Aakriti works at Neotribe Ventures $356M under management founded by former NEA GP in the capacity of business development for portfolio companies such as Vendia and marketing. She has also collaborated with General Catalyst Managing Director/former CTO of Dropbox for fostering partnerships. She started career at the Wall Street firm D.E.Shaw and Co. in 2013 and launched Red Hat Venture Incubator with Head of AI/ML of Red Hat. She has driven over $200M in value through customer and partner connections. Over the course of her journey, she has advised founders of startups such as Vendia, Vectice, H2O.ai a startup funded byGoldman Sachs, Pathmind - former Skymind, CyCognito a startup funded by Lightspeed and others. In 2019, she founded Microsoft for Startups: AI Amalgamators to connect startups to corporates and in 2020, she launched “Investing in Startups and Identifying the Rocketship Summit” with the Forbes VC Midas List Editor, Google and SVB featuring VC firms such as General Catalyst, Greylock, NEA and others. She is the founding AI team member at IBM and NetApp and worked there for 6 years forging partnerships with startups. She is on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List and VentureBeat Women in AI Awards Finalist for 2020. She is also an advocate for women, contributed articles to Forbes, VentureBeat and is also the co-founder of Cognitive World on Forbes: an AI Think Tank on Forbes. She holds a MS in Computer Science with a specialization in AI and BS in Info Sc from RVCE in addition to an executive management course in operations strategy at Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University.

Currently @ 500 Startups managing government and corporate partners who need support navigating the domestic and global startup ecosystem. Contact me if youre a: ✔ Founder with questions about 500 Startups and our programming ✔ Corporate interested in gaining strategic access/exposure to our portfolio of 2500+ companies ✔ Government looking to boost economic development through innovation

I am most known for my unrelenting hustle, wide-but-in-many-places-deep subject-matter expertise, “oh-go-talk-to-Aaron-he-can-fix-it” reputation, compassionate mentorship, round-the-clock availability to founders, warmheartedness, can-do attitude, infectious laugh, prankster leanings, and a “ride or die” love for all things 500. Two things best describe 80% of what I do: VENTURE PARTNER Oversee recruitment for 500’s top 3 in the world SF accelerator program Screen 1,000s of investment applications Approve/deny investments based on expertise in specific sectors social impact, MarTech, AdTech, lead generation, business models B2B, peer-to-peer, marketplace, growth stacks SEO, SEM, ASO, Craigslist, Google AdWords, Facebook Ads, growth hacks, conversion rate optimization, UX/UI and technology stacks PostgreSQL, node.js, React, Python, MVC frameworks, LAMP Provide entrepreneur-in-residence EIR support Pitch coach, placing at least 1 company per batch in TechCrunch’s top 3 pitches since Batch 20 2016 Functional role: know-it-all + camp counselor for startups and staff HEAD OF PLATFORM Design, deploy, and maintain global data infrastructure, including CRM HubSpot, community UNION+Slack, fund management AltaReturn, Carta, Ironclad, CapLinked and internally-developed investment data collection/evaluation technologies Co-chair of “the data project”, wherein macro data points startup round / raise results, founder demographics, startup characteristics, etc and micro data points founder behavior data, and … other stuff I can’t talk about are collected, analyzed, and used to score current investments for follow-on opportunities and algorithmically evaluate potential investments for future success Manage staff of 5 who maintain community success for over 10,000+ founders / founding team members across 2,300+ global investments Functional roles: systems administrator, systems architect, head of platform, developer, chief technology officer CTO

Aaron oversees public affairs for Radical Ventures, developing and supporting strategic communications efforts for Radicals portfolio companies. Prior to joining Radical, Aaron was at Google for over eight years, where he served as its head of public affairs in Canada. In his time at Google, Aaron helped shape the companys narrative north of the border, frequently serving as media spokesperson and, on occasion, representing Google before standing committees in the House of Commons. At Google, Aaron also managed public affairs for Google AI in Canada, supporting AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton and working to amplify his teams groundbreaking research. Prior to joining Google, Aaron straddled the worlds of technology and journalism. He served as the Director of Marketing at Vancouver-based Incognito Software, before joining the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC News as one of the founding producers of the national current affairs program The Current where he served as Documentary Producer and Assignment Editor. Aaron earned a number of national and international distinctions for his journalism work, including the 2011 Amnesty International Media Award. He sits on the board of the Canadian Journalism Foundation. Aaron’s side-hustle is TV writing - he has developed dramatic series for CBC and CTV, and was a writer for the CTV/CBS series Flashpoint. Aaron holds a BAHons from McGill University.

Abdel Reid is a Managing Director at Fifth Wall focused on leading key partnerships and strategic engagements with portfolio companies. Previously, Abdel was the Vice President of Operations for the Taymax Group, one of the largest and fastest growing Planet Fitness franchisees. Under his leadership, the group expanded its organic footprint to over 52 locations across the US and Canada, culminating in a successful sale to a New York based private equity firm. Prior to Taymax, Abdel served as a Director at the MDB Family, a wholesale manufacturer and distributor of children’s furnishings. While there, Abdel led several initiatives focused on driving operational efficiencies, extracting supply-chain cost savings, and expanding each brand’s distribution network. Abdel started his career at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking Division. He next worked as an investor at 3i, a UK-based private equity firm, where he focused on the FinTech industry. Abdel is originally from New York City and graduated from Harvard University where he received his BA in Economics.

Abha started her career at the Disney Accelerator, where she helped identify and source new investment opportunities for the Walt Disney Company’s core businesses. She joined the team as the Disney Accelerator was starting to scale up operations and invest in later-stage companies, including Epic Games, Kahoot!, Brit+Co, and Hoodline. In late 2017, Abha joined the team at Ring. She worked closely with the marketing team to help develop the company’s digital marketing strategy, while also working with the Product team to define GTM strategy for Neighbors, Ring’s consumer-facing social app. Abha was at the company during its acquisition by Amazon in early 2018. Abha received her B.S. in Industrial Systems Engineering from the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California.

Abby has a ten year track record of implementing strategies to improve operational performance of companies across four continents. From Morgan Stanley Investment Management and the Boston Consulting Group to early stage startups, she employs best-practices for operational efficiency. She is a big fan of soft-serve ice cream, mountains, mystery novels, and hanging with her family.

Adam Alfi is a Portfolio Operations partner at ICONIQ Capital. As an Operations leader at ICONIQs growth-stage technology investing group, Adam has responsibility for partnering with the CEOs of ICONIQs 70+ category-leading portfolio companies on their strategic growth objectives. He also serves as an advisor to many of ICONIQs family office clients and limited partners around the world, with a focus on technology and business transformation.

