Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Contents

The 100 Rising Stars in this, the second Global Corporate Venturing awards, represent the top 1% of the industry.

Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) selected these stars as representing the brightest prospects, and those who have already been changing the industry. The selection process involved researching more than 10,000 industry professionals across more than 1,000 corporate venturing units to identify these stars. GCV was looking for those below the top rank of the venturing hierarchy in long-established units, based on their deals, career development so far, being an heir apparent or just “the glue in the unit”.

For newer units, the criteria were more about ambition and desire to represent best practices and use experiences often gained elsewhere to improve the industry.

For both sets of stars, as well as the longer list of potential candidates and nominations received and examined, the input of their managers was important as nominators and for their feedback on why these stars were so good.

Looking at last year’s inaugural GCV Rising Stars, the top three were all promoted or took more senior roles. Lisa Lambert, former vice-president at Intel Capital, became managing partner at Westly Group, Jack Young, partner at Qualcomm Ventures, joined Deutsche Telekom to lead its venture group in North America, and Vanessa Colella stepped up to CEO of Citi Ventures.

Also in the top 20, Nokuyuki Akimoto was promoted at NTT, Ray Schuder now effectively runs Hewlett Packard Ventures after Lak Ananth (a GCV Powerlist 100 top 25 star) was hired to run Siemens’ Next 47 and Frederic Rombaut left to set up his own investment firm.

In the broader list, Olawale Ayeni was hired by IFC from Orange Digital Ventures, Mel Gaceta left US Cellular to set up Synchrony Financial’s CVC unit, Adam Holcombe left USAA to join Munich Re’s HSB Ventures, Mary Kay James was hired from DuPont Ventures by Tyson Foods to set up a $150m CVC unit, Jonas Landström left Volvo to join a startup, Quinn Li took over as head of Qualcomm Ventures, David Mort spun BBVA Ventures out into an independent firm, Propel, backed by the bank, Derek Norman became head of ventures at Syngenta and Aymerik Renard took on North America ventures for West Digital Capital after its acquisition of SanDisk.

Congratulations to all these stars for the next steps in their careers. An industry grows and develops in proportion with its talent, which often can blossom only with the right mentoring, training and role models. 

Naturally, the managers of these stars are also something special, and many of them are represented in the GCV Powerlist of the industry’s greatest leaders, which will be published on 22 May 2017 ahead of our seventh annual Global Corporate Venturing Symposium in London.

We are delighted to welcome both the stars and their managers to the invitation-only awards dinner in Sonoma, California, on January 24. My thanks especially go to Sue Siegel and her team at GE Ventures for the support and sponsorship to enable this dinner to happen.

Contents

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Introduction

Introduction to the Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017 by James Mawson, editor-in-chief

The Top 20

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #1 Yao Xia

The Top 20: #1 Yao Xia, executive director, Tencent Investment

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #2 Ana Segurado

The Top 20: #2 Ana Segurado, global managing director, Telefónica Open Future

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #3 Alvin Wang Graylin

The Top 20: #3 Alvin Wang Graylin, China regional president of Vive, HTC

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #4 Shivon Zilis

The Top 20: #4 Shivon Zilis, partner, Bloomberg Beta

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #5 Jack Young

The Top 20: #5 Jack Young, head of venture capital, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #6 Rashmi Gopinath

The Top 20: #6 Rashmi Gopinath, partner, Microsoft Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #7 Bruce Niven

The Top 20: #7 Bruce Niven, chief investment officer, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #8 Larry Illg

The Top 20: #8 Larry Illg, CEO, Naspers Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #9 Joel Krikston

The Top 20: #9 Joel Krikston, managing director, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #10 Karen Kerr

The Top 20: #10 Karen Kerr, senior managing director for advanced manufacturing, GE Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #10 Marianne Wu

The Top 20: #10 Marianne Wu, senior managing director, GE Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #12 Tamiko Hutchinson

