Venture with Grace

Stanley joined CapitalG in 2022 as a Vice President on the growth team where he leads advisory efforts to help the firm’s fintech, Web3, and international portfolio companies scale their go-to-market operations and increase their top-line growth. He also leads the firm’s product and technology senior expert advisor networks that work with portfolio companies to enhance their product offerings and...

Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of IGNIA. IGNIA invests in world-class tech entrepreneurs solving problems faced by the emerging middle class in Latin America. Led investments in Rapyd, Tiendanube, Abra, Arcus, Credijusto, Lentesplus, ProducePay, UnDosTres and Sr. Pago. Former Chairman of the Board of Compartamos Banco (Gentera), the largest microfinance institution...

Jess Mah built her first 6-figure business while still in middle school and has since created three companies that are each valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Among the companies she’s founded are inDinero, a fintech company that helps businesses manage their accounting and taxes; Astonishing Labs, is a biotech firm focused on revolutionizing human health with groundbreaking innovation...

Sandy Yang is the Head of Accounting at Plaid, a leading fintech company that enables applications to connect with users' bank accounts. Prior to joining Plaid, Sandy was the Director of Accounting at One Medical and held various accounting roles at different SaaS companies. With a strong background in accounting and finance, Sandy has extensive experience in managing financial operations, imp...

Gina is a co-founder and COO at Latitud, a platform helping build the next generation of iconic tech startups in Latin America through digital products, a dedicated fellowship and fund. Previously, Gina led growth and marketing at Duolingo from 3 to 200 million users via organic strategies (PR, a/b testing, internationalization, partnerships) and was part of the executive team. She also worked on...

Linda Tong studies computer science at Stanford University. She has been a venture fellow at Pear VC, Floodgate Fund, 8VC, interned at Foothill Ventures, and freelanced for other early stage funds on university venture sourcing and diligence. At Pear, she evaluated investment opportunities for Pear Competition ($100K uncapped SAFE for student founders) and spearheaded university sourcing strategy...

Jordan Segall is a Partner at Redpoint Ventures partnering with devtool, security, and AI founders. He previously worked at 4 startups in engineering, product, and presales such as Palantir, RelateIQ, and C3.ai. Redpoint Ventures has partnered with some of the leading technology companies at the earliest stages for the past 20 years, including Snowflake, Stripe, Twilio, Hashicorp, CockroachDB, Loo...

Ryan You is a Partner at Galaxy Interactive. Prior to join Galaxy Interactive, Ryan was Head of US at Aream & Co., a leading gaming investment bank, where he built the US franchise from ground up covering both the United States and Asia. He advised on a significant number of gaming M&A transactions, including the $750m sale of Unknown Worlds Entertainment to Krafton, the $525m sale of Star...

Abe Yokell is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Congruent Ventures, a leading early-stage venture firm focused on partnering with entrepreneurs to build companies addressing climate and sustainability challenges. Abe oversees Congruent’s investments in AMP Robotics, Amply Power, Blueprint Power, Camus Energy, Leap Energy, Evergrow, Omnidian, For Days, Hippo Harvest, Milk Run, Modumate, Optimorout...

Zach Coelius is the Managing Partner at Coelius Capital. He has invested in companies such as Mercury, Cruise, and Hellosign. Some of his notable portfolio exits include Cruise by GM, Helloing by Dropbox, Loom.ai by Roblox, Trusted by Care.com, Jiobit by Life360, and Glide by Compass. Topics: * The Art of Early-Stage Investments * Navigating High-Profile Exits * The Future of Tech and Emerging Opp...

Ravi Viswanathan founded NewView Capital (NVC) in 2018 to provide entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and investors with the freedom to drive continual innovation and sustainable growth. With over $2B under management, NVC invests in technology companies through both direct investments and curated portfolio acquisitions, pairing funding with significant operational support. NewView Capital focus p...

David Weisburd is the Co-Founder at 10X Capital, which founded 10X Capital Venture Capital Acquisition I (NASDAQ: VCVC), 10X Capital Venture Capital Acquisition II (NASDAQ: VCXA), 10X Capital Venture Capital Acquisition III (NASDAQ: VCXB) as well as co-sponsoring four additional SPAC's for a total of 7 10X affiliated SPAC's. In addition to it's SPAC franchise, 10X Capital has also inve...

