Frederic Rombaut, head of corporate development, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russia, Cisco

Doris Blasel, managing partner, Siemens Global Innovation Partners

Will Wang, investment manager, Bertelsmann Asia Investments

Karin Klein, partner, Bloomberg Beta LP

Bruce Niven, chief investment officer, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures

Katelyn Donnelly, managing director, Pearson Affordable Learning Fund

The Top 20: #10 Ray Schuder, managing director, Hewlett Packard Ventures

The Top 20: #9 Kiersten Stead, venture principal, Monsanto Growth Ventures

The Top 20: #8 Nobuyuki Akimoto, executive vice-president and chief operating officer, NTT Docomo Ventures

The Top 20: #7 Hideyuki Ebihara, head of Seoul office, CyberAgent Ventures