Although there are more and more #women in #VC, a lot remains to be done 💪
According to our VC survey, female partners 👩 represent 15% of all managers.
Check below our breakdown by location, sector, and firm age 👇
#womeninbusiness#womeninVC#venturecapital#IWD#IWD2020
In Tokyo, I have gone to:
* Savoy: 8 seat pizza shop that served best pizza I’ve ever had
* Aldebaran: 5 table burger spot that made best burger I’ve ever had
* Gen Yamamoto: 12 seat mixology bar that served best cocktails I’ve ever had
Sometimes quality isn’t meant to scale.
Silicon Valley is coming to Europe! 🌉
Look out for our city cruisers and Segways at #WebSummit in Lisbon!
Global Ventures Summit Europe is on November 20-21 in Luxembourg, bringing 40+ top #VC firms from the US. 🇺🇸
👉 https://t.co/a9bCB1pTk7
#Fintech#Startups#GVSLuxembourg
"The objective of BBVA Open Innovation is to connect and collaborate with the fintech community, to bring amazing technology to the hands of customers.” - Diego del Olmo @ddelolmomx from @BBVAInnovation #BBVAInnovation#GVS
“The businesses are done with people, so the first thing you need is a team with strong values, willing to give it all!." - Luis Fernandez from #OracleNetsuite#GVS @BBVAInnovation #BBVAInnovation
“We are working with other cities, to replicate some of our programs, of how we do ecosystem building. No matter where you are, our vision is to make Mexico a different country through technology.”-Cindy Blanco @startupgdl with @Yola_Robert from @ForbesWomen#GSV @BBVAInnovation
“Alexa is owning the home today, it improves the quality of life. AI should be working for you, not the other way around.” - Deepika Yerragunta
@yrdeepika#GVS
@BBVAInnovation
#BBVAInnovation
“As a woman it is harder to be an entrepreneur but it is not so much harder that it makes much of a difference between succeeding or failing” @gvsum#finternational
“90% of VC funds reserve 50% of capital for follow on into their top-performing portfolio companies.
When they invest, they are buying an option , they are giving you the chance to invest more later.” - Chris Calder @caldercho#EPICVC#GVS @BBVAInnovation @BBAInnovation
“The purpose of marketing is to sell and promote branding, the identity, is the distribution of it, branding should always guide marketing.” - @CynthiaLIVE#GVS@bbva#bbva
“Companies try to do it all, many things, but the super successful ones and unicorns, at the end of the day focus in one key insight and exploit it.” - Courtney Reum @M13Company#GVS@bbva#bbva
“Who is investing in Jalisco? US, Germany, Spain, France, Japan and recently China. Jalisco is becoming a very international state, you can see here companies from many places, which is an attractor for international investment.”
- Sergio Ríos @GobiernoJalisco#GVS@bbva#bbva
“In Mexico, the market is still in development in many sectors like fintech, there is a lot of opportunity that investors from abroad are seeing here because of the size of the population, we have a big market here.” - David García @siembracap#GVS@bbva#bbva
There is still time to see me speak this afternoon at the Global Ventures Summit in Mexico. Here is a promo code if you'd like to stop by: SPEAKGVS #gvs@gvsum
https://t.co/5OHUYwdoIT
“In Mexico, last year 90% of all transactions were cash based, but 85% of population have smartphones, so there is wide space for digital cash solutions to come.” - Sergio Dueñas @mercadopago#GVS@bbva#bbva
“Silicon Valley is disruptive because they motivate the people to change the world and make it better, this encourage them to deliver better results.”
- Nikolai Oreshkin, Elysium VC
#GVS
The crème of the #VentureCapital & #PrivateEquity worlds will be at #GVSLuxembourg, seeking opportunities and sharing insights. 🚀
We're thrilled to have Tuomas Saarinen, Chairman of @APN_Global, speaking at the summit.
Get your tickets here:
👉 https://t.co/dmHxUTdQZD