GCV Rising Stars award winner Sherwin Prior joins retailer to head Industrial Innovation Fund.

US-listed retailer Amazon has hired Sherwin Prior to head its Amazon $1bn Industrial Innovation Fund launched at the end of last month to accelerate innovation in the supply chain and warehouses.

Prior, a GCV Rising Stars award winner, has more than a decade’s corporate venturing experience. Initially at car maker General Motors’ GM Ventures before leaving for a portfolio of work at Lear, Orbia and Blue Victor.

Amazon also tapped Anna Davydova to be portfolio manager for the…

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James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.
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