Amber Illig, General Partner at The Council Fund, launched a $5 million debut fund targeting early-stage startups disrupting legacy industries. With a background in angel investing, Illig aims to leverage her experience in tech and venture to support companies in Vertical SaaS, Fintech, and Healthcare. Her career has spanned roles at influential tech companies and her fund emphasizes investment in...

Elaine is the Co-Founder of Tofu, a generative AI platform for creating hyper-personalized, omnichannel campaigns at scale that converts leads for B2B marketing teams. She also serves as a Venture Partner at SignalFire where she first joined in 2018 to invest in seed stage enterprise SaaS companies. In her work as Venture Partner, she primarily focuses on GTM SaaS and generative AI applications. ‍...

Vijay Karunamurthy is the field Chief Technology Officer at Scale AI, where he works to democratize the capabilities of Generative AI and Large Language Models, partnering with large model providers, governments, and Fortune 500 companies. Prior to Scale, Vijay was a Director of Engineering at Apple and Google, where he worked on applications of AI for personalizing human interfaces. Vijay was an...

Eric Bahn is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco. Hustle Fund invests in software startups at the pre-seed and seed stages, backing founders who exhibit great execution and high velocity (aka, hustle). Previous to Hustle Fund, Eric was an angel investor and partner at 500Startups. And prior to becoming a professional investor,...

Bradley Tusk is a venture capitalist, political strategist, philanthropist, and writer. He is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Tusk Ventures, the world’s first venture capital fund that invests solely in early stage startups in highly regulated industries, and the founder of political consulting firm Tusk Strategies. Bradley’s family foundation is funding and leading the national campaign to...

Jon Levy is a behavioral scientist and New York Times bestselling author known for his work in trust, human connection, belonging, and influence. Jon specializes in applying the latest research to transform the ways companies approach marketing, sales, consumer engagement, and culture. His clients range from Fortune 500 brands, like Microsoft, Google, AB-InBev, and Samsung, to startups. More than...

A graduate of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Ross Pomerantz is a multifaceted individual known for his role as Corporate Bro. He is not just a content creator but also an entrepreneur, angel investor, and a "chill dude." His work mainly revolves around satirical portrayals of corporate life, especially focusing on the life of a Silicon Valley software salesman. His content has g...

Samir Kaji is the CEO and co-founder of Allocate, a platform that democratizes access to the best technology and life sciences private alternatives. Allocate removes the barriers of discovery, diligence, and access that prevent qualified investors from participating in this lucrative asset class. He also host Venture Unlocked, a podcast and blog that dives into the inner workings of venture capita...

Chris Douvos founded Ahoy Capital in 2018 to build an intentionally right-sized firm that could pursue investment excellence while prizing a spirit of partnership with all of its constituencies. A pioneering investor in the micro-VC movement, Chris has been a fixture in venture capital for nearly two decades. In addition to successfully identifying and catalyzing nascent funds, he bridges a gap be...

Crystal McKellar is a Harvard-trained lawyer. She learned to invest from Peter Thiel and began her venture career in 2012 at a growth-stage venture capital fund backed by Thiel. There, she held board positions at Neurable, Siren Care, DoubleDutch (acq. Cvent), and Fractyl Labs, and was instrumental in the fund's 2012 investment in Palantir Technologies. While working for Thiel, Crystal support...

Joey Primiani is the founder and designer at Superfuture. Superfuture is a creative venture studio and collective of artists, engineers and dreamers out to create magical consumer product experiences at the intersection of technology, arts and culture. Passionate and creative, his designs have been called “ingenious” by Fast Company, “charming ... incredibly unique” by Mashable, and “simple and br...

Mike Duda is the Managing Partner at Bullish. Bullish is a Marketing Operating Partner focused on being in the growth business. One-part Creative Agency, one-part consumer investment Firm, they deploy capabilities from both worlds to help brands speed the transformation of opportunities into outcomes. Brand Agency campaigns for the likes of: Anheuser Busch, Walmart, GoDaddy, Pepsi, Nike, The Light...

Rohit Dave is the Head of Corporate Development at Block. Prior to that he was the Head of Portfolio Capital Markets at Juxtapose and former VP and head of Corporate Development at WeWork and Corporate Development at Twilio and Samsung. Topic: * M&A strategy insights: deal evaluation frame work * Post-acquisition integration * Understanding your acquire’s perspective 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/...