Biography
I’m a senior leader with extensive experience at the intersection of technology, innovation and business development, and a strong track record leading investments and strategic partnerships. I currently serve as a Strategic Advisor on Corporate Venture Capital and Open Innovation, I help companies adopt AI solutions, and invest as an Angel Investor in technology startups. Before that I was Investment Director at Wayra, Telefónica CVC arm.
Session
- AI For GrowthSpeaker
Panel 5 - Strategic Money: How Corporates Really Invest in AI Startups
Tuesday 22 September, 13:00 – 13:40Panel StageCorporate venture money isn't chasing the same thing as a fund. A strategic investor wants synergy, access, and an eventual seat at the table, not just a return. This panel brings together the people who sit between corporates and startups to unpack how strategic AI investments and partnerships actually get picked, structured and managed: what a corporate is really underwriting beyond the cap table, where that clashes with how independent VCs think, and what founders get wrong pitching a corporate as if it were a fund. Built for founders courting strategic capital and for anyone trying to understand how big companies actually move on AI.
With Darrell Etherington, Carla Carvajal, Seena Amidi, Borja Breña