The Top 20: #12 Tamiko Hutchinson, managing director, Intel Capital

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #12 Trina van Pelt

The Top 20: #12 Trina van Pelt, vice-president and managing director, internet of things and automated driving, and co-leader, Intel Capital diversity fund

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #14 Sherwin Prior

The Top 20: #14 Sherwin Prior, managing director, GM Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #15 Vitalik Buterin

The Top 20: #15 Vitalik Buterin, Wanxiang

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #16 Margarita Chavez

The Top 20: #16 Margarita Chavez, senior director, AbbVie Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #17 Varun Jain

The Top 20: #17 Varun Jain, senior investment manager, Qualcomm Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #18 Wendy Lung

The Top 20: #18 Wendy Lung, partner, IBM Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #19 Renee Ryan

The Top 20: #19 Renee Ryan, vice-president, Johnson & Johnson Innovation–JJDC

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #20 Tyson Clark

The Top 20: #20 Tyson Clark, partner, GV

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: #20 Laela Sturdy

The Top 20: #20 Laela Sturdy, partner, CapitalG

The Rest of the 100 in alphabetical order

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Hamzeh Abdul-Hadi

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Hamzeh Abdul-Hadi, associate, Hikma Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Ore-oluwa Adeyemi

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Ore-oluwa Adeyemi, director, HSBC’s Strategic Innovation Investments

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Biplab Adhya and Venu Pemmaraju

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Biplab Adhya and Venu Pemmaraju, co-heads, Wipro Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Jeff Allen

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Jeff Allen, vice-president for strategic investments at Mastercard

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Marcos Almeida

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Marcos Almeida, director, Stefanini

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Tiba Aynechi

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Tiba Aynechi, partner, Novo Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Saurabh Bhansali

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Saurabh Bhansali, venture leader, Humana Health Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Egbert Bierman

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Egbert Bierman, investment director, Transamerica Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Tara Butler

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Tara Butler, managing director, Ascension Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Claire Celeste Carnes

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Claire Celeste Carnes, partner, Providence Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Xuan Chen

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Xuan Chen, managing director, SoftBank’s Hopu-Arm fund

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Suzanna Chiu

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Suzanna Chiu, head of ventures, Amadeus Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Bryan Ciambella

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Bryan Ciambella, principal, B Capital Group

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Michael Dovey

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Michael Dovey, director, IAG Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Meredith Fisher

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Meredith Fisher, partner, Partners Innovation Fund

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Brandon Gath

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Brandon Gath, director, CME Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Allison Goldberg

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Allison Goldberg, managing director and vice-president, Time Warner Investments

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Vitaly Golomb

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Vitaly Golomb, investments and partnerships, HP Tech Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Deborah Harland

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Deborah Harland, partner and vice-president of business investments, SR One

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Mary Kay James

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Mary Kay James, head of Tyson New Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Ilonka Jankovich

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Ilonka Jankovich, partner, Randstad Innovation Fund

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Therese Jordan

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Therese Jordan, director of new business development, Asahi Kasei America

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Brian Kaas

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Brian Kaas, president and managing director, CMFG Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Kurt Kaltenegger

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Kurt Kaltenegger, group vice-president and head of technology, ABB Technology Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Christina Karapataki

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Christina Karapataki, venture principal, Schlumberger Corporate Venturing

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Michael Kim

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Michael Kim, principal, Rogers Venture Partners

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Amy Kobe

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Amy Kobe, director, Baxter Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: David Harris Kolada

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): David Harris Kolada, vice-president of venture capital and corporate development, OpenText

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Anja König

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Anja König, managing director, Novartis Venture Fund

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Nathan Krishnamurthy

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Nathan Krishnamurthy, senior associate, Capital One Growth Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Alexey Kupriyanov

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Alexey Kupriyanov, CEO, Commit Capital

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Molly Lahr

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Molly Lahr, head of platform, American Family Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Changhan Lee

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Changhan Lee, investment manager, Hyundai Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Judith Li