Adam Carson works on the Point72 Ventures FinTech team leading the west coast office, based out of San Francisco. For the past 7 years, Adam worked at JPMorgan Chase as the Head of Digital / FinTech Strategy, Innovation and Partnerships with a focus on advising Chases lines of business Consumer Banking, Business Banking, Merchant Services, Card Services, Auto Lending and Home lending and functions Digital, Marketing, Operations, Risk and Technology through their digital transformation. Prior to JPMC, Adam worked at eBay, Bain and Company focused on ecommerce. He started his career with Morgan Stanley in New York moving from investment banking to various roles in firm management and finally into an internet strategy and partnership role. Adam attended Duke University where he majored in mechanical engineering and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth for his MBA. He has worked in New York, San Francisco and London and has spent time in Hong Kong as well. Born and raised outside of Philadelphia, Adam migrated to the west coast after business school and currently lives in Berkeley, CA.

Prior to joining M12, Adam was a Product Manager within Microsoft’s Azure Engineering group where he worked on strategy, international expansion, business development. Before coming to Microsoft, he was a 6th-grade math teacher and launched a successful learning app for kids called Math Evolve. Adam has a passion for product design, cloud technology, music, and sports. He holds an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University.

Experienced brand leader, general manager and communications expert in the consumer product and retail industries. Now working in venture capital, helping early-stage founders make better and faster decisions and actions that positively impact their success and the success of their businesses.

Spent the last 10 years in a big 4 firm driving digital transformation for clients. Background in FS and looking to make a mark in the VC space even though Im a late starter!

Hey there, Im Ainsleigh! After 5+ years in the startup / tech ecosystem, Ive moved into the VC world to join Georgian Partners as the new Platform Manager, Community. Im beyond excited to work with the team to grow and scale the Georgian Growth Network. Reach out to chat all things product and community! Previously, I was the Manager of Recruitment and Community at NEXT Canada, where I helped attract and empower the next generation of high-impact entrepreneurs. I was also the Product Lead for Canada.ai, a national digital platform built by NEXT in partnership with seven leading AI institutions that connects and amplifies Canada’s AI / ML community. I love giving back to the community, and have been an active volunteer in the Canadian startup ecosystem as both the Toronto Lead of Startup Open House acquired by Elevate for the last 5 years, and a Founding Director of Community Builders. With a background studying Media, Information and Technoculture MIT at Western University, Im super passionate about using human-centred design principles and critical thinking to make technology work for society. This Fall, I will be pursuing a Masters of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation at OCAD University. In my spare time, you’ll likely find me dragonboating, rock climbing, or grappling with the art and science of urban gardening.

With a background of Business Logistics, started my career in the shipping industry and moving to a strategic role of designing the Supply Chain networks of various companies. Through this experience, I have joined Riverbridge to use my experience in the Start Up Eco-System

Passionate supporter of Startup Ecosystems, particularly helping large enterprises and governments to drive innovation by effectively engaging with startups.

Alberto Padilla-Rivera joined Insight Partners as a Director in 2019. Insight Partners is a global Venture Capital and Private Equity firm investing in high-growth technology and ScaleUp software companies, based out of New York City. Alberto leads Insight IGNITEs Corporate Partnerships program helping C-level executives navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape by understanding their digital ambitions and curating bespoke introductions to innovative solutions, seasoned entrepreneurs, and disruptive insights. He works in close collaboration with Insight Partners investment team and portfolio companies. Prior to Insight, Alberto spent six years at Bain and Company and Monitor Deloitte advising companies on business and customer strategy, operating model design, digital and agile transformation and performance improvement. He also spent significant time at Bain’s Private Equity practice, focused on commercial due-diligence and growth strategy. Albertos main industry experience is in Energy Oil and Gas and Renewables, Financial Services Retail and Business Banking and TMT Telecom and Tech. Alberto graduated with honours from the University of Alberta, with a BCom in International Business and Finance, and received an MBA from London Business School in 2017. In his free time, he serves as a Board member for two non-for-profits focused on diversity and inclusion in business and entrepreneurship and volunteers at an incubator advising early-stage startups.

Aleks is a Communication and Events Manager at General Catalyst, a venture capital firm that partners with founders from seed through growth stages to build companies that withstand the test of time. Aleks joined the GC team in 2014. Prior to that, she worked as a Media Planner at Mindshare and as a Production Assistant at ABC News. She holds a double MA from The New School in Media Studies and Sociology.

Alex is the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at QED. Before joining in 2018, he was the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of fintech startup Blackbird Logical Applications. He clerked for Judge Joel M. Flaum of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and worked in private practice, where he was named a “Rising Star” in the 2014-17 Washington, D.C., editions of Super Lawyers Magazine. He received a B.A. with High Distinction in Economics and Political Science from the University of Michigan and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was a member of the Michigan Law Review.

Alex has spent the majority of her career supporting early-stage entrepreneurs. Her efforts have focused primarily on building scalable strategies through community-driven initiatives, including facilitating online discussion forums, managing online and offline education sessions with industry experts, and capturing and sharing best practices to solve common pain points. By leveraging the collective knowledge and experience of the larger ecosystem, she’s been able to help unlock founders’ potential and accelerate growth at every stage of the startup’s lifecycle.

Alex Marshall works on Special Projects at First Round Capital. She’s used to heavy responsibilities; as an Olympic weightlifter, she knows a thing or two about big lifts. A co-founder of Health IQ — a special rate insurer for health-conscious people that’s raised over $80M — Marshall has been ranked top 30 female founders in the US in the Quartz and Pitchbook Founders Index, and is ranked the 4th Latina in the US for the most money raised in venture capital. Before diving into the world of investing and VC, she built a career at Goldman Sachs in the securities division. Outside the office, she dedicates herself to health-focused education reform and immigration cases.

Alex Otero joined Updata Partners in 2016 as an Associate. Prior to joining Updata Partners, Alex was an Associate at AGC Partners, a technology focused investment banking firm. He has advised on transactions that range from sell-side MandA mandates to capital raising financings across Software, Cybersecurity, and Tech-Enabled Services sectors. Alex graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Political Science, and was also a member of the men’s lacrosse team.

