Claudia Fan Munce is a recognized leader in innovation ecosystems across the globe. As the head of the IBM Ventures capital group, she served on the board of the National Venture Capital Association, the advisory board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the board of the Latin American Venture Capital Association, the board of the Women in Leadership in Private Equity in China, and many others global investment organizations, including serving as the founding chair of the Global Corporate Venturing that represents over 1600 global corporations that invest in venture portfolios. Munce is frequently cited as a pioneer and a leader in the corporate venture community and contributed to many articles and books. Worth Magazine named her one of the 20 most powerful players in Silicon Valley and Inc. magazine named her one of the most important venture investors to know.

After her retirement from IBM in 2016, she joined New Enterprise Associates, one of the largest and most active venture capital firms on Sand Hill Road with over $30 billion under management, as a venture advisor across its technology portfolio companies. She is an independent board member of the BMO Financial Corp., the Best Buy Corp., and the Arteris Semiconductor Co. Munce is also a certified cybersecurity oversight director and an appointed faculty at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business where she teaches entrepreneurship and venture capital.

Munce is Chinese and grew up in Brazil. She holds a master of science in computer science engineering from Santa Clara University and a master of science in management from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.