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These are the 50 early-career professionals who are rising fast in the corporate venturing industry.
Corporate venture professionals come from a wide variety of backgrounds, but these traits unite them.
Payam Abbassian, director and head of investments at Path Ahead Ventures, is one of our top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2025.
Lohit Biswal, manager of strategic investments and investor relations at Mercurius Media Capital, is one of our top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2025.
Ida Brun, venture investments and partnerships director at Maersk Growth, is one of our top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2025.
Daniel Correa, principal at JLL Spark, is one of our top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2025.
Juan Francisco de Carranza, senior investment associate at Globant Ventures, is one of our top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2025.
Quentin Demarly, investment director at Air Liquide Venture Capital, is one of our top Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2025.
Geetha Dholakia, portfolio programme director at TDK Ventures, is one of our top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2025.
Tina Gidwani, principal of First Rate Ventures, is one of our top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2025.
Hamish Gowans, chief operating officer at Ki Tua Fund, is one of our top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2025.
Shobhit Gupta, senior associate at GM Ventures, is one of our top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2025.
Benjamin Haskell, investment director at Lam Capital, is one of our top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2025.
Tassbieh Hassan, manager at Salesforce Ventures, is one of our top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2025.
Top 50 Rising Stars 2022 (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Erning Cao, investment director, Evonik Venture Capital
GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021 editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
The Top 10: #1 Malin Carlström, head of ventures, ABB Electrification
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.
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