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Balance and diversity on show with the rising stars
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021 editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
The GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Contents
The Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards profiles the industry’s top 50 people who have entered the industry in about the past five years with aplomb and notable success.
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: #1 Malin Carlström
The Top 10: #1 Malin Carlström, head of ventures, ABB Electrification
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: #2 Anil Achyuta
The Top 10: #2 Anil Achyuta, investment director, TDK Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: #3 Jaclyn Kossmann and Saewook Lee
The Top 10: #3 Jaclyn Kossmann and Saewook Lee, senior investment managers, Applied Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: #4 Xin Ma
The Top 10: #4 Xin Ma, managing director of Asia platform, Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: #5 Banafsheh Fathieh
The Top 10: # 5 Banafsheh Fathieh, principal, Prosus Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: #6 Radhika Malik
The Top 10: #6 Radhika Malik, senior associate, Samsung Catalyst Fund
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: #7 Wanja Humanes
The Top 10: #7 Wanja Humanes, investment manager, Swisscom Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: #8 Neda Blocho and David Li
The Top 10: #8 Neda Blocho, principal and head of Studios, and David Li, principal, Avanta Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: #9 Steven Willinger
The top 10: #9 Steven Willinger, principal, Capital One Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: #10 Kurt Sheline
The Top 10: #10 Kurt Sheline, principal, Echo Health Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Erik Paisley
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Erik Paisley, investment manager, 3M Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Gonzalo Soriano
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Gonzalo Soriano, senior investment analyst, AC Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Aaron Kern
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Aaron Kern, associate, Allstate Strategic Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Cristina Moyano de Navascués
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Cristina Moyano de Navascués, investment manager, Amadeus Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Mark Frayman
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Mark Frayman, head, BHP Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Erin Hallock and Shaun Healey
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Erin Hallock, senior venture principal of Europe and the Middle East, and Shaun Healey, venture principal, BP Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Nicholas Brumleve
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Nicholas Brumleve, investment principal, Chevron Technology Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Sheena Jindal
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Sheena Jindal, principal, Comcast Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Brandon Yahn
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Brandon Yahn, principal, Convivialité Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Gregory Hoffman
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Gregory Hoffman, manager, DuPont Electronics & Imaging Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Jennifer Diedrichs
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Jennifer Diedrichs, investment manager, EnBW New Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Erning Cao
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Erning Cao, investment director, Evonik Venture Capital
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Taraec Mohamed Hussein
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Taraec Mohamed Hussein, investment head, Fatima Gobi Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: James Field
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): James Field, service design lead, Ferguson Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Wade Sheffer
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Wade Sheffer, managing director, GM Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Terri Burns
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Terri Burns, investing partner, GV
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Ginger Rothrock
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Ginger Rothrock, senior director, HG Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Dennis Clark
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Dennis Clark, senior managing director of corporate venturing and open innovation, Honda Innovations
GCV Rising Stars 2022: Amelia Gandara
Top 50 Rising Stars 2022 (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Amelia Gandara, principal, Nationwide Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Aaron Hoffman
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Aaron Hoffman, senior analyst, Intact Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Ranjit Kurup
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Ranjit Kurup, director, Intel Capital
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Michelle Moon
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Michelle Moon, principal, LG Technology Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Oliver Finch
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Oliver Finch, partner, Maersk Growth
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Rahul Meka
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Rahul Meka, manager of product and R&D, Magna Innovation Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Gayathri Radhakrishnan
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Gayathri Radhakrishnan, director of venture capital, Micron Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Steve Deutsch
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Steve Deutsch, investment principal, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Veronica Gabriele
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Veronica Gabriele, associate, Munich Re Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Jake Nice
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Jake Nice, principal, Nationwide Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Angela Wang
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Angela Wang, vice-president, Ping An Global Voyager Fund
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Jeroen van Doornik
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Jeroen van Doornik, managing partner, Rabo Frontier Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Florian Chilla
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Florian Chilla, investment manager, Randstad Innovation Fund; principal and co-founder, Taptrove Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Benjamin Price
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Benjamin Price, external ventures manager, Saint-Gobain Nova
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Tyler Durham
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Tyler Durham, venture principal, Schlumberger New Energy
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Kevin Deneen
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Kevin Deneen, principal, Schneider Electric Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Ilya Pavlov
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Ilya Pavlov, vice-president of investments, Severstal Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Michiel van Haersma Buma and Phoebe Wang
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Michiel van Haersma Buma, implementation manager, and Phoebe Wang, principal, Shell Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Jay Crone and Jon Wolkin
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Jay Crone and Jonathan Wolkin, directors, Telus Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Will Geiger and Brett Kadesh
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Will Geiger and Brett Kadesh, principals, Touchdown Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Christopher Park
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Christopher Park, principal, UL Ventures
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Andrew Casey
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Andrew Casey, corporate development lead, Vanguard Strategic Business Development
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021: Maxwell Swicegood and Min Park
Top 50 Rising Stars 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Maxwell Swicegood, vice-president, and Min Park, director, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital
