Shearman & Sterling hosted its 2nd Annual Shearman & Sterling Corporate Venture Investor Summit in person in Austin, Texas on May 18-20, 2022. Co-chaired by Patrick Eggen, General Partner & Founder, Counterpart Ventures; Neff Hudson, Vice President of Corporate Development, USAA; and Kevin Jacques, Partner, Cota Capital, the summit offered insights and strategies from leading corporate venture investors and provided ample opportunities to network with fellow investors.

See details from this year’s Corporate Venture Investor Summit:

Program Topics Included:

How Corporates Should be Thinking about Cyber and Data Security

• Carmelo Gordian, Partner, Shearman & Sterling
• Greg Martin, Co-Founder & CEO, Ghost
• Thomas Pace, Co-Founder & CEO, NetRise
• Stephen Shoaff, CEO & Co-Founder, 443ID

“Uncomfortable Conversations” about Diversity in CVC: Talk is cheap, how do we make real changes?

• Amelia Gandara, Principal, Strategic Partnerships, Nationwide Ventures
• Tanvi Narain, Senior Associate, Counterpart Ventures
• Phoebe Wang, Head of Deeptech Investments, Shell Ventures

A Data Scientist’s Guide to Digital Transformation: A conversation with Robert Welborn, Head of Decision Science, Meta

• Neff Hudson, Vice President of Corporate Development, USAA
• Robert Welborn, Head of Decision Science, Meta

State of CVC Report

• Patrick Eggen, Founding General Partner, Counterpart Ventures

FinTech: No slowdown in the face of valuation challenges

• Cassandra Cuellar, Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP
• Jon Zanoff, Founder & General Partner, Stella Ventures; Founder, Empire Startups

Valuation – what to expect in 2022

• Pete Michelsen, Partner, Qatalyst Partners

See highlights from the 1st Annual Corporate Venture Investor Summit.