, prior to which he had a year-long stint as associate intern at conglomerate General Electric’s CVC GE Ventures between 2017 and 2018.
Chiang said: “While pursuing a master’s degree at MIT, I ended up landing an internship at GE Ventures which was my first exposure to CVC. That summer was a massive aha moment for me and my career trajectory.
“I saw opportunities for corporates to be uniquely positioned in the innovation ecosystem to bring outsized value to startups working to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges…and did my master’s thesis work around to topic. I have been a student and practitioner of CVC ever since.”
Fernando Moncada Rivera
Fernando Moncada Rivera is a reporter at Global Corporate Venturing and also host of the CVC Unplugged podcast.
