SILICON VALLEY FUNDING SUMMIT RUNDOWN AGENDA
(UPDATED PERIODICALLY)
Time
Session Title
8:00 - 9:00 am
Registration and Coffee
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
INVESTING TRENDS ACROSS TECH MARKETS
Investor Judges:·
- Amir Banifatemi, K5 Ventures, partner
- Philippe Cases, Topio Networks, CEO
- Cindy Hostelle, PA Community and Economic Development, Senior Manager
- Han Ko, USAKO Group, CEO
- Aaron Rose, GT Ventures, Principal
- Howard Pakosh, TekStart, President
- Evelyn Lee, Vine Ventures, Managing Partner,
- Adam Grill, Odyssey Group, CEO and Group President
- Christian Elebiary, Inspiration Ventures, Partner
- Robson Longwell, RTL Management, Analyst
- Mac Kubota, Murata, Corporate Venturing Manager
- Catherine Rhee, Legendary, Partner
- Nobu Morita, NEC X, Director of Innovation
- Colman Ma, CJ Ventures LLC Partner
- Shaquille Cruz, Laconia Capital Group, Venture Fellow
- Edgar Auslander, Meta, Senior Director
- Hakan Kostepen, Panasonic, Executive Director - Product Strategy & Innovation
- Niraj Saran, Maya Ventures, Partner
- Daniel Kinsliskiy, GGW Venture, Investor
- William Buchanan, Will Buchanan Investments, CEO
- Sho Izaