Google has taken on Christina Heggie, a former investment principal at JetBlue Technology Ventures who was part of GCV's 2019 Rising Stars class, to manage its partnerships with the travel industry.

Christina Heggie left her role as investment principal at JetBlue Technology Ventures (JTV), US-based airline operator JetBlue’s corporate venturing subsidiary, to join internet technology provider Google today.

Heggie, who was chosen as this year’s Global Corporate Venturing Rising Star, initially joined JTV in 2016 as an investment associate before being promoted in late 2017. She had previously worked in a senior marketing role for Checkmate.

During her time at JTV, Heggie led deals and sat on the boards…

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.