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Carlos Kokron is vice-president, managing director and head of Americas investments for Qualcomm Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of Qualcomm, the developer of semiconductors and…
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Carlos Kokron: Qualcomm Ventures
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- 0:00Introduction
- 1:33What's your background and how did you get in to CVC?
- 7:14You have about 150 active portfolio companies, is that correct?
- 9:21You typically invest from evergreen structures?
- 10:59You seem stage agnostic when it comes to investments, do you have a strategy for your investment spread?
- 13:33How do you factor in the R&D costs and burnrate of high technology comapnies?
- 23:18Tell us about your $100m SnapDragon Metaverse fund
- 24:46With your Metaverse investments how many are to support the ecosystem vs expecting financial return?
- 26:40As a CVC where to you sit on the balance of strategic vs financial?
- 30:44How do you see your exits when you make investments?
- 33:08How do you see a potential recession or downturn having an effect on fundraising and capital deployment?
- 36:26What is your outlook on the Latin American market?
- 42:04Do you see countries other than Brazil sparking VC potential?
- 42:56What do you think corporates can do to better support their VCs?
- 46:38What have you got coming up that you are really excited for?