Mo Koyfman is the Founder and General Partner at Shine Capital. In 2022, Shine Capital announced the launch of two new funds: Shine II, a $200M early-stage fund, and Shine Opportunities I, a $100M vehicle. Prior to starting Shine, Mo was the Managing Member at Moko Brands, where he made angel investments in notable companies such as Coinbase, Polychain, and Harry's. Before Moko, Mo spent over 7 years as a General Partner at Spark Capital. At Spark Capital, he invested in companies like Plaid...
May 16, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Jason Marks is the founder and CEO of Telo Trucks. He led the Autonomous Vehicles and Driver Assistance Systems test programs at National Instruments (NI), where he was a Chief Business Development Manager. He developed the test systems for five major U.S. automakers’ Autonomy and ADAS test systems for their 2024 model year vehicles. He’s an experienced Sales, Marketing, and R&D leader with patents in LiDAR. - Current state of autonomous tech and challenges - Impact on transportation, logist...
May 14, 2024•59 min
Howard Ko is an Investment Partner at Morpheus. With expertise spanning across robotics, healthcare, insuretech, fintech, and proptech, Howard brings a unique blend of knowledge to the table. Currently serving as a board member for Rize, RIOS, Rugged Robotics, IngeniousIO, and Tagnos, as well as a board observer for Bridg and RapidDeploy, Howard is deeply involved in shaping the success of emerging ventures. Prior to his current roles, Howard gained valuable experience at Mission Ventures, speci...
May 11, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Amir leads Fintech and Insurtech investing at AV8 and has been one of the earliest investors in the Insurtech space. Amir has been an entrepreneur, operator and investor with over 15 years of experience, working with early and mid-stage companies on financing, partnerships and strategic growth initiatives. Prior to AV8, Amir was an investment director and founding team member at Munich Re Ventures where he lead and managed investment efforts for two of the funds and made early bets in Insurtech,...
May 09, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Meet Alasdair Mann, the driving force behind Alementary, where videos spark excitement about emerging technologies and the brilliant minds behind them. With over 100 million views per month, Alasdair's expertise spans engineering, data science, and product development. Transitioning to video content creation in 2021, he dedicated himself to producing daily videos, overcoming challenges to achieve remarkable success. His content skyrocketed from thousands to millions of views in May 2022, pro...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Ilya Strebulaev is the foremost academic expert on venture capital. He is the founder of the Venture Capital Initiative and David S. Lobel Professor of Private Equity and Professor of Finance at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where he teaches a popular class on venture capital. Ilya’s research has been widely published in leading academic journals and featured by the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Bloomberg and the Harvard Business Review. He frequently leads execut...
May 07, 2024•1 hr 14 min
Vivien is a Partner at Pear. Vivien focuses on investing in health: human and planet health. She leads Pear’s Female Founder Circles program supporting the next generation of female technical founders and runs a 14 week program twice a year. Previously, she worked on executive business strategy, new products and product growth for Airbnb Homes and Transportation, and was a consultant at BCG, focused on defining innovation and growth strategies for healthcare, consumer, and technology companies. ...
May 03, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Larry Liu is the CEO and founder of Weee!, North America's largest and fastest growing ethnic e-grocer with 5+ X growth in 2020. Larry envisions a world where people celebrate life through food, promoting the collective enjoyment and exploration of delightful, home-based food products and experiences. Established in 2015 and now valued at over $4.1 billion. - Technology and Innovation in E-Grocery - Business Growth and Expansion Strategies - Cultural Impact and Community Building #Weee #Onli...
May 02, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Alda Leu Dennis is the Managing Partner at Hawktail VC and a Board Partner at Initialized Capital. She has an extensive background in venture capital, previously serving as General Counsel at Founders Fund and as Managing Partner at 137 Ventures. Alda also contributes her expertise as a board member to several innovative companies, including The Mom Project, HomeVision, A-Frame Brands, SkySelect, and Landed. - Building and Managing a Thriving Venture Capital Fund - Strategies for Identifying and...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Danielle Strachman is the Founder and General Partner of 1517 Fund, a venture firm that offers grant, pre-seed, and seed funding to technology startups. With a focus on makers, hackers, and scientists operating outside traditional educational tracks, 1517 Fund champions alternative paths to innovation, encouraging individuals to pursue their passions and learn through hands-on creation of new technologies. Additionally, Danielle was a Founding Team Member and Program Director for the Thiel Fello...