Alex Tarhini is an Operating Partner at Point72 Ventures. He focuses on investments and portfolio company growth in financial services technology companies globally. In this capacity, he regularly engages with financial services leaders aiming to drive industry innovation. Before Point72 Ventures, Alex launched and managed the Barclays Accelerator with Techstars in New York City. Alex was responsible for working with bank executives on solving industry wide technology issues through the sourcing and support of over 20 early stage companies. Alex is passionate about impact oriented initiatives, experiencing new cultures and surfing. Growing up in Miami, Florida Alex earned his BBA at Florida International University.

Alex Wolf joined AF Ventures in 2015. Previously, Alex worked in non-profit resource development and marketing for the Food Bank of Alaska, Boys and Girls Club, and Non-GMO Project. Additionally he has worked and volunteered with numerous New York City food focused community organizations. Alex holds a Masters in Food Studies with a concentration in sustainable food systems from New York University and a B.S. in Environmental Studies from Parsons School of Design at The New School.

I have been in VC Marketing and Comms for 6+ years working to elevate the brands of venture firms and their portfolio companies. I currently lead content and brand marketing initiatives globally for Salesforce Ventures, the strategic venture arm of Salesforce which has 250+ active portfolio companies. I spend my time marketing for multiple brands including the firm, the individuals, and our portfolio companies through marketing, content, and comms initiatives. Previously, I was at Lightspeed Venture Partners as a founding member of the platform team focusing on marketing, community, and talent/people ops.

Since finishing his two undergraduate degrees from Queen’s University in 2015, he has worked in investment banking at the Bank of Montreal, helped Amazon-backed ecobee raise their $127 million Series C, completed a Fellowship at the MaRS Discovery District, and is currently a Principal at Fulcrum Technology Holdings, an emerging technologies-focused merchant bank. At Fulcrum, he specializes in mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, business strategy, particularly for AI- and IoT-enabled investee companies. He is now back at Queen’s pursuing a Master of Management in Artificial Intelligence, the first degree of its kind in the world, sponsored by the Vector Institute, and an Investment Associate at Front Row Ventures, investing exclusively in student-run startups.

CEO for 12 years of a strategy consulting agency, 80% of whose clients were start-ups or technological players

I focus on deal sourcing, due diligence, and portfolio support for early stage impact companies, especially in better-for-you food and beverage. My additional experiences have been working to advance impact investing globally through education and organization of a network of investors at Impact Capitalism Summits and Five Fund Forums. My personal journey in impact started with Kopali Chocolate, where we aspire to positively change the lives of farmers and improve our cacaos natural environment. By building local partnerships and manufacturing at origin, we can pay our farmers above market value. Subsequently, farmers can use their increased earnings to invest back in their land and communities. Through the development of two new supply chains in Ecuador and Dominican Republic we were able to launch our products in locations such as Target and TJ Maxx. My personal belief is that businesses can do well by doing good. I am passionate about my journey to support positive impact companies and social enterprises through investments. Impact investing isn’t just a different way of investing, but a superior way of deploying capital. My commitment remains with challenging the status quo as well as raising the expectation of capital.

Began in finance, detoured to high growth technology companies and now working with an incredible investment team. I am commercial, creative and passionate about developing talent.

Im a Marketing and Product Marketing lead with 5 years experience in B2B SaaS. I was the first marketer at a Toronto-based startup called Unata, which was acquired by Instacart in 2018. Im now heading up marketing for Acceleprise, a B2B SaaS accelerator and fund. Prior to the tech industry I spent 10 years in Advertising in Client Services.

Alfred Jackson is the Entrepreneur Support Manager at Arch Grants; a nonprofit economic development organization provides $50,000 grants to pre-seed to seed-stage companies across any industry vertical. Alfred manages outbound deal flow for the organization and works with their portfolio companies primarily on fundraising and business development. Prior to joining the Arch Grants team, Alfred was the Program Manager for Innovate Charlotte, where he helped build out the organizations MIT Venture Mentoring Service. He was also the relationship Manager at Queen City Fintech, pre-seed fintech accelerator in Charlotte, where he managed fundraising efforts, the accelerators mentor program, and relationships with pro bono legal and accounting providers. Alfred grew up in Rock Hill, South Carolina, graduated from Loyola Univesity New Orleans, and was a 2017 Venture for America Fellow.

Ali joined Foundation Capital in 2017. As the firm’s Marketing Manager she is responsible for building and supporting Foundation Capitals brand and communications. In collaboration with the rest of the Marketing team, she uses her written, creative, and project management skills to implement and enhance marketing programs, content, and experiences for Foundation Capital and its portfolio companies. Prior to her time at Foundation Capital, Ali spent over five years working in private client brokerage overseeing the Bay Area market. During this time, she aided in the recruitment and onboarding of 20 new financial advisors with a cumulative AUM of $3.1B, curated and executed marketing strategies for all newly hired advisors, and worked closely with management staff to establish best practices and meet sales goals.

I thrive in creating the right conditions for other people to meet in ways that inspire them and empowers them to make their dreams come true - a spider in the web so to speak.

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Alison joined March Capital Partners in October 2019 as Director, Platform and Marketing. Prior, she worked at Cisco Systems as Senior Executive Communications Manager for two CEOs, John Chambers and Chuck Robbins, and the EVP of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations. In these roles, she partnered with some of the worlds most senior leaders and their teams in both the private and public sectors. Alison received her MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and her BA in Science, Technology and Society from Stanford University. She currently serves on the Young Alumni Philanthropy Council for Stanford. She also volunteers every summer at the Vail Dance Festival to promote the collaboration of top artists and foster educational outreach in the community. In her free time, she enjoys the mindfulness of her yoga practice in CA and skiing in the mountains of CO.

Allie Cefalo joined Kleiner Perkins in 2019, where she focuses on communications for the firm and its portfolio. Prior to Kleiner Perkins, Allie was vice president at Teneo where she implemented executive communications strategies for some of the world’s largest technology companies. Allie has previously led communications at several startups, including Puppet, Campaign Monitor and Appirio. Prior to that, Allie managed partnership and customer public relations for Salesforce. Outside of work, you can find her running and cheering on the Giants and University of Oregon ducks.

Allie Felix is the Director of Platform at Embarc Collective in Tampa Bay, FL. Previously, Allie led community at Work-Bench, an enterprise technology venture fund, and business development at 37 Angels, a womens angel investing network in NYC. Prior to that, Allie managed marketing and partnerships for Tim Draper’s pre-accelerator program, Draper University. Allie currently serves on the board of Emerging Technology Leaders Tampa Bay and is a graduate of Smith College.

