Sean Lumb has taken over at entrepreneurship@UBC in an interim capacity, following the departure of Kari LaMotte.

Speakers highlighted the growing importance of ESG strategy within CVC investments and how CVCs can help their respective parent firms’ green goals, particularly after COP26.

The fund will make bets on emerging media technologies for Generation Z, including those related to the metaverse.

Nato’s Phillip Lockwood and In-Q-Tel’s Nat Puffer speak to governments’ growing appetite for deep tech investments in the security sector.

BP Ventures’ Erin Hallock explored the difficulties in getting a syndicate together for transformative technologies where financial returns could be far away.

Coming from 106.vc, Ian Cox Moya began his second stint at PayPal this month, this time as partner in its venturing unit.

The top 50: David Krane, CEO and managing partner, GV

The top 50: Jeffrey Li, managing partner, Tencent Investment

The top 50: Martin Tschopp, CEO, Prosus Ventures