Global Ventures Summit

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. 🇺🇸 👉 gvsummit.co/tickets-lux #Fintech #Startups #GVSLuxembourg

See you in Luxembourg 🇱🇺😎✈️ Last Passes on: gvsummit.co/tickets-lux #gvs #SiliconValley #funding #globalventuressummit #billyzane #startup #lhoft @The_LHoFT @lpea_lux

"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 gvsummit.co/mexicotickets

“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

“Mexico is one of the economies with the higher e-commerce growth in LATAM, it grew 50% in the last year.” @OpenpayMx @bbva #bbva #GVS

“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: 👉 gvsummit.co/tickets-lux

Are you at #Money2020EU? 🤔 Pick up your copy of @thefintechtimes paper for a fascinating interview on #Fintech, #Banking and #Luxembourg with #LHoFT CEO @naszub - next to a great advert for @gvsum 2019! Not there? You can also view it online here: 📥 thefintechtimes.com/tft-28/