SILICON VALLEY FUNDING SUMMIT RUNDOWN AGENDA
AGENDA (UPDATED DAILY)
Time
Session Title
9:00 - 9:30 am
Registration and Coffee
9:15 - noon
TECH & INVESTING TRENDS ACROSS CONSUMER AND ENTERPRISE TECH MARKETS
Investor Judges:
• Han Ko, USAKO Group
• Bob Bilbruck, Angel Investor
• Richard Bristol, Bristol Advisory
• Adam Grill, Odyssey, President
• Matthias Niklowitz, HZ Insurance, Owner
• Howell Niren, MLVDVD, CEO
• Howard Pakosh, TekStart, President
• John Richards, Startup Ignition Ventures, Managing Partner
• Tyler Richards, Startup Ignition Ventures, Gal Part
• Akif Malik, Podium VC, partner
• Porter Wong, Angel Investor
• Simay Dinc, Rising Tide, Angel investor
• Samira G Curtis, EIT Digital, Director USA
• Glen Gaddy, Robin Hood Ventures, Member
• Eduardo Maneilla, Google, Product Lead
• Jill Finlayson, Citris Innobation Hub, Director
• Tony Fortenberry, Red Hat, Dir Bus Development
• Yae Yun Yee, Carlsson Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH, CEO
Startups Pitching:
STAR PITCHES 10 Minutes + 2 min Q/A:
- Trevor McKeeman, CEO / Founder, HitchPin
- Torrey Smith, CEO, Endiatx
- Doug Sutton, Partner, AI Energy Partners
- Christian Pineau, President, MACA
- Santh Sathya, CEO, Luftcar
- Sandro Cilurzo, CEO, Sedimentum
- Erin Kelly, CEO, Advanced Symbolics
DELUXE PITCHES 6 Minutes + 2 min Q/A:
- Boudewijn Jansen, CFO, iXora
- Craig Nabat, President, Freedom Laser Inc.
- Jack Wang, CEO / Co-Founder, KIRI Innovations
- Jimmy Kunzli, CEO, Weezy VR
- James Amihood, CEO, Cardiokol
- Mel Gollan, CEO, RIPA Global
Noon - 5:00 pm
12:15 - 1:15 pm
1:15 - 4:15 pm
DEMO SHOWCASE OPEN FOR NETWORKING
SEATED LUNCH WITH INVESTORS
RAISING FUNDING FROM TECH HUBS: SILICON VALLEY, OTHER REGIONS , EUROPE
Investor Judges:
• Bob Bilbruck, Angel Investor
• Chris Lee Hanwha Corporation SVP & Head of Open Innovation/Corporate Venture Capital
• Steve Stein, Infospectrum, CEO
• Kenneth LEE, PXG Capital, CEO
• Manish Gupta, Corporate Investor, Nogarro
• Wenli Yu, Archimedes Controls Corp., CEO
• Gena Vazquez, Fundpire, Managing Partner
• Han Ko, USAKO Group, International venture capital and Angel Invest Group.
• Iqbal Khowaja, State of Hawaii, CTO and Angel Investor
• Aaron Rose, GT Ventures, Principal
• Lilian Ting, Washington Monument Ventures, General Partner
• Kyle Sugiyama, Kanematsu Ventures Inc., Investor
• Winston Choe, LGE, Director, Business Innovation
• Samira G Curtis, EIT Digital, Director USA
• Glen Gaddy, Robin Hood Ventures, Member
• Eduardo Maneilla, Google, Product Lead
• Jill Finlayson, Citris Innobation Hub, Director
• Tony Fortenberry, Red Hat, Dir Bus Development
• Yae Yun Yee, Carlsson Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH, CEO
• Dmytro Kuzmenko, UVCA, Executive Director
• Ted Cohen, Head of Corporate Development, Media Tech Ventures
Startups Pitching:
STAR 10 Minutes + 2 min Q/A:
- Daniel Lux, Founder, Seluxit
- Radek Mackowiak, Founder, CopresenceAG
- Ruslan Prysyazny, LeoTronics Robotics
- Taylor Speegle, CTO, Centers For Age Control Inc.
DELUXE 6 Minutes + 2 min Q/A:
- Gil Becker, CEO, Any Clip
- Juraj Zec, Lead developer digital twin platform, Akular
- Martin Pecar, CEO, OmniOpti
- Chris Escamilla, Chief Growth Officer, Fend
- Darryl Keaton, Founder / President, Sensagrate
- Trevor Curwin, Director, Partnerships, Sheeva.ai
- Jacob Lindberg, CEO / Co-Founder, VersaWare
BASIC Four Minutes + 2 min Q/A:
- Natalya Lopareva, CEO / Founder, Algorized
- Argishti Avetisyan, Founder, Casandra
- Jonathan Stephan Nowak Delgado, Founder, Spree Interactive
- Howard Lin, Founder, Wrink Free
- Vishnu Mohan Pusuluri, Founder, Siliconch Systems
- Francois-Xaiver Hussherr, ProfessorBob.ai
- Philipp Geppert, CEO, PixelFree Studio
- Steffen Recktenwald, Cysmic
- Oleksandr Labtsev, Development and Com Dir, Solar Plex
- Roman Tomashevskyi, CFO, OptySun
- Volodymyr Chykalov, Commercial Dir, G-Mak
- Pavlo Herman, CEO, Wheelkeep
- Ivan Osadchyi, CEO, Knopka
4:15 - 5:15 pm
AWARDS, DEMO SHOWCASE AND COCKTAIL PARTY
Other startups / organizations with Demo-Tables:
- Emily Ward, AlcaCruz Inc., CEO
- Zac Wood, Lightra-A.i, Founder/CEO
- Daniel Cullum, Pegasus Technology, Inc., Entrepreneur in Residence
- Hugo LOI, PIXMINDS DISTRIBUTION, General Manager
- Perry Chappell, Zing Communications, CEO
- Aiping Gao, Ostloong Innovations AG, Manager
- Reid Covington, Ampere LLC, Co-Founder & CEO
- GP Singh, Ambient Scientific, CEO
- Steve Colby, Rimon Law, Partner
- Niki Moyer, Krillpa, Co-Founder
- Lincoln Manning, Nosongrequests.com
- Thomas Reveillon, France Capital Ltd.