Prior to joining Crosslink, Allie was a Marketing, Operations and IR Associate at Wind Point Partners, a private equity investment firm in Chicago. In her personal life, she volunteers with the Special Olympics and helps run events and fundraising for the Best Buddies Bay Area Friendship Walk, a nationally run fundraiser for the Best Buddies International. Allie received a BS in Rehabilitation Psychology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Allie is Head of Marketing and Platform at Sierra Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing globally with a focus on Next Generation Enterprise and Emerging Technologies. Prior to joining Sierra, she was a Business and Marketing Strategist and Consultant, working with early-stage startups, agencies, venture firms, nonprofits, and political campaigns. She also has experience forming and running a nonprofit, working as VP of Marketing in the Cryptocurrency space, working in the Entertainment Industry, and managing Fortune 500 business accounts in the gaming and entertainment space at a marketing agency. Allie has a BA in Communication Studies from UCLA and is also a certified Yoga and Meditation teacher.

Been part of the team at Octopus Ventures for 10 years, working on a mix of origination, portfolio management and fundraising.

Allison leads events and market development on behalf of Greycroft. She spearheads and produces over fifty events per year to include Greycroft’s annual summit, networking events, educational symposiums, portfolio specific events, among others. In addition, Allison also manages community efforts for the firm with respect to Greycroft’s brand and social responsibility. Prior to joining Greycroft, Allison worked in entertainment where she coordinated events and conferences as well as managed client relations and offices on behalf of notable producers and agents.

Ally is currently a part of the E*TRADE Innovation Lab where she leads ecosystem and technology partnerships. Ally joined E*TRADE after a couple of years at x.ai, an NYC based AI startup, as their first BD and sales hire. Prior to x.ai, Ally was in various roles within the IBM Watson group. She first worked in enterprise sales representing the cross industry portfolio of Watson solutions and later in BD working with startups that were building off of the Watson APIs through a partnership program. She is incredibly passionate about women in tech initiatives and the NYC tech ecosystem. Ally has a bachelors degree from the University of Notre Dame and in her spare time loves to box.

Allison Williams is Director of NVP Labs, a bridge-to-seed accelerator program at Newark Venture Partners. NVP Labs invests in early-traction B2B businesses that have strategic alignment with NVPs corporate LPs Audible/Amazon, Prudential, Dun and Bradstreet, Panasonic, RWJBarnabas and others. Before moving to venture, Allison became a seasoned leader with CEO and COO experience and a proven track record of driving expansive growth in startup technology companies. As founder and CEO at Yarly, in two and a half years, Allison assembled a talented technical team, built a cross platform mobile application, established a nationwide distributed salesforce and achieved profitability. In mid-2015, Yarly was acquired by YesVideo, a top competitor which powers over 30,000 retail locations, and Allison was retained as an advisor. Since then, Allison has been COO of a multi-national influencer brokerage software company top clients include LOreal and Heineken as well as Head of Strategy for a leader in the live streaming video space top clients include Univision and Monumental Sports. Allison is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and Columbia Business School. Allison advises startups on a variety of areas from strategic planning to product/market fit to fundraising. If interested in connecting, please connect over LinkedIn or Twitter, @allisonstrousew.

Amanda is Senior Associate with Founder Equity, which invests in early stage start-up companies across fintech, healthIT, SaaS, and marketplaces. Amanda plays a hybrid role with the fund. She works closely with the investment team on sourcing and diligencing new companies, as well as working directly with select portfolio companies on growth strategy and business development. She is also the fund liaison for companies in the Venture Studio and connects founders to operational and product development resources available to them through the firm. Prior to Founder Equity, Amanda worked in the healthcare industry working with both growth-stage start-ups and large health plans. Amanda is also an active mentor for Matter, a healthcare incubator for start-ups based out of Chicago.

Im Lerer Hippeaus Senior Talent Manager where Im running all things recruiting for our portfolio companies. I joined from Andreessen Horowitz, where I focused on recruiting talent for technical roles for startups in stealth through later stage companies. I also previously worked in talent operations at First Round Capital and Twilio. Im a graduate of the University of San Francisco, where I majored in communications.

Amanda leads talent for High Alpha Innovation, spending much of her time recruiting executive and founder talent for the new ventures and studios built alongside corporate partners. Amanda serves as an advisor to portfolio companies in organizational design, headcount planning, compensation design, executive search, and foundational HR needs.

Amanda Tarr is Innovacorp’s manager of programs and acceleration. In this role, Amanda leads the development and delivery of acceleration programs and venture services that help find, fund and foster start-ups in Nova Scotia. Prior to joining Innovacorp in 2012, Amanda held development roles at UNICEF Canada and the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation. Amanda holds a bachelor of arts in economics and international development from Saint Mary’s University and an MBA from Cape Breton University.

Amelia joins Nationwide’s ventures team having been an early member of two product-focused innovations teams within GE where she contributed to development efforts ranging from novel home appliances to industrial inspection technologies. She also managed an evergreen startup seed fund in Louisville, Kentucky. She is a former professional ballerina and actively supports dance and visual art in the region. Amelia earned her BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Louisville’s Speed School of Engineering.

Amira Ouji is the Director of Portfolio Engagement at Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and is responsible for assisting portfolio companies with scalable support solutions, educational opportunities, and strategic input. She joined the firm in 2020. Before joining Revolution, Amira led startup services for MetaProp, a New York-based venture capital firm focused on real estate technology. During her time at MetaProp, Amira developed the firm’s first ever support platform as the dedicated resource for all 100+ portfolio company CEOs and led the firm’s 7th Flagship Accelerator program. Prior to MetaProp, Amira was a Venture Capital Associate Fellow at Newark Venture Partners, and a founding team member leading the marketing efforts for HBCUvc, a non-profit that trains and prepares minorities for a career in venture capital and tech. Earlier in her career, Amira held positions at Accenture, Westwood One, and Initiative Media. Amira graduated from Howard University with a B.A. in Marketing.

Amy has extensive experience across industries and geographies based upon her time at Accenture, Deloitte and Slalom Consulting. At B Capital Group, Amy partners with portfolio company executive teams as an “HR / Organizational Thought-Partner” to drive organization design, talent development, change management and recruiting initiatives.

Ana leads Marketing and Communications in the U.S. where she enjoys working with founders and entrepreneurs at portfolio companies on their comms goals and challenges. Prior to Index, Ana was Head of Comms at Dropbox for nearly 4 years, during which time the company scaled from 400 to 2,000 people. While there, she built and managed the first global comms team, leading a wide range of activities from corporate events, to product launches, to managing crises and various policy issues. Previously, Ana managed communications at Jive Software and HP Software and held senior roles at Outcast and Hill and Knowlton. Ana holds a B.S. in Humanities in World Affairs and a Certificate in Latin Studies from Georgetown University.

