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GCVI Summit 2026 Rewind

Rewatch the sessions, recap the learnings

The GCVI Summit packs in two days of main stage and breakout sessions amid, interspersed with intense one-on-one networking and technology showcases.

It is impossible to attend every talk, so we have distilled the key learnings for you here. 

8.15 - 8.25

GCVI Summit – Day 2 greeting & industry overview: The World of CVC report & the path forward for the venture capital industry

Maija Palmer, Editor, GCV

8.25 - 8.45

Keynote session: The science of success: Doing impossible things with difficult people

Mike Jones, General Partner, Science

8.45 - 9.05

Keynote panel discussion: Gold Rush: Why LATAM is the next CVC fortune

Gabriela Hernandez, Head of Strategy & Corporate Development, Mercado Libre

Thamara Prado, Head of Strategy, Open Innovation, and Corporate Investment, Natura Latam

Moderator: Laura Chicurel, Founder & Director, Innova360 / Regional Director & Partner, BlueBox

9.05 - 9.25

Keynote session: When M&A isn't the end game: How enterprise-focused CVCs create strategic value through partnerships

Joel Krikston, Managing Director – Venture Investments, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund

Interviewed By: Ian Goldstein, Partner, Fenwick

9.25 - 9.45

Keynote session: Jagged little pill: Finding prescription for liquidity pressures & establishing IPO readiness

Barrie Laver, Managing Director, Head of Venture Capital & Private Equity, RBC Capital

Interviewed by: Jim Fischer, Partner, DLA Piper

9.45 - 10.05

Keynote session: You've got a friend: Venture's view on corporate indirect investing

Danny Cotter, Managing General Partner, The Westly Group

Steve Abbott, Managing Partner, Sapphire Ventures

Interviewed by: Hyundo Kwon, Principal, Honda Xcelerator Ventures

10.05 - 10.25

Keynote session: Chain reaction: Why being a corporate LP sets strategy in motion

Murat Oguz Arcan, Managing Director, Sabanci Climate Ventures 

Austin Noronha, Managing Director, Sony Innovation Fund 

Sarah Applebaum, Partner, Pangaea Ventures 

10.25 - 10.45

Keynote panel: The venture assistant: Ways to support entrepreneurs in thier journey

Anil Achyuta. Partner, Energy Impact Partners

Richard Wang, CEO, Voya

Paul Lambert, CEO, Quilt

10.45 - 11.05

Keynote interview: Leveling up: AI enablement & the journey to empower

Phoebe Wang, Chief AI Officer, Nuvini

Facilitated by: Jonathan Sagot, Partner, Fenwick

11.05 - 11.25

AI posture management: How Oracle is tackling the new world of global AI infrastructure

Roger Barga, Senior Vice President, AI & ML, Oracle Cloud

Interviewed by: George Hoyem, Former EVP, In-Q-Tel

11.25 - 11.45

Spotlight session: Doubling down on CVC: Understanding Yamaha's intergrated corporate growth strategy

Anish Patel, CIO and COO, Yamaha Motor Ventures

Fred Schonenberg, Founder and CEO, VentureFuel

11.45 - 12.10

Fireside chat: Rethinking the CVC journey: Where we started and where are we now?

Bruno Francisco, Head of CVC – Petrobras Fund, Petrobras 

Daniel Moczydlower, President & CEO, Embraer-X 

Mark Hannan, Partner, Venture Investing & Strategy, Rainmaking

12.10 - 12.30

Spotlight session: The future of CVC infrastructure: Perspectives from builders and users

Mike Smeed, Managing Director, InMotion Ventures

Raj Singh, Managing Partner, JLL Spark

Siddhant Masson, Co-founder & CEO, Wokelo AI

Nicolas Sauvage, President, TDK Ventures

1.30 - 1.50

Keynote session: An astronaut's perpective: On leadership and building the gap between corporate investors and industry

Kent Lucas, Founding Partner, non sibi Ventures

Bernard Harris, NASA Astronaut Venture Partner, non sibi Ventures

1.50 - 2.10

Keynote session: Resilience tech as a competitive advantage: Innovation in supply chain risk management

Emilie Mazzacurati, Founding Partner, Tailwind Futures

2.10 - 2.30

Keynote session: AI black box: control, data and the hallucination gap

Kate Niedermeyer, Venture Capital & Start-Up Strategy, AWS

Arbaaz Khan, Founder and CEO, Graphon AI  

Davis Stone, Head of Growth, Arcee

2.30 - 2.50

Keynote session: Paranoid android: The threat & opportunity of AI vulnerability discovery

Jason Clinton, Deputy CISO, Anthropic

Interviewed by: Shannon Yavorsky, Partner, Orrick

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GCV provides the global corporate venturing community and their ecosystem partners with the information, insights and access needed to drive impactful open innovation. Across our three services - News & Analysis, Community & Events, and the GCV Institute - we create a network-rich environment for global innovation and capital to meet and thrive. At the heart of our community sits the GCV Leadership Society, providing privileged access to all our services and resources.
 

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