

CVC Week: Platform and Portfolio Development Summit presented by Counterpart Ventures
We are at capacity and waitlist only, with preference given to corporate platform and portfolio development professionals.
Event Overview
Join us for our second annual CVC Platform and Portfolio Development Summit, the essential gathering for CVC builders focused on driving value beyond the check. Scheduled the day after Counter VII, the premier annual conference for CVCs, this summit is designed to bring together the industry’s leading platform and portfolio development practitioners for a deep dive into the strategies, models, and real-world case studies that define success in post-investment value creation.
Last year's event brought more than 100 builders to Adobe HQ for the inaugural platform day during CVC Week. Check out the insights.
Key Times to be aware of:
10:00 AM — Arrival
10:45 AM — Opening Announcements
11:00 AM — Morning Main Stage Sessions
12:30 PM — Lunch
1:20 PM — Lightning Talks
2:00 PM — Breakouts
2:30 PM — Happy Hour
4:00 PM — Close
Speakers and Flow:
Welcome remarks:
Abbie Wolf, Director of Platform, Counterpart Ventures
Justin Wang, Director, M&A and Ventures, Adobe
Main Stage Sessions (Morning)
11:00am-11:30am - Adobe Ventures: Strengthening Strategic Partnerships
Justin Wang, Director, M&A and Ventures, Adobe
Terry Mullin, Manager, M&A and Ventures, Adobe11:30am-12:00pm - The SE Ventures Brand Arc
Kara Alter, Head of Marketing and Community, SE Ventures
Mitch Causey, CMO, Visible.vc12:00pm-12:30pm - Democratizing Physical AI: A case study of Terragrit, Canva of simulations
Mubina Dunn, SVP, Strategy & Growth, Terragrit
Jelena Joffe Weil, Worldwide Venture Innovation Lead, AWS
12:30pm-1:15pm Lunch
1:20pm-1:50pm Lightning Talks
Short Presentations and Personal Remarks from the Breakout Speakers on their Topic
2:00pm-2:30pm Breakout Sessions (Afternoon)
Building Your Internal Brand: Why Visibility Drives Value
with Teodora Peiffer, Head of Platform at Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures
From Investment to Impact: integrating early-stage AI portfolio companies
with Chris Dallmar, Portfolio Development Lead, Collaboration, AI, and Sustainability
and Neetta Shetty, Global Head, Portfolio Development
Elevating Platform: What It Takes to Get a Seat at the Table
with Daniel Yoo, Marketing Partner at Woven Capital (Toyota)
Betting on Yourself: A Career Conversation
with Shuchi Rana, Senior Vice President Strategic Business Development, Immuta
and Hannah Steinhardt, Head, Adobe for Startups
2:30pm-4:00pm - Happy Hour
Who Should Attend
CVC platform and portfolio development professionals
Investors at corporates interested in platform strategy and value creation
Anyone responsible for post-investment support, internal alignment, or ecosystem engagement
What is Counter Club’s CVC Week?
Counterpart Ventures is a San Francisco-based VC fund investing in Seed & Series A B2B SaaS startups. Counter is Counterpart Ventures’ annual event that has morphed into the premier gathering of corporate venture capitalists and a full week of events.
The inaugural CVC Week brought 1,000+ corporates, founders and investors across 20+ events. The main day of the conference, Counter VII, will be on Wednesday, September 30th. Corporate VCs can request to join the gated community at counterclub.vc for more resources.
Many thanks to our friends at Adobe Ventures for hosting at their SF HQ!
Our Partners
Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world.
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