Ana Paula González is Director of Global Ecosystem Development at 500 Startups, a Silicon Valley-based, early stage tech VC fund whose mission is to discover and back the world’s most talented entrepreneurs, help them create successful companies at scale, and build thriving global ecosystems. To date, 500 Startups has invested in over 2,200 companies in 70+ countries around the world. At 500 Startups, Ana leads the development and implementation of innovation and ecosystem development programs with partners around the world. Through the accelerator programs she leads, she also sources investment opportunities for the 500 Startups family of funds. Previously, Ana launched the 500 Startups Miami with the goal of supporting Miami to become a global hub for tech and innovation. Previous to 500 Startups, Ana spent 4 years at New Ventures, developing the impact investing field in Latin America, by leading investment and acceleration programs for for-profit social and environmental companies throughout the region. Ana started her career at The Boston Consulting Group, where she worked with clients in Private Equity, financial services and non-profit sectors. Ana holds an MBA from Columbia Business School with honors and a Bachelor in International Business from Tec de Monterrey with honors.

Anant is currently Chief of Staff at Soma Capital, an early stage fund out of San Francisco. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Science and previously spent time in engineering roles at a number of startups like Duo Security, DoNotPay and Spacemaker.ai. In his current role, he is focused on building out the firms investor network as well as providing more resources and visibility for the portfolio.

Anastasiya co-founded Fabric Ventures - a VC firm that is adapting the early, technical, and patient approach of venture capital to investing in Web 3.0. As Head of Venture Platform, she is responsible for accelerating serendipity in their network: driving the Fabric brand across Europe and globally through events; helping portfolio teams get to the next stage through the right introductions; building a global talent network tailored for Web 3.0 Human Fabric; and ‘baking’ early stage ideas and projects at Fabric Studios. Helping extraodirnary founders build things is what shes always been in love with: Anastasiya jumped into VC straight from university, working at Firestartr and OpenOcean. She received a degree in Neuroscience and Psychology from St Andrews University.

Platform Manager at Inventure, Nordic seed and early stage VC fund. I focus on optimising our value add contribution to the portfolio as well as streamlining knowledge sharing and management.

Andrea is the head of marketing and communications for Blumberg Capital. In her role, she drives all marketing strategy and activities for the firm and provides marketing support for its portfolio companies. Andrea brings more than 15 years of experience across corporate marketing, corporate communications, public relations, analyst relations, crisis communications, customer marketing, event marketing/planning and social media. Prior to joining Blumberg Capital, Andrea held global leadership positions at cloud startups SuccessFactors acquired by SAP and Deem. In addition, she previously led corporate affairs for Alibaba.com in the Americas, managed public relations for Disney’s Family Group of websites and worked for a variety of consumer, healthcare, sports/fitness and technology companies while at PR agencies. Andrea began her career in communications and Internet marketing for the Portland Trail Blazers. Andrea holds a M.A. in strategic public relations from the University of Southern California and B.A., in communications, magna cum laude, from Portland State University.

Andrea is the Network Catalyst, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Techstars. At Techstars her role is to plan, coordinate and ignite diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the Techstars network and entrepreneurial ecosystem. It is crucial that we break down those barriers and begin to work together to support our communities of innovators and entrepreneurs. We need to develop the next generation of tech leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors. And we are. Before joining Techstars, she was the co-founder and CMO at Revolar a 2015 and 2016 Techstars company. While at Revolar Andrea built a full stack team of hardware, software, sales and operations members that successfully launched 2 hardware products. Andrea is a Graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Harvard Physics --> IBM MandA Analyst --> OMGPOP VP Finance and Analytics Sold to Zynga for $210M --> Social Capital Associate --> Social Capital Principal --> Social Capital Partner

Andrew serves as HubSpots Corporate Development and Business Development, where he is responsible for the companys acquisitions activity, investments, and strategic partnerships. Prior to joining HubSpot, Andrew held strategy positions at Jawbone, most recently as the VP of Corporate Development, where he led the companys fundraising, acquisitions, and partnerships. He was previously a consultant with McKinsey and Company in their New York office and an investment banker with Merrill Lynch in their MandA group. Andrew is based in San Francisco, CA and chairs the citys TechSF workforce investment group. He graduated from Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School with a JD and an MBA and completed an undergraduate BS degree at Howard University.

Creative and ambitious brand and business builder from Dublin, Ireland. I enjoy working with passionate, innovative and professional people. Before starting businesses in the beauty, marketing/tech industries, I previously worked across the globe working in the superyacht industry in operations and project management roles. Achievements 30 under 30 Most Exciting Business Stars 2017 - Irish Independent Top 100 Irish Start Ups 2017 - Sunday Business Post

Hi, Im a partner at Eka Ventures a recently formed fund in London that focuses on investing in early stage Consumer tech companies. We believe the biggest businesses of the next generation will be built on a concept of Share Value. My background is in recruitment and consulting, I ran the sales function for a fast growing recruitment business and then built a consulting company focused on helping Post Series A tech companies scale. Professionally I care about two things; 1. Building networks to support the fund and our portfolio. 2. Identifying founders that can build $1billion + companies. Best Andrew

His focus has been on Marketing and Business Analytics, bringing to the Goodworks Ventures team insight and knowledge in this sector. Andrew has a passion for the outdoors that stretches throughout all four seasons. As a native Montanan, his passion is growing the Montana business eco-system and keeping this the “last best place.”

Previously, Andriy was a Principal and member of the founding team of Evergreen Coast Capital, a technology focused private equity group of Elliott Management Corporation. Prior to Evergreen Coast Capital, Andriy was a Vice President at The Gores Group, an operationally focused private equity fund, and before The Gores Group, Andriy was CFO of Identified, a data and analytics company focused on workforce optimization that raised $33 million of venture capital and was acquired by Workday NYSE: WDAY in 2014. Andriy started his career at Morgan Stanley in the global industrials investment banking group. He then worked as an Associate at Francisco Partners, a technology focused private equity firm.

Im a former mechanical engineer who along the way helped develop an invisibility cloak at a startup, analyzed weapons technology at the CIA, and helped build the Bay Areas largest and most successful tech recruiting firm. Now Im fortunate enough to work with imaginative and ambitious entrepreneurs as a partner at Coatue.