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Judith Li, partner, Lilly Asia Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Franklin Luzes

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Franklin Luzes, chief operating officer, Microsoft Participações

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Russell MacTough

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Russell MacTough, managing director, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Daniel Malandrin

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Daniel Malandrin, vice-president of Bradesco Private Equity and head of Bradesco InovaBra Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Chris Martin

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Chris Martin, director of venture investment and mergers and acquisitions, General Communication

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Antoine Maurel

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Antoine Maurel, investment manager, Orange Digital Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: James McClurg

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): James McClurg, head of Investments, Sky

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Brad McManus

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Brad McManus, investment director, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Kyounghee Min

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Kyounghee (Kay) Min, director of corporate development, Cisco

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Vartan Minasyan

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Vartan Minasyan, head of investment and innovation, Kaspersky Lab

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Paul Morgenthaler

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Paul Morgenthaler, senior investment manager, CommerzVentures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Pramila Mullan

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Pramila Mullan, senior principal, Accenture Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Arvind Nagarajan

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Arvind Nagarajan, director, Pearson Affordable Learning Fund

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Christian Noske

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Christian Noske, partner, BMW i Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Gladys Nunez

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Gladys Nunez, principal, Amgen Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Arthur O’Keefe

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Arthur O’Keefe, chief financial officer, Movile

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Bharadwaj Ogirala

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Bharadwaj Ogirala, corporate development, Axiata Digital Services

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Victor Orlovski

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Victor Orlovski, managing partner, MoneyTime Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Amish Parashar

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Amish Parashar, venture partner and director of strategic business, Yamaha Motor Ventures and Laboratory Silicon Valley

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Rich Pardoe

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Rich Pardoe, venture executive, Chevron Technology Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Jessica Peltz-Zatulove

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Jessica Peltz-Zatulove, partner, KBS Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Karthik Prabhakar

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Karthik Prabhakar, director, head of fundraising, IDG Ventures India Advisors

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Anis Rashid

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Anis Rashid, investor, WME Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Aymerik Renard

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Aymerik Renard, director, Western Digital Capital

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Courtney Robinson

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Courtney Robinson, principal, Advance Vixeid Partners

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Liz Rockett

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Liz Rockett, director, Kaiser Permanente Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Joe Saijo

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Joe Saijo, president and managing director, Recruit Strategic Partners

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Anna Schiller

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Anna Schiller, program manager, JetBlue Technology Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: David Schulte

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): David Schulte, managing director, McKesson Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Jason Smith

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Jason Smith, director, Sinclair Digital Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Mark Smith

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Mark Smith, executive director, Verizon Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Choong Sohn

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Choong Sohn, senior manager for open innovation, Lenovo

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Rohen Sood

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Rohen Sood, investment manager, Reinventure Group

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Suchi Srinivasan

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Suchi Srinivasan, vice-president, McKinsey Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Kiersten Stead

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Kiersten Stead, investment director, Monsanto Growth Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Eric Steager

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Eric Steager, director of corporate development and innovation and managing director of strategic innovation portfolio, Independence Blue Cross

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Carl Stjernfeldt

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Carl Stjernfeldt, senior venture principal, Shell Technology Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Lutz Stoeber

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Lutz Stoeber, investment director, Evonik Venture Capital

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Rajesh Swaminathan

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Rajesh Swaminathan, investment director, Applied Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Hong Truong

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Hong Truong, director, Summation Health Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Olga Turzhanskaya

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Olga Turzhanskaya, head of Qiwi Venture

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Ilka Wicke

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Ilka Wicke, director, Boehringer Ingelheim

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Fay Xing

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Fay Xing, partner, Wuxi Healthcare Ventures

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Janie Yu

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Janie Yu, partner, Fung Capital

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Karen Zhang

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Karen Zhang, executive director, Baidu Investment

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Penglan Zhao

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Penglan (William) Zhao, senior investment manager, Bertelsmann Asia Investments