World-changing ideas can only become reality when founders find investors who believe in them. In this panel discussion, Deep Nishar, Senior Managing Partner at the Softbank Vision Fund, and Yaron Valler of Target Global discuss with Technonomy’s David Kirkpatrick how investors can make a difference in fostering the best and the brightest.
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Investment Strategies for World-Changing Tech
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Yaron Valler
Target Global
Yaron Valler is a General Partner at Target Global in Berlin. Previously he managed Hasso Plattner Ventures. Yaron holds an MBA from INSEAD in France and a B.Sc. in Information Systems Engineering from Ben-Gurion University in Israel.
Deep Nishar
SoftBank Vision Fund
Deep Nishar is a Senior Managing Partner at the SoftBank Vision Fund. Some of his investments include Slack, 10X Genomics, Guardant Health, Improbable.io, Mapbox and Zymergen. He has more than 20 years of experience helping to build and grow successful software and Internet businesses.
David Kirkpatrick
Techonomy Media
A journalist and media entrepreneur, David Kirkpatrick founded Techonomy Media, which he led for 12 years. He is now focusing on climate tech, climate action, and the crisis of global heating. Kirkpatrick’s bestselling book The Facebook Effect has been published in 32 languages.
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