Corporate VC Is On The Rise: Here's What To Know

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*** The talk will be held in English ***

Splash Ventures (https://www.facebook.com/splashlosangeles/) is happy to invite you to a special event with the leaders of the Corporate Ventures Capital world in Israel, and meet the representatives of Samsung Ventures, Intel Capital, Verizon Ventures, Western Digital Capital and Samsung Next.

The event will take place on May-4th (Thursday) at 10:00am @ Samsung Next, Osvaldo Aranha St 17, Sarona Tel Aviv.

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Why there are Corporate VC's and what are they looking for while investing in start-ups? What are the terms of their strategic investments? What are the DOs and DONTs while working with / negotiating with Corporate VC's? Other methods of "Open Innovation" exists within corporates?

Join us to an exciting panel with 4 leaders of the Corporate VC's world in Israel, who will cover all aspects of working with a CVC for the entrepreneurial community in Israel:
() Gonzalo Martínez de Azagra - Head of Samsung Ventures Israel.
() Yair Shoam – Investment director, Intel Capital.
() Merav Rotem Naaman– Director, Verizon Ventures Israel.
() Amir Fridman - Director, Corporate Business Development at Western Digital Capital.

The panel will be moderated by Eyal Miller, Managing Director / GM of Samsung Next TLV.

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Gonzalo Martínez de Azagra - Investor and board member with a deep business/financial training and the ability to understand technology at the engineering level. Currently leading Samsung Group investments in Israel. Investments include: PrimeSense (acq. by Apple), StoreDot, Replay Technologies, Cortica, Giraffic, EarlySense, Rounds, Elastifile, Corephotonics, ScyllaDB and multiple undisclosed Fund of Fund investments.

Yair Shoam - Yair is an investment director focusing on investment opportunities related to Israel. Yair joined Intel Capital in 2012 after more than 13 years as a General Partner with Genesis Partners, one of Israel’s premier venture capital funds, where he focused on communication and consumer products investments. Yair was selected by the Israeli entrepreneurial community and the Israeli High-Tech Association as one of the top five VCs in Israel for the years 2006 through 2009. From 1996 to 2006, Yair was a member of the board of directors of M-Systems, a worldwide pioneer in flash data storage solutions, and was actively involved in the $1.55B sale of the company to SanDisk. Prior to joining Genesis Partners, Yair was a co-founder and managed the business development of two Israeli start-ups, Butterfly Communications (sold to Texas Instruments) and VDOnet (sold to Citrix Systems). Yair began his career practicing securities and corporate law, first in the US, and then in Israel, where he was a partner at Israel’s largest law firm. Yair holds a JD from Loyola University School of Law and a BA from Haifa University.

Merav Rotem Naaman – Merav is a Director at Verizon Ventures and manages their office in Israel. Merav is also the Managing Director of Nautilus, Aol’s early stage investment arm in Israel, which she co-founded in 2014. Merav has over 18 years of experience in the Tech industry, with transactional and strategy roles. Prior to joining Aol in 2014, Merav was Head of Strategy and Operations at Better Place and helped shape strategy and alliances from the very early startup days. Merav started her career as the Head of Regulatory Affairs for Israel’s leading Telco - Cellcom, and then spent a few years at Bain & Co. in The SF Bay Area, advising companies about strategy, business development and M&A. Merav earned her MBA at Harvard Business School and holds a law degree from Tel Aviv University. Merav is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Amir Fridman - Mr. Amir Fridman serves as Western Digital Corporate Business Development and Capital investment in Israel and Europe. Previously, Mr. Fridman served as Director of Corporate Business Development at SanDisk Ventures. In addition, Mr. Fridman has served as SanDisk Director of OEM Strategic Marketing. Before joining SanDisk, he was Director of Strategic Marketing and Product Management at M-Systems Mobile BU. Mr. Fridman earned his MBA from Tel Aviv University and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Bar Ilan University.

Eyal Miller - is the Managing Director and CEO of Samsung NEXT Tel Aviv, which offers tailored support to startups at every level, from idea to scale. As an expert in entrepreneurial businesses and corporate development, Eyal specializes in early-stage venture development, strategic initiatives and strategies for scaling startups. He was featured in Business Insider as one of the Most Influential Israelis in Tech Worldwide 2014 and in The Marker Magazine as one of The Most Influential Israelis in Tech 2013. Prior to joining Samsung, Eyal co-founded the Google Campus in Tel Aviv, and served as Head of New Business and Corporate Development for Google Israel and a member of the EMEA Business Development team. He holds his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management and an MBA from Recanati School of Business at Tel Aviv University.

**The event will take place at Samsung NEXT, Osvaldo Aranha St 17, Sarona Tel Aviv.

10:00 – mingling and schmoozing, 11:00 – panel starts.

See you there!
Splash Ventures Team

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Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (SVIC) manages investment and investment-related activities for the Samsung Group. SVIC identifies and invests in promising small and medium-sized companies engaging in developing new and sophisticated technologies based on managerial know-how and trust. They are strongly committed to becoming a value-added partner in corporate growth by providing professional and reliable services from R&D to management to IPO. SVIC's major investment areas include semiconductor, telecommunication, software, Internet, bio engineering and medical industry, film/video industry while potential investment subjects range from start-ups to established companies that are about to be listed in the stock market.

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Samsung NEXT is an investment and innovation arm that focuses on early stage frontier tech software and services only companies.
Investment are made independently from Samsung's strategic corporate VC and its business units in search of financial returns and prospective growth engines in software and services in AI, cyber security, IoT and AR/VR for pre-seed to series B rounds where they invest up to $3M
For more information please look into samsungnext.com/tel-aviv

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Western Digital Capital is the investment arm of Western Digital Corp., a global provider of products and services that empower people to create, manage, experience and preserve digital content. Its companies design and manufacture storage devices and home entertainment products under the WD, SanDisk, HGST and G-Technology brands. Western Digital Capital partners with innovative startups that improve how data is generated, saved, managed, and consumed. We provide the capital, expertise, and connections required to scale the organizations of tomorrow. For more information, please visit our website.

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Intel Capital, Intel's strategic investment organization, backs innovative startups targeting computing and smart devices, 5G connectivity, cloud, datacenter, artificial intelligence, merged reality, automated driving, the Internet of Things, robotic technologies, immersive entertainment and semiconductor manufacturing. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested US$11.8 billion in 1,473 companies worldwide, and 620 portfolio companies have gone public or been acquired. Through its business development programs, Intel Capital curates thousands of introductions each year between its portfolio executives and Intel's customers and partners in the Global 2000. For more information on what makes Intel Capital one of the world’s most powerful venture capital firms, visit http://www.intelcapital.com or follow @Intelcapital.

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Splash Ventures is a Silicon Beach Accelerator that invests in Israel start-ups. We bring the best of the start-up nation to make a splash in Los Angeles.

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