Saul Menjivar-Peña, CBA ’18, Corporate Partnerships Manager, Plug and Play
Saul Menjivar-Peña serves as a Corporate Partnerships & Partner Success Manager for the New Materials & Packaging and Sustainability Team at Plug and Play Tech Center. Since January 2020, Saul has been a dedicated member of the Plug and Play team.
Plug and Play, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, is a prominent Venture Capital Firm. The company has three pillars, a Corporate Innovation Platform, Startup Accelerator Programs, and investments in startups through its VC arm. The organization's primary mission is to facilitate corporate innovation by introducing corporations to the most promising startups in its ecosystem, with the aim of fostering investment, forming commercial agreements, conducting pilots, proof of concepts, and more. Notable success stories and investments from Plug and Play include PayPal, SoundHound, Danger, Manscaped, and numerous others. With 600 global corporate partners across 22 Industry Innovation Programs, some key collaborators include PepsiCo, LaCoste, CRH, Owens Corning, INX International, Tosoh, Costco, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, and many more.
Saul's daily responsibilities revolve around engaging with C-level executives from Fortune 500 and 1000 companies, gaining insights into their approaches to working with startups, and guiding them toward partnership with Plug and Play. He actively supports Corporate Partners in executing their innovation, strategic, and sustainability initiatives. On the Partner Success side, Saul collaborates with teams in Innovation, Sustainability, Corporate Development, Corporate Venture Capital, Investment/Ventures, and Strategy, aiding them in identifying startups for strategic collaboration.