Women in CVC Summit Announcements | Countdown to Building a CVC From Scratch
A weekend update with speaker announcements & one week until our first online event of the year 🎤🖥️
Women in CVC Summit
We’re excited to announce our line-up of incredible speakers for the 2nd Women in CVC Summit on May 9th. We have a diverse group of individuals such as former corporate investors starting an institutional fund, emerging corporate investors, and former executive operators turned managing directors. They will engage in thoughtful discussions about CVC dynamics, raising an institutional fund, solving the 0 to 1 problem and navigating career growth in venture. The full agenda with more speaker announcements to be released in the coming weeks.
Fine wine and beautiful views will accompany conversations and personal stories from these leaders:
Some of the Names Attending
Goldman Sachs, Pernod-Ricard, Sapphire Ventures, Pruven Capital, Juniper, Pepsico, Nike, Rich Foods, Wipro, Sentinel One, Cargill, Ulta, IBM, Amazon, NVIDIA, Hearst, Nationwide, and many more!
Women in CVC Key Details
Thursday, May 9th, 2024
9:00 AM PT start, Agenda TBA
Francis Ford Coppola Winery
300 Via Archimedes, Geyserville, CA 95441
*See discounted rates for nearby hotels on the event page
Want to attend?
We have limited spots left, register on our Counter Club Community. You must be an activated member of the community to view the event. If you would like to sign up, email us at team@counterpart.vc to request an invite to our community.
How to Launch a CVC Fund, Online Event
This is the first part of our series providing a blueprint on how to create a CVC fund. We will dig into case studies, negotiation tactics and how to arrive at the right fund structure.
Agustina Sartori, Founding Managing Director of Prisma Ventures, and Chris Fortunato, Vice President of CRH Ventures will share what went into the beginnings of their fund and what moved the needle. Patrick Eggen of Counterpart Ventures will also join the conversation and share more about launching Qualcomm Ventures’ Global Early Stage Fund.
How to Register
Thursday, January 25th
12:00-1:00 PM Pacific Time
Location: Zoom, register with the links below.
If you are a leader at your corporation and considering launching a fund, we welcome you to apply to join our Counter Club Community of 600+ Corporate Investors worldwide and head to the events page to RSVP.
Alternatively, you can register directly for this Zoom webinar:
What else is cooking at the Counter Club?
Check out the next events coming up within the Counter Club. Users must be logged into their Counter Club account to access the links.
February 1—Deal Party: Supply Chain and Logistics
February 15— Webinar: Emancipating from the Mothership
Hear from CVCs who have gained independence, as well as tools and support needed for this transition like fund admin changes.
April 10— Webinar: Navigating Executive Leadership Changes
Learn from some of the best, tenured corporate VCs on how they have navigated leadership changes in their corporation to ensure the longevity of their CVC arm.
April 25—Deal Party: Healthcare (Digital Healthcare + Therapeutics)
September 25-27—Counter V, Counterpart's Annual CVC Conference will take place over three days including side-events.
Lots in store in the months to come! Look forward to seeing you all in wine country and on Zoom soon.
Counterpart Ventures