Conference Day 2

Thursday, March 14

7:30 – 8:45 am                           

Continental Breakfast & Networking

Regency Foyer

8:30 – 10:30 am

CVC Professional Development Sessions (Invitation-Only)

These sessions are by-invitation only, if you would like to find out more about this session please find Christina Riboldi.

Session A                              

Private Leadership Gathering

House of Commons: Executive NDA Sessions

• Secondaries

• Portfolio Management

Session B

CVC Operational Performance & Reporting

CVC Portfolio Management Community Roundtable

• CVC leaders, COO’s, and portfolio management and finance professionals are invited to join a discussion of:

• Key portfolio management elements and trends

• Emerging standards and best practices

• Challenges and key questions for future community research and discussion

Session Leaders:

Liz Arrington, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, GCV Institute

Lukasz Garbowski, Investment Director, Btomorrow Ventures

Alex Kamenetskiy, COO, Munich Re Ventures

David Stevenson, MD and COO, Merck Sharp & Dohme Global Heath Innovation Fund

Panel 2: CVC Business Development/Portfolio Development Community Roundtable

CVC team members and business partners are invited to join of approaches for impactful portfolio-parent engagement 

• Aligning Parent-CVC innovation goals and portfolio company engagement approaches

• Defining CVC program and parent roles in startup engagements

• Creating a platform and playbook for startup engagement at each stage

• Managing relationships with overseas parents

• Overcoming corporate barriers to startup engagement (single and multiple corporates)

• Understanding when a startup is ready to engage and set expectations when startup or corporate is not ready to engage

• Measuring performance at each stage in the engagement pipeline

Session Leaders:

Liz Arrington, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, GCV Institute

Nate Rich, Investment Director, Strategic Value, bp ventures

Geetha Dholakia, Program Portfolio Manager, TDK Ventures

Joel Krikston, Managing Director and Head of Strategic Innovation Alliances, Merck Sharp & Dohme Global Heath Innovation Fund

8:30 – 8:50 am                              

Day 2 Opening Address

Dawn Of A New Day For CV&I

James Mawson, Founder of GCV will open Day 2 of the GCVI Summit with an illustration of the rise of global CVC and innovation acceleration across industries.

James Mawson, CEO, Global Corporate Venturing

Regency Ballroom

8:30 – 8:45 am                              

Opening Fireside Chat

The Way Forward: Generational Shifts Within CVC & The Vision Of Future Units

Anil Achyuta, Managing Director, TDK Ventures

Michiko Kato, Partner, Woven Capital

Regency Ballroom

8:45 - 9:05 am                               

Opening Keynote

Hyperscaling in 2024: How Google Cloud Is Accelerating Global Growth Of Start-Ups

Ryan Kiskis, Director, Startup Ecosystem, Google Cloud

Albert Lee, Corporate Development, Google

Facilitated By: Vejay Lalla, Partner, Fenwick

Regency Ballroom

9:05 – 9:25 am                                 

Keynote Presentation

New Paradigms of CVC - Porsche and Alaska Airlines

John Kuolt, Founder & CEO, UP.Labs

Katelyn Foley, President, UP.Labs

Pasha Saleh, Head of Corporate Development, Alaska Airlines

Regency Ballroom

9:25 - 9:45 am                               

Spotlight Session

Semiconductor Shuffle: The Global Range of Hardware and the Intersect of AI

Semiconductors, hardtech and other various hallmark industries to be examined.

Raymond Chik, Co-Founder, Untether AI

Regency Ballroom

9:45 - 10:05 am       

Case Study Illustrations

Africa: Start-Up Partnering & Ways To Invest

Gen Tsuchikawa, Chairman, Sony Ventures

Sam Sturm, Co-Founder, Founders Factory Africa

Regency Ballroom

10:05 – 10:25 am

Spotlight Presentation

From Government Start-Up to Unicorn: Unveiling the Estonian Journey

Insights from Europe's No. 1 Tech Nation

Taavi Kotka, former CIO, Government of Estonia; CEO and Co-Founder, Koos.io

Regency Ballroom