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Kyle Wong is currently the CEO of StartX and was previously the founder & CEO of Pixlee, a UGC and Influencer Marketing company that powers most of the customer stories seen during online shopping. He has worked with some of the world's largest brands, helping them amplify their customer stories and rethink their social commerce strategies. Under his leadership, Pixlee grew to over 100 employees, generated eight digits in recurring revenue, and raised substantial funding from prominent i...
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Michael Houck is the founder of Megaphone and co-founder of Launch house. Launch House is an early stage venture fund for companies building the New Silicon Valley. It began as a membership club built around IRL coliving residencies in LA, NYC, Tulum, Aspen, Miami, and Lisbon. Topics: - Bootstrapping vs. Venture Capital - Strategies for Effective Social Media Growth - Building a Brand Through Storytelling #PersonalBranding #SocialMediaStrategy #ContentCreation #DigitalMarketing #Entrepreneurship...
Apr 27, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder & General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts the Fintech Leaders podcast, a weekly newsletter & podcast featuring exclusive interviews with unique leaders reshaping the global financial industry. - Emerging Trends in Fintech - Challenges and Opportunities in Seed-Stage Funding - Cross-Border Investments and Collaborations #Fintech #SeedStageInvesting #FinancialInclusion #DigitalBanking ...
Apr 26, 2024•58 min
Eric is the co-founder and CEO of Revere. Revere provides venture capital data and portfolio management solutions to asset allocators. Before starting Revere, Eric was Head of Institutional Capital at AngelList, the world's largest online venture capital investment platform that supports over $10B in assets and has financed over 190 "unicorn" companies. At AngelList, Eric worked closely with investors to curate early-stage fund and deal opportunities. He also developed systematic a...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Emila Damjanovic is a Partner focused on Investor Relations at Lead Edge Capital. Lead Edge Capital is a $5 billion growth equity firm investing in software, internet, and tech-enabled businesses globally. The firm has invested in a number of major software and internet companies around the world, including Alibaba Group, Arrive Logistics, Asana, Azul Systems, Bazaarvoice, Benchling, Clearscore, Duo Security, Grafana, GrowthZone, Holistiplan, LeanStaffing, LiveView Technologies, Pacemate, Safese...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Shomik is a Partner at boldstart and has over 6 years of venture investing in enterprise software. He’s experienced all the highs and lows of the entrepreneurial journey from IPOs and acquisitions to a failed startup. And is uniquely positioned to help pre-product enterprise startups. Prior to boldstart, Shomik worked as a growth stage investor at Top Tier Capital where he invested in companies like CircleCI, Anaplan, Area 1 Security, and Shape Security. His experience ranges from investment ban...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Siqi is the founder and CEO of Runway, an a16z funded startup enabling operators to understand their business without needing a degree in finance. As an operator and founder: Siqi was CEO of Sandbox VR (a16z), VP of Product and Growth at Postmates (acquired by Uber), CEO of Hey, Inc (Google-funded, acquired by Postmates), Head of Product at Zynga (IPO 2011), CEO of Serious Business (funded by Lightspeed, acquired by Zynga) Siqi is an investor in nearly a hundred companies like Clubhouse, Amplitu...
Apr 21, 2024•59 min
Alex Edelson is the Founder and General Partner of Slipstream Investors. Before starting Slipstream, he worked at QED Investors, a top fintech-focused venture capital firm with $4.3 billion in assets under management. Alex joined as Nigel Morris's Chief of Staff and became the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. He previously worked at a fintech startup and spent seven years practicing law. Alex holds a J.D. and B.A. from the University of Michigan. You can learn more about: 1. How ...
Apr 19, 2024•53 min
Brady Broadbent joined Sorenson in 2008. As an investment partner and entrepreneurial mentor, he collaborates with enterprise entrepreneurs developing and scaling application, analytics, and vertical SaaS applications. Brady graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science in business management and an emphasis in entrepreneurship. He took a break from Sorenson in 2010 to attend Harvard Business School. There, he became involved with the Entrepreneurship Club, P...
Apr 19, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Hooman Radfar is a computer scientist and founder dedicated to helping other founders. He's co-founder and CEO of Collective, Venture Partner at Expa, founder of 10e9, and co-founder of AddThis (acquired by Oracle). As CEO of Collective, he is responsible for the strategy, growth, and operations for the company. Collective's vision is to increase the number of financially successful businesses-of-one by enabling self-employed people to focus on their passion not their paperwork. As a fou...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Nick Moran is the founder and General Partner of New Stack Ventures. Prior to New Stack, Nick spent time as both an investor and an operator. He worked in M&A for Danaher, a science and technology conglomerate. Subsequently, Nick developed one of the most successful products in the company’s history, a novel way of testing compounds in drinking water. New Stack Ventures is a pre-seed / seed stage fund invest in the exceptions. Our startups often don’t look like what’s commonly funded in Sili...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Alan Cohen is a General Partner at DCVC, focusing on an array of AI-enabled health tech, energy, security, and enterprise opportunities transforming industries. In addition to his board roles, he works across our portfolio on product/market fit, go-to-market strategy, and executive leadership development, and led DCVC’s successful exits at Element AI, Evolv (Nasdaq: EVLV), and Caption Health. Alan has been a successful entrepreneur, technology executive, and board member for over 25 years ...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 2 min
John Gannon is the founder of Venture5 Media & GoingVC. Over the last decade+, he bootstrapped a series of VC media and education products and businesses alongside his 20K+ subscriber VC newsletter and blog which gets 1 million+ page views per year. Subscribers to his newsletter hail from startups, enterprises, and VC firms including household names like Scale Venture Partners, Greylock, and Bessemer. He also co-founded the VC education program GoingVC, which has 500+ members and alumni worl...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Mark Goldberger, Head of Enterprise Sales at Ramp, is a driving force behind the fastest-growing corporate card and bill payment software in America. With Ramp recently being recognized as the Most Innovative Company in North America by Fast Company, Mark's expertise is invaluable. Prior to joining Ramp, he distinguished himself as the first enterprise representative at TripActions (now Navan), contributing to over $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and leading the sales team. - ...
Apr 13, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Oscar Höglund is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Epidemic Sound. Educated at the Stockholm School of Economics, Oscar has also studied at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, L’Institut Catholique de Paris, Södertörn University, and Stockholm University. Prior to Epidemic Sound, he was part of the management team at one of Sweden’s leading TV production companies, Zodiak Television, where he co-founded the subsidiary, 5th Element. Oscar also co-founded the number one m...
Apr 12, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Laura Kashiwase is a member of the executive talent team at Lightspeed Venture Partners, specializing in hiring for Product, Engineering, Data, and Design roles. Previously, she worked at Meta, where she led a team responsible for hiring Engineering Leadership positions globally for Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Reality Labs. She also has recruitment experience with Figma and Thumbtack. Topics: - Identifying top talent for your startup - Convincing talented individuals to join your...
Apr 12, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Emily is a Partner at Primary, leading new investments in fintech and enterprise software companies. She loves going deep into unsexy industries and partnering with determined founders who are challenging the status quo. Before Primary, Emily was at Redpoint Ventures investing across early and growth stage companies. She started her career as a hedge fund analyst at Point72 before helping build Point72 Ventures, the early stage venture practice. Emily earned her BA from Columbia University where...
Apr 11, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Rajive Keshup is a Partner at Cathay Innovation, based out of the Singapore office. Prior to joining Cathay, Rajive played instrumental roles in scaling a number of Southeast Asian startups. Before moving to Singapore, Rajive was a Managing Director at PwC Strategy (formerly Booz & Co.) in New York City where he led the TMT sector for the firm’s Private Equity practice. Rajive started his career at AT&T doing corporate strategy & development in Dallas, Texas. He is also a former-foun...
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Victor Yip is a global technology and interactive entertainment executive with over 20 years of business development and general management experience with Activision Blizzard, Disney, NBA, and 20th Century Fox in gaming, streaming video, and sports. Victor has been at the forefront of leveraging technology to enable new ways to consume entertainment and games, and has led large, global teams across diverse business models including free-to-play (F2P), licensing/co-development, ad-supported, and...
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Jesse's venture career has been marked by a series of notable successes, a number of misses, and a deep commitment to supporting early-stage companies. After his tenure as a founding team member at WeWork, where he played a crucial role in the company's expansion, Jesse made a transition to venture capital. As a General Partner at Flybridge, a seed-stage venture capital firm for ambitious founders leveraging the power of community, he has become a trusted investor and board member to num...
Apr 05, 2024•1 hr 3 min
