Head of Community and Brand
Notion Capital
Operating Partner
Primary Venture Partners
Head of Platform and Operations
BBG Ventures
Head of Community
Initialized Capital
Founding Managing Partner
Plexo Capital
Chief Value Add Officer
Vintage Investment Partners
Chief Communications Officer
Tusk Ventures
Comedian & Podcast Host
Founder and CEO
Daily Harvest
VP, Network & Development
Digital Currency Group
Partner
Sapphire Partners
VP Talent
Norwest Venture Partners
Partner & Head of Talent
M13
Founder & CEO
Fave
VP, Platform
Inspired Capital
Vice President
645 Ventures
Global Director, Brand & Community
Partech
Chief Operating Officer
Emergence Capital
Head of Platform
Canvas Ventures
Portfolio Operations Director
Inventures
Founding Partner
Female Founder Fund
Co-Founder
Omsom
Operating Partner
OpenView
Co-Founder & CEO
Order
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Recast Capital
Head of Ampliphy Platform Delivery
Aleph
Creative Director
Blackbird Ventures
CEO & General Partner
Human Ventures
Fractional GTM & Community Strategist
Partner
Redpoint Ventures
VP, Head of Platform & Community
Bessemer Venture Partners
Operating Partner
Scale Venture Partners
People Lead
Blackbird
Head of Platform & Growth
Speedinvest
Head of Platform
Left Lane Capital
Join us as we kickoff the global summit hosted by Google with drinks, food, networking and our signature event panel. The evening will be hosted by the one and only Alexis Gay (aka @yayalexisgay), a world-renowned tech executive turned comedian and podcast host, who will cap the evening with an unforgettable standup comedy set!
Spencer Kimball, CEO, Cockroach Labs
Jacquelle Amankonah Horton, Founder & CEO, Fave
Rachel Drori - Founder & CEO, Daily Harvest
Zachary Garippa - Co-Founder & CEO, Order
The main day of the summit will include a variety of keynotes, panels, lightening talks and peer networking.
Lo Toney - Founding Managing Partner, Plexo Captial
Nate Leung - Partner, Sapphire Partners
Sara Zulkosky - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Recast Capital
How to run a great founder retreat | Claire Walker - Head of Community & Brand, Notion Capital
Applying a Product Mindset to VC Platform Initiatives | Cristina Almeida - Head of Platform, Mustard Seed MAZE (MSM)
Building an Ambitious VC Brand | Joel Connolly - Creative Director, Blackbird Ventures
How VCs Can Leverage their LPs for Platform Efforts | Orit Shilo - Chief Value Add Officer, Vintage Investment Partners
Community and Event KPIs | Vivian Chaves - Head of Community, Initialized Capital
Building an Advisor Community that Drives Real Impact | Nina Willdorf - Head of Platform, Canvas Ventures
What Talent Looks Like in 2022 | Kyle Holm - Vice President, Total Rewards Advisory, Sequoia Consulting Group
Platform as the Ultimate Team Player | Casey Taylor - VP, Network & Development, Digital Currency Group
Differentiating Your Firm: How to make your platform stand out by carving a niche for yourself | Michaela Balderston - Chief Communications Officer, Tusk Venture Partners
Collecting and Monitoring Portfolio Company ESG & Impact Metrics | Jenna Borowski - Platform & Community Associate, American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact
Sales Academy: A case study in our programatic approach to helping portfolio companies hire and scale successful sales teams | Andrea Di Pietrantoni - Portfolio Operations Director, Inventures
Supporting Portfolio PR Announcements | Annie Shapiro - VP, Platform, Inspired Capital
Incorporating DEI into the VC Ecosystem | Julie Bell - Chief Operating Officer, Emergence Capital
Why I didn't create a Portfolio CEO Forum | Ayelet Tako - Head of Value Creation and Strategic Partnerships, Pitango Venture Capital
Talent processes when you're running everything and don't have the time to be a full-time recruiter but still want to add value | Karen Zelnick - Senior Director of Platform, Kickstart
3 Marketing Hacks that will make your partners ask 'how'd you do that?' | Cliff Worley - Senior Director of Portfolio Growth Marketing, Kapor Capital
Developing a network building strategy that aligns with your investment team | Ripley Hartmeyer - Director, Executive Talent, General Catalyst
Integrating Platform into the entire VC Value Chain | Erica Amatori - Head of Platform, Left Lane Capital
Taking a Data-Driven Approach to Track and Measure the Impact of Your Platform Efforts | Guerin Schwarberg - Vice President, 645 Ventures
Supporting Portfolio Companies to Build Diverse Boards | Kris Snodgrass - VP, Talent, Norwest Venture Partners
On building Moats and why we launched BessemerDAO - Exploring Platform & Community in Web3 | Carolina Küng - VP, Head of Platform & Community, Bessemer Venture Partners
Talent Strategies that Work | Matt Hoffman - Partner and Head of Talent, M13
Zero to One: Building a Platform Strategy from Scratch and Getting Buy In from Partners | Amber Quiñones - Head of Platform & Operations, BBG Ventures
Building A Media Startup for Founders | Josh Machiz - Partner, Redpoint Ventures
Lilypad: how we build our talent network into a tool that feeds our portfolio top tech talent | Nell Hardie - People Lead, Blackbird Ventures
Building In-House Tools to Support Portcos and Accelerate Network Access | Gili Leska - Head of Ampliphy Platform Delivery, Aleph
Cassie Young - Partner, Primary Venture Partners
Dale Chang - Operating Partner, Scale Venture Partners
Jon Butterfield - Head of Platform & Growth, Speedinvest
Keji Mustapha - Global Director, Brand & Community, Partech
Bethany Crystal - Fractional GTM and Community Strategist (Bolster + Zeitgeist), former General Manager, Union Square Ventures
Casey Renner - Partner, OpenView
Kim Pham - Co-Founder, Omsom, former Head of Platform, Frontline Ventures
Anu Duggal - Founding Partner, Female Founders Fund
Caroline Caswell - VP Marketing, Operator Collective
Heather Hartnett - CEO & General Partner, Human Ventures
Wednesday will follow a peer-led unconference format, where all attendees can participate in two hour-long peer-led conversations on tactical platform-related topics.
Any attendee can submit a session topic that they're interested in hosting during the day on Tuesday. All attendees will vote on their favorite topics and will sign-up for their sessions in real-time during the summit. We won't know what the actual agenda will be until the community builds it, but we promise that they'll be conversations of interest for everyone!
We are very grateful to our sponsors who help make this year's summit possible