Found my way into venture via roles as an investor and then as an operator at Square. Im from San Diego and went to school at UC Berkeley and Wharton. Based in SF now!

Andy brings two decades of brand, marketing, and communications excellence to the AFV Platform team. An award-winning writer, independent producer, and keynote presenter, he regularly teams with members of AFV’s ecosystem on how to best articulate their story for power and impact. Prior to AFV, Andy worked at the heart of American Family Insurance’s brand revitalization, as well as with leading local and national financial institutions as a marketing research consultant. He now resides in Middleton, Wisconsin, with his charming wife and exhausting children.

Angela is an Operating Partner at Eclipse managing investor and portfolio relations including fundraising strategy, limited partner relations, company communications, and community outreach. She joined the team from Formation 8. Prior to joining Formation 8, Angela was the director of the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network. While there, she mentored Stanford entrepreneurs, developed a robust network of investors and strategic advisors, and led the communications and outreach strategy. Additionally, she was a board member of BASES, the Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students. Angela joined Stanford from Khosla Ventures, where she was a member of Pierre Lamond’s team, working closely with both the wider investment team and portfolio companies. Angela began her career as a marketing strategist for McCann Worldgroup, where she conducted market and consumer research for such brands as Microsoft, HP, Cathay Pacific, and The Boys and Girls Club of America.

Since graduating with a degree in International Relations from the University of British Columbia, Ania has used her graphic design, relation building, content curating, project management and branding talents to contribute to numerous companies in Canadas technology sector. She now finds herself managing communications and investor relations for the Alacrity Foundation, a venture builder organization that invests in and supports entrepreneurs creating thriving technology companies locally and globally. In 2017 Ania saw the need for, and founded an application to help those struggling with anxiety and panic attacks. Rootd has since helped over 65,000 users, and is available on both the App Store and Play store worldwide.

Joined Lakestar in 2017 to build and run the talent function both internally and for portfolio companies. Before joining Lakestar gained first hand experience of building teams and scaling companies at a Berlin-based fintech company builder. Previously was an associate at a leading executive search firm working for clients in technology sector. Degree in Sinology and Economics from the University of Urbino Carlo Bo in Italy and the Zhejiang University in China.

Experienced executive with a demonstrated history of leading various business units including sales strategy and operations, marketing, investor relations in tech startups. Strong professional with a Bachelor degree in Mathematics and Economics Distinction, and Master of Business Administration MBA from Columbia Business School. In 2016, she was named to Innovate Finance Women in Fintech Power List.

Im a digital marketer, with a strong background in performance and growth marketing. My areas of expertise are social, display, eCommerce, and mobile app growth.

Anna Hendry is currently the Head of Marketing for Salesforce Ventures where she leads all marketing efforts including branding, communications, content, events, social, and partnerships. Salesforce Ventures, Salesforces corporate investment arm, is the only strategic venture fund focused 100% on creating the worlds largest ecosystem of enterprise cloud companies and has invested in more than 375 companies, in 22 countries since 2009. Prior to joining Salesforce Ventures in 2016, Anna led the social media team at Salesforce and held various marketing roles at startups. In her spare time, you can find her planning her next trip or trying to secure reservations at the latest restaurant opening in San Francisco.

Best described as an entrepreneurial self-starter. Before joining Innovestor, I was a self-employed consultant working in the Finnish startup ecosystem with a diverse clientele ranging from SaaS, PE, to consumer products. My strengths lie in building business with a focus on branding, overall strategy and service design.

Anna has worked in business operations for over a decade, using her broad background in finance, human resources, and administration management to help companies grow. She has overseen growth from just a handful of employees to over 100, all while keeping chaos at bay with proactive strategies. At Eniac Ventures, Anna’s responsibilities include all financial, operational, and legal matters of the firm and its funds, including fund financial modeling/strategy and portfolio company reporting and valuations. In addition to keeping things running smoothly at Eniac Ventures, Anna provides vital support to Eniacs portfolio companies, ranging from implementing best practices to recruiting support and making connections to valuable partners and resources. Anna moved from Europe to California in 2004 for college and she graduated from University of California Santa Cruz with a BA in Business Management Economics.

Anna recently joined the Goldman Sachs Investment Partners team as their Head of Business Development. Prior to GS, Anna spent three years in Tel Aviv at Start Up Nation Central, heading up Strategic Partnerships and connecting international companies and governments with Israeli innovation. Prior to Israel, Anna was a Fulbright Scholar in Uganda researching the effectiveness of quotas for women in the national parliament. Anna established a non-profit in Uganda in 2006 that has empowered over 600 young women through sports, life skills and microenterprise training.

Anna is responsible for the relations with the investors, as well as formal and legal matters related to the Fund. Anna has many years of experience in office administration and management. Before she joined the Fund she had worked as a Head of the Office of Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland in year 1995-2005, as a Head of the Office of Paged S.A. and as a Manager at a leading plastic surgery clinic in Poland.

Annabelle is a qualified Chartered Accountant and worked at PwC for five years as a manager in the Forensic investigations team. In July 2020, Annabelle joined Venture capital firm, Tempus Partners as the Investment Operations Manager. Annabelle oversees all the operational aspects of Tempus’ funds, including finance, compliance, portfolio management and internal operations.

Anne Augusta Blum is the Head of Platform at Angular Ventures. She focuses on providing the portfolio companies the connections and resources necessary to achieve their goals and scale globally. Prior to joining the Angular Ventures team, Anne co-founded Ellis Accelerator and worked at German Accelerator, Facebook, and Goldman Sachs. She received a Bachelors of Science from Cornell University, has lived in London, Paris, Silicon Valley, and currently resides in New York City. Anne is also passionate about giving back to the community and is the Co-Chair of the Red Cross Young Patrons Board.

Annelies’ analytical background, investment experience, competitive drive and empathy make her an ideal partner for portfolio companies as they bob and weave through the challenges of gaining and building traction. She is eager to roll up her sleeves to help founders at the earliest stages think through KPIs, fundraising, forecasting, customer and talent introductions and more. As the first female on the investment team of Western Technology Investment WTI in the firm’s 40-year history, Annelies sourced and co-led investments in Kobo360, as the first institutional investor, mPharma, Klar, WeFarm, Terminal, and Pando Pooling, among others. Before WTI, she was at Dropbox where she helped launch Product Analytics, a foundational team focused on the quantitative side of product development. She began her career investment banking at Barclays. Annelies graduated from Yale University with a BA in Political Science, where she was President of the Yale Entrepreneurial Society. She was also a three-season varsity track and cross country athlete and broke numerous state and college records. She was selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 Venture Capital, and currently serves on the board of the Forbes Under 30 Community.

