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Cristina Ventura

Investor

General Partner at White Star Capital

Singapore

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Cristina Ventura is General Partner and Chief Catalyst Officer at White Star Capital. Before joining the firm, she worked for over twenty years across the luxury, consumer, and tech industries at companies including LVMH, Gucci, Prada, Apple HK & China, and Lane Crawford Joyce Group, focusing on strategic planning, international expansion, and global growth. For the past decade she has invested in and advised startups and scale-ups through VenturaXVentures, with a focus on consumer tech, sustainability, blockchain, and education.

Invests in

Climate TechConsumerCrypto & Web3EdTech

Experience

  1. White Star CapitalGeneral Partner & Chief Catalyst Officercurrent2022 — presentSingapore
  2. White Star CapitalChief Catalyst Officer & Venture Partnercurrent2021 — presentSingapore
  3. VenturaXVenturesFoundercurrent2015 — presentSingapore
  4. The Lane Crawford Joyce GroupChief Catalyst Officer2013 — 2020Hong Kong
  5. AppleMarket Leader Asia Pacific2011 — 2013Hong Kong
  6. Prada GroupRegional Retail Director Asia Pacific2009 — 2011
  7. GucciOperations Director Europe & Middle East2007 — 2009
  8. LVMH Fashion GroupRetail & Wholesale Manager Europe & Asia2000 — 2007

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolGMP, General Management2009
  2. Kauffman FellowsInvestment2020 — 2022
  3. IESE Business SchoolGlobal Executive MBA, Business Administration and Management2019 — 2020
  4. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessStanford Executive Program, Business2011
  5. INSEAD2003 — 2004
  6. Harvard Business SchoolVenture Capital & Private Equity
  7. Harvard Business SchoolLeadership & Innovation
  8. YPO LATAM
  9. MIT Sloan School of ManagementAMP - Advanced Management Program, Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry2024

Skills & more

Brand Management21Budgets14Business Strategy31CRM75China Business Development7Customer Service13ERP6Fashion60Finance12Logistics7Luxury Goods32Market Research25
+12 moreMarketingMarketing CommunicationsMarketing StrategyMerchandisingNew Business DevelopmentNew Store OpeningsPricingReal EstateEnthusiastLeadershipManagementTeam Leadership

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