Endeavor

17 PAUL SZUREK Insight Venture Partners United States CHRISTIAN STEWART Accel-KKR United States WILLIAM STERNLICHT Social Capital United States MARIANA TALADRID Liil Ventures Mexico Paul Szurek invests in high-growth application software and FinTech businesses at Insight Venture Partners. Paul rejoined Insight in 2016 after spending the previous two years as Head of Strategy & Partnerships at Blockchain, the world's leading digital currency software platform for consumers and small businesses. At Blockchain, Paul led the company's market intelligence, product expansion, and growth strategy efforts – closing deals with both technology and sales partners to broaden the impact of Blockchain's software platform across the distributed ledger ecosystem. Christian Stewart is an Associate at Accel-KKR. Before joining Accel-KKR, Christian worked as an Investment Banking Analyst in Raymond James Technology and Services Group. While at Raymond James, Christian focused on mergers & acquisitions and capital raising transactions in sectors including enterprise software, hardware, semiconductors and tech-enabled services. Christian holds a B.S. in Accounting from Brigham Young University. William currently works as the product manager and analyst for Social Capital's Global Investing Initiative, Capital-as-a-Service. Previously, he held roles in data science at the diabetes management company, Glooko, and in marketing at the job marketplace WayUp and health insurance unicorn Oscar Health. He's also made several personal angel investments in fintech, consumer AI, and digital media. Mariana Taladrid is an Investment Principal with Liil Ventures, the first CVC in LatAm investing in smart cities and smart mobility. Prior to joining Liil Ventures, she was Director of Corporate Affairs at Endeavor Mexico and Global CSR and Relations Manager at Cinépolis. Mariana graduated from the Instituto Teconológico Autónomo de México and received her Master's from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

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