I am a recent graduate of Northeastern University where I studied International Affairs and Social Entrepreneurship. Previous to my role at One Way Ventures, I worked for Cleantech Open Northeast as an Innovation Fellow and Greentown Labs as a Marketing and Events Associate.

Annie Shapiro is VP, Platform at Inspired Capital, an NYC-based firm focused on early stage tech companies and founded by Alexa von Tobel and Penny Pritzker. Annie has over a decade of startup experience, with a focus on both D2C and B2B marketing. Prior to Inspired, Annie was the Director of Content and Communications at Namely, the leading HR tech platform for mid-sized companies, where she oversaw all content, press, social media, and product marketing. Before Namely, Annie was on the founding team of LearnVest acquired by Northwestern Mutual in 2015, where she oversaw key brand initiatives including the launch of New York Times-bestseller Financially Fearless and hosting LearnVest Live for 1K+ attendees each year. Annie attended Princeton University, where she received an A.B. in Art History and a Certificate in Italian Language and Culture.

Annie works on Sapphire Ventures Portfolio Growth team , where she collaborates in managing Sapphire’s network of Global 2000 CXOs. This network is the foundation for Sapphire’s CIO Innovation Index, an ongoing study of CIO engagement with venture-backed startups, as well as Sapphire’s annual CIO Summit for enterprise CIOs and startup CEOs. Before joining Sapphire Ventures, Annie was a senior research analyst at Gartner’s Research Board: an membership organization for CIOs and other technology leaders. This team is responsible for Research Board products including: research deliverables, member events, tailored briefings, and regular member engagements. Annie led thought leadership projects and managed research cycles for several membership boards and topic areas, and, along the way, gained a deep interest in the intersection of business and technology. Annie has a bachelor’s in history from Brown University, where she was also a backpacking trip leader, graphics editor for an online magazine, and short-lived student athlete. She remains an avid fan of illustration, water polo, and getting outside.

Annis joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2017 as the firm’s head of marketing. In this role she is responsible for for driving the firm’s marketing strategy and execution – from branding and messaging to events, thought leadership and public relations and all the other marketing activities in between. Previously, Annis led marketing and communications for Sapphire Ventures, a global venture firm that invests in growth-stage startups and early stage venture funds. During her tenure, Annis established Sapphire’s first-ever in-house marketing function, led its rebranding from SAP Ventures to Sapphire Ventures and created its inaugural CEO Summit and annual CIO Summit. Before Sapphire, Annis worked at impact investing firm Omidyar Network, where she led marketing and communications programs in support of the firm’s consumer internet and mobile and entrepreneurship initiatives and oversaw online strategy and social media. Annis began her career in more traditional financial services, most recently as a marketing manager at Charles Schwab and formerly as an associate in Merrill Lynch’s multicultural marketing group. Annis earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia, where she studied foreign affairs and history and spent several summers and holidays doing volunteer work and community development projects in places like Ghana, Bosnia, Nicaragua and Jamaica.

A senior level professional with 20 years’ experience in digital business. My skills and career have spanned both tech and business as well as startup and corporate. I now work right in the nexus helping corporates and start ups, integrate for mutual benefit and growth.

Aparna is an engineer and financial policy graduate who has now pivoted to the world of entreprenaurs and start-ups. She is a voracious reader who enjoys doodling and sampling her experimental cooking on unsuspecting friends.

Before joining Atomico, Arabella worked as Head of Events for The Up Group, a leading executive search firm within the digital ecosystem. She curated and delivered a series of annual events Globally, which brought together CEOs, Founders, Investors and entrepreneurs to network with each other and share their experiences.

Arianne Price spent four years working to elect democrats to Congress and Senate, serving in fundraising and operations roles, before pivoting to VC and startups. Shes passionate about helping organizations grow and scale and bringing order to chaos. She is currently a Portfolio Operations Associate at Squadra Ventures, a seed-stage fund in Baltimore MD, and is also pursuing an MBA from Georgetown University. She loves cats, feminism, and astrology.

Arianne is a Program Manager with the Innovation and Partnerships team based out of 500 Startups’ San Francisco headquarters. Prior to joining the team, she managed global operations for a strategy and investment advisory firm focused on building and scaling leading companies in emerging markets across Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. She has experience working with startups and other key players in the investment ecosystem in the US, Latin America, and Africa with an emphasis on social enterprise and impact investing. Arianne holds a dual Master’s degree in International Environmental Policy and International Business from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a BA in Environmental Studies from Franklin University Switzerland.

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I am a career executive recruiter, having spent my early career with global search firms focusing on the high tech sector. Here I was fortunate to have worked with large multinationals and some incredible start-ups launching in Europe specialising in all things internet and digital across developed and emerging markets. I made some incredible connections across the digital landscape. I then moved in-house spending time with a leading ecommerce giant, dabbling in consulting including advisory work and some executive coaching, and am was part of a transformative journey, helping LinkedIn hire and develop leaders across EMEA and LATAM. Im now leading Talent for one of Europes leading venture capital firms investing in technology companies led by exceptional founders.

Prior to SignalFire, Ashlee was with the Technology Banking team at Silicon Valley Bank, where she worked on the growth of the national commercial bank organization. At Silicon Valley Bank, she played an integral role in overall strategy development through relationship curation, event management, inclusion and diversity initiatives, corporate sponsorship, and executive support. She also spent time at Oracle where she worked on strategic expansion efforts with the international Ethics and Compliance team, as well as relationship management, event curation and philanthropy at First Republic Bank. She graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara where she started her career in finance with Bank of America.

