Summit Agenda
Monday, April 25 (6:00pm - 9:00pm)
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!
- Summit Kickoff and Welcome
- LMK How I can be helpful: A conversation with successful VC-Funded CEO's on what they expect from their investors and how platform can actually be helpful
Spencer Kimball, CEO, Cockroach Labs
Jacquelle Amankonah Horton, Founder & CEO, Fave
Rachel Drori - Founder & CEO, Daily Harvest
Zachary Garippa - Co-Founder & CEO, Order
Tuesday, April 26 (8:30am - 7:30pm)
The main day of the summit will include a variety of keynotes, panels, lightening talks and peer networking.
- Summit Welcome, State of the VC Platform Community, Launch of the VC Platform Community Impact Survey
- Ask the LP's: The need for platform in 2022 to help funds win deals, support portfolio companies and drive fund returns
Lo Toney - Founding Managing Partner, Plexo Captial
Nate Leung - Partner, Sapphire Partners
Sara Zulkosky - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Recast Capital
- Session 1: VC Platform Lightning Talks
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
- Lunch and Platform Discussions by Functional Focus
- Session 2: VC Platform Lightning Talks
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
- Coffees, Cookies and Conversation Break, Sponsored by Carta
- Building and Scaling a VC Platform Team
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
- VC Platform Career Progression and Trajectory
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
- Trends on The Future of VC Platform
Anu Duggal - Founding Partner, Female Founders Fund
Caroline Caswell - VP Marketing, Operator Collective
Heather Hartnett - CEO & General Partner, Human Ventures
- Happy Hour hosted by Mobsquad
- Rooftop Afterparty hosted by AWS (8:00pm - 11:00pm)
Wednesday, April 27 (9:45am - 1:30pm)
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!
- (Optional) Rooftop Yoga
- VC Platform Summit Unconference Session 1
- VC Platform Summit Unconference Session 2
- Lunch and Networking
- Official Summit Ending and Closing Remarks
Summit Sponsors
We are very grateful to our sponsors who help make this year's summit possible
