Location: Silicon Valley Bank, 2400 Hanover Street, Palo Alto
Corporations continue to play an increasingly active role in entrepreneurial ecosystems around the world.
Despite a decrease of 2% in corporate venture capital deal activity globally, according to CB Insights report the number of new CVC firms making first-time investments reached record levels in 2016. In the third quarter alone, 204 corporate VCs made investments, the most since 2012.
Throughout last year, 107 new corporate VC units globally made their first investment, including Baidu Venture and Sony Innovation Fund.
On May 2nd we will gather two of the most active players of 2016.
Alexandre Villela
Investment Director
Intel Capital
Carlos Kokron
Managing Director
Qualcomm Ventures LatAm
Moderator: Andy Tsao
Managing Director
Silicon Valley Bank