Ashley is the operational lynchpin of Uncork Capital. She was the firm’s first employee, and helped establish all of its processes and systems. Her contributions and responsibilities touch every aspect of the business. For starters: She manages corporate accounting, developed and maintains the firm’s internal deal flow management system, oversees legal documentation, plans all events and manages branding and PR. She gets a thrill from discovering the most efficient way to get from A to B, but her most treasured role at Uncork is fostering relationships. Ashley loves bringing people together, as seen by the passion she brings to planning our quarterly cocktail hours, partner-hosted dinners, the annual summer party and the Uncork Capital Summit — a 2-day event in which founders of Uncork companies come together to exchange ideas and learn from one another. Ashley is also a valuable asset for our portfolio companies. She connects founders to vetted service providers and resources, whether that’s a law firm that can handle an IP battle, a venue that can seat 1,000 people in downtown San Francisco, a branding agency that can craft a differentiated, memorable identity, or a recruiting firm that can help a startup fill out its initial team. Prior to joining SoftTech, Ashley spent more than a dozen years in the finance industry. She was a marketing director and registered insurance and securities assistant at Rosenbaum Financial in Portland Oregon. Previously she was a licensed broker at Morgan Stanley, where she managed accounts for two vice presidents and was a client relationship manager. She started her career at Smith Barney, where she conducted due diligence on mutual funds and became a specialist in client relations, running marketing campaigns, and special events for elite clients. Ashley graduated from the University of Oregon with a BS in business administration/marketing. FACTOIDS: Opera trained. These days she prefers the seats to the stage Happiest when hiking the Marin Headlands and Land’s End with her daughters and husband Aspiring painter of portraits. Favorite medium: acrylics Impressive quick-meal chef. All she needs to please a crowd is a half-stocked pantry and 20 minutes Office Ninja member and event host

Ashley recently joined Redpoint as the Founder Experience Operations Lead. Prior to joining venture, Ashley worked in sales and support at various tech companies throughout the Bay Area Optimizely, VigLink, LinkedIn, CBSi. She graduated with a Bachelors in Communication and Media Studies from UC Santa Barbara.

Ashley joined NEA in 2011 and is currently Director of Marketing; she is focused on marketing and communications initiatives that promote the NEA brand and support the NEA portfolio. Responsibilities include: event and content strategy, website and social media management, and PR support. Ashley enjoys utilizing her written, creative, and project management skills to enhance programs and experiences for portfolio companies and the NEA team. Prior to joining NEA, Ashley worked in retail management running high-volume specialty stores and overseeing comprehensive store operations, leading and developing management teams, and advancing brand initiatives. Ashley earned a B.S. in Business Administration from California Polytechnic State University Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a concentration in marketing management and a minor in psychology.

Ashley Ramirez is an investor and Chief of Staff at Halogen Ventures. She has been with Halogen from the start and has a talent for spotting the latest consumer trends and technology. She looks for companies that build better futures for the next generations. Among Halogens 62 portfolio companies are the Skimm, Squad app, Carbon38, HopSkipDrive, and The Flex Company. Ramirez developed a passion for Venture Capital while working with Jesse Draper at the Valley Girl Show, where she gained first-hand experience learning how entrepreneurs built their companies from the ground up. Her interest expanded to the consumer side which led her to venture capital. She joined Halogen in 2016 and was with the fund through the first close with 50 female-founded consumer technology investments to date. Using her experience and knowledge from the entertainment industry and expertise in the digital media space, she organizes frequent pitch days, heads the influencer initiative for Halogen, and has helped scale Halogen’s venture development. Prior to joining Halogen, she worked in PR, Marketing and Entertainment with iHeartMedia and a boutique PR firm, is a graduate of UCLA and a Kappa Kappa Gamma. She is dedicated to supporting and growing young entrepreneurs and women in finance.

Ashley Sullivan leads Communications for Cisco Investments, responsible for messaging strategy, content management, and executive engagement. Prior to joining Cisco Investments, Ashley led executive communications and employee engagement programs for Ciscos Americas Sales organization. Ashley holds a MS in Information Systems from Indiana University, concentrating in Risk Management and Business Intelligence.

Asra is the first female Pakistani venture capitalist and a global speaker. As the Vice President at DraperU, a pre-accelerator, Asra leads the startup, corporate and investor education programs. She also invests in early stage companies through DraperU Ventures. DraperU alumni have raised $250M+ in investments and include companies like QTUM $5B and nVision $275M acq. Aside from investing, most of Asra’s work is directly with governments, universities and international incubators to establish local entrepreneurial hubs, investment opportunities and corporate innovation initiatives. Before working at DraperU, Asra worked on product and market development for startups in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. She was an early employee and the first female product manager in Pakistan for rozee.pk jobsite and naseeb.com matchmaking for Muslims. She later led Bayt.coms special projects team to build web infrastructure for government organizations and MNCs in the MENA region. She frequently speaks globally to help teams and individuals innovate around the future of work, understand the basics of angel investing, build startup ecosystems and engineer an entrepreneurial mindset. Asra can be found reading and funding researches to build vertical cities or inventing new recipes for worlds best hummus.

Atin is the General Partner at Twenty Seven Ventures, a global VC Fund that invests in EdTech and Future of Work Startups; and a Venture Partner at deep tech VC firm Q Venture Partners. An ex-entrepreneur, he loves the sport of ultra-marathon trail running; considers finishing a couple of 100K races his biggest sporting/physical achievements to date.

Atli manages executive talent for Redpoint. He works with founders to develop a leadership hiring strategy, helps them meet executive-level candidates, and connects them to the right executive search firms. He previously worked at SPMB, a leading tech-focused executive search firm, where he specialized in pre-IPO enterprise software companies. He helped run VP and C-level searches at AppDynamics, Mixpanel, Stripe, and MLB, among others. Atli earned dual B.A. degrees from Berkeley in legal studies and political economy and was a member of the varsity men’s crew team.

Audre Kapacinskas is a Vice President at S2G Ventures, where she focuses on unlocking value for S2G, its portfolio companies and strategic partners. Over the last 10+ years, she has worked at the intersection of technology, strategy and operations to incubate new ideas and drive growth. Prior to S2G, Audre was a Director of Sales and Corporate Strategy at Uptake, a predictive analytics start-up delivering AI and IoT solutions to the Industrial sector. While at Uptake, she focused on corporate development initiatives, strategic partnerships and new opportunity incubation. Prior to Uptake, Audre worked for Stax, a boutique strategy consulting firm focused on assisting private equity firms and corporate clients with growth acceleration, value assessments and investment diligence. Audre holds an Honours BA from the University of Toronto Economics, International Relations as well as an MA from Vilnius University. Audre is a Fulbright Scholar, an EIR, an outdoor enthusiast and an avid explorer of the world’s curiosities.

Austin leads Okta Ventures, a $50M venture fund supporting Okta’s mission to connect people and organizations to technology. Okta Ventures invests in enterprise software startups in privacy, security, and identity from Seed stage to Series B. Prior to joining Okta Ventures, Austin was Head of US Investment for Scrum Ventures, a generalist venture firm based in San Francisco. Austin began his career in Asia investing in energy and clean technology across 4 different countries.