March 6th - 7th, 2019
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Get noticed and pitch to active investors in your industry. Join 100+ Top Innovators presenting across 6 tracks. Best Presenter awards given to one Startup in each track.
Join the exclusive community of 1000+ top-tier VC Investors and leading startup Founders. Send direct messages and schedule 1 on 1 meetings with our Event App. Dedicated networking breaks throughout the event.
Listen to actionable wisdom from Leading VCs and Angels on exciting relevant Panels tailored for you. Get the most out of your conference experience and set yourself up for growth.
Ben Abadi
Energy Innovation Capital
Navid Alipour
Analytics Ventures
Logan Allin
Fin Venture Capital
Kareem Aly
Thomvest Ventures
Magdi Amin
Omidyar Network
Ash Archibald
Wharton Angels
Jennifer Azapian
Mighty Capital
Scott Beechuk
Norwest Venture Partners
Marcus Behrendt
BMW i Ventures
Lisha Bell
Pipeline Angels
Ashish Bhatia
Angel Investor
Sunny Bia
CRCM Ventures
Mike Biddle
Evok Innovations
Alexa Binns
Halogen Ventures
Wade Bitaraf
Plug and Play Ventures
Tico Blumenthal
Life Science Angels
Greg Bohlen
Union Grove Venture Partners
Will Borthwick
Bold Capital Partners
Eric Breese
Evonik Venture Capital
Maxx Bricklin
Bold Capital Partners
Pratik Budhdev
Volvo Cars Tech Fund
Edouard Bulteau
Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures
Andy Cao
Comcast Ventures
Packey Carrier
American Express Ventures
Jeffrey Carter
West Loop Ventures
Matthew Chavez
New Enterprise Associates
Joy Chen
TAL Education Group
Kelly Chen
Data Collective
Keting Chu
LYFE Capital
Jackson Cummings
Salesforce Ventures
Ned Daoro
Clocktower Technology Ventures
Angelo Del Priore
HP Tech Ventures
Jun Deng
Joyance Partners
Dan Doble
SABIC Ventures
Rexhi Dollaku
Base10
Ted Driscoll
DigitalDX Ventures
Susannah Duke
Pelion Venture Partners
Robert Dunkle
ABES Venture Partners
Victor Echevarria
Jackson Square Ventures
Thomas Eggleston
Charmides Capital
Sean Engel
Top Tier Capital Partners
Michael Fanfant
Runa Capital
Kristen Faulkner
Threshold Ventures
Linda Fingerle
Tappan Hill Ventures
Spencer Foust
Sozo Ventures
Ben Freeberg
Alpha Venture Partners
Chris Gaertner
Omega Venture Partners
Karim Gillani
Luge Capital
Norm Gitis
Lymo Ventures
Garrett Goldberg
Bee Partners
Jocelyn Goldfein
Zetta Venture Partners
Daniel Gomez
Fusion Fund
Tyler Griffin
Financial Venture Studio
Baris Guzel
BMW i Ventures
Perry Ha
The Westly Group
Sheeraz Haji
Zip Dragon Ventures
Daniel Harris
DPH Ventures
Laurence Hayward
Independence Equity
Annie Hazlehurst
Faridan
Alicia Castillo Holley
Sand Hill Angels
Jens Horstmann
Crestlight Ventures
Heyu Huang
Fresco Capital
Anup Jacob
Activate Capital Partners
Alexis Ji
Alexis Ji
Gary Jinks
GLJ Group
Matt Jones
Solvay Ventures
Kathleen Jurman
Dow Ventures
Amir Kabir
Munich Re Ventures
Jimmy Kan
Anzu Partners
Kester Keating
Barclays
Roger King
Bay Angels
Steve Kishi
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
Yasemin Kliman
HBS Angels of Northern California
Nathan Krishnamurthy
Capital One Growth Ventures
Vivek Krishnamurthy
Commerce Ventures
Amit Kumar
Band of Angels
Kwasi Kyei
Sandbox Industries
Eduardo Laiter
Kapor Capital
Severine Lalande
Total Energy Ventures
Javaughn Lawrence
Eniac Ventures
Lindsay Lee
Authentic Ventures
Sarah Lee
EdVentures Group
Julie Lein
Urban Innovation Fund
Geraldine Le Meur
The Refiners
Ephraim Lindenbaum
Advance Ventures
Alex Luce
Creative Ventures
Vincent Lui
SK Telecom Americas
Ashish Mahashabde
Amex Ventures
Shripriya Mahesh
Spero Ventures
Tasneem Manjra
Volvo Cars Tech Fund
Jillian Manus
Structure Capital
Ben Metcalfe
Ridge Ventures
Wouter Meuleman
Illumina Ventures
SC Moatti
Mighty Capital
Linda Molnar
National Science Foundation
Sasha Ostojic
Playground Global
Umesh Padval
Thomvest Ventures
Hirak Parikh
Michigan Biomedical Venture Fund
Victor Pascucci III
Lightbank
Phoebe Peronto
Salesforce Ventures
Ricardo Politi
Mindset Ventures
Salil Pradhan
Draper Nexus
Gagan Rana
Learn Capital
Peter Redford
Band of Angels
Bill Reichert
Garage Technology Ventures
John Ricci
US Angels
Andre Rocha
Glasswing Ventures
Riley Rodgers
Valia Investments
Peter Rojas
Betaworks Ventures
Praveen Sahay
WAVE Equity Partners
Miraj Sanghvi
DigiTx
Jason Schoettler
Calibrate Ventures
Wes Selke
Better Ventures
Jayni Shah
Accomplice
Prashant Shah
Monta Vista Capita
Ann Shin
Ultrafund Capital
Charles Sidman
ECS Capital Partners
Kathleen Siswanto
Propel Venture Partners
Ira Smith
Pandect BioVentures
Tanya Soman
500 Startups
Kumar Sripadam
Elevate Capital
Jack Statza
Allstate Strategic Ventures
George Straschnov
Bisk Ventures
Marcus Stroud
TXV Partners
Mayra Tama
Initial Capital
Wei Tao
Chair Bio Genomics Committee
Craig Taylor
Alloy Ventures
Laura Thompson
Sapphire Ventures
Vishal Verma
Edgewood Ventures
Che Voigt
North Bay Angels
Jordan Wahbeh
SV Venture Group
Timothy Wang
The Westly Group
Kyoko Watanabe
DEFTA Partners
Patricia Wexler
Starlight Ventures
James Wu
M12
Jonathan Wu
Sand Hill Angels
Margaret Wu
Georgian Partners
Veronica Wu
Hone Capital
Wei Wu
BOE Ventures
Matthew Wukasch
Charmides Capital
Wenz Xing
Bullpen Capital
Sue Xu
Amino Capital
Lu Zhang
Fusion Fund
Jimmy Zhu
Citi Ventures
Shelley Zhuang
11.2 Capital
TX Zhuo
Fika Ventures
The 7th annual Venture Summit | West, presented by youngStartup Ventures, is the premier industry gathering connecting venture capitalists, corporate VCs, angel investors, technology transfer professionals, senior executives of venture backed, emerging and early stage companies, university researchers, incubators and premier service providers.
Whether you are an investor seeking access to new deals, or founder and/or CEO of a new venture looking for funding, visibility and growth, Venture Summit | West 2019 is one event you won't want to miss.
This exclusive Venture Capital Summit will feature:
Hear top tier VCs, Corporate VCs and Angel Investors on the key issues facing Investors and Startup CEOs alike. Industry experts will provide updated analyses and share their experience with the audience.
Apply to speakDiscover more than 100 of the hottest early stage and emerging growth technology, mobile, life sciences, healthcare IT, clean-tech and ed-tech innovators as they present live to leading investors.
Apply to presentConnect with investors, startups and potential partners.
PRE-REGISTRATION SAVINGS $100 OFF
Audience Profile: Venture Capitalists, angel investors, corporate VCs, CEOs, CFOs and other senior management of early stage and emerging growth ventures, technology transfer professionals and premium services firms.
To apply, your company must be privately held and ideally come from one of the following industry sectors:
If you are a seed stage company seeking angel funding and would like to present check out our seed stage track.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
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Cocktail Reception |
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Thursday, March 7th, 2019
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Conference Registration & Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:50am |
Welcome Remarks
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| 9:00am |
The Changing Venture World: What can we expect for the next 24 months? Venture Capital thought leaders debate the challenges and opportunities facing Investors and Entrepreneurs Location: Grand Peninsula Ballroom D
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Break |
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| 10:00am |
Company Presentations – Round I Track I: Life Sciences/Healthcare (Ballroom E) |
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| 11:00am |
Networking & Refreshment Break |
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| 11:40am |
Company Presentations – Round II Track I: Life Sciences/Healthcare (Ballroom E) |
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| 12:50pm |
Lunch & Networking |
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| 1:00pm |
RAISING ANGEL MONEY – INFO & INSIGHTS FROM SEASOND INVESTORS Location: Grand Peninsula Ballroom E
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Company Presentations – Round III Track I: Life Sciences/Healthcare (Ballroom E) |
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Fundable Deals: Making VCs Sit Up And Take Notice Ideas are all well and good, but in order to attract capital they will need to be packaged and presented in a way that will entice investors and of course a SOLID business model. This panel will discuss the skills required to make a highly effective pitch that will attract potential financiers and the types of deals investors want. Location: Grand Peninsula Ballroom D
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Energizing The Flow Of Clean-Tech Deals This session will discuss the trends in the financial markets and the future of venture capital investment in clean-tech. Location: Grand Peninsula Ballroom E
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ABCs On Ed-Tech Innovation & Funding Ed-tech Investors will take center stage to grade the Ed-tech sector and share insights on the trends they’re seeing. Location: Grand Peninsula Ballroom A
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| 3:50pm |
Networking & Refreshment Break |
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Negotiating The Term Sheet Entrepreneurs who don’t prepare well for term-sheet negotiations may find themselves locked into an uncomfortable relationship with their VC for years to come. Whether you’re looking for a first round or follow-on funding, attend this panel to learn what you should know about negotiating term sheets. Location: Grand Peninsula Ballroom E
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Raising Strategic/Corporate Venture Funding: What You Need To Know With a new flowering of startup innovation, many giants of industry have decided to enter or re-enter the world of VC. This session will explore the value-added investment approach of Corporate VCs and how it yields important dividends that are “beyond the bottom line,” both for the investor and for the startup. Location: Grand Peninsula Ballroom D
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Banking On Fin-Tech Innovation Join top-tier VCs to discuss the rise of fintech, the integration of groundbreaking technologies within financial services, and the future of digital finance. Location: Grand Peninsula Ballroom A
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| 5:20pm |
Awards & Closing Remarks
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Summit Adjourns |
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