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Now launching The Collective // Energy + Utilities: An executive brain trust and year-long immersive membership program. Learn more>

Meet Our Venture Partners

Meet Our Venture Partners: Yuki Shirato

We’re pleased to welcome our newest Venture Partner, Yuki Shirato, Managing Director of Techstars Japan. A seasoned investor, serial entrepreneur, and attorney with more than 25 years of experience across global markets, Yuki has backed over 50 startups as an angel investor and founded Yakumi, an international angel network connecting

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Meet Our Venture Partners: Nicolás Melero

We’re pleased to welcome our newest Venture Partner, Nicolás Melero, former Head of Digital Partnerships and Innovation at Falabella. Today, Nicolás works with corporate leaders and investors to design build–partner strategies, connect with startups, and scale innovation with measurable impact, while simultaneously pursuing his MBA at the MIT Sloan School

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Meet Our Venture Partners: Elaine Barsoom

We are excited to welcome Elaine Barsoom, former Global Head of AI & Tech Innovation Partnerships at Nike, who recently joined as our newest Venture Partner. Spanning over 20 years of her career, Elaine has been operating at the forefront of the AI revolution, moving fluidly from enterprise strategy to

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Meet Our Venture Partners: Alok K. Agrawal

We recently sat down with Alok K. Agrawal, former Chief Strategy Officer at Celestica and Managing Director at Agrawal Capital, one of our Venture Partners at Silicon Foundry. With a career spanning strategy and finance across global markets, Alok brings a pragmatic perspective on how large enterprises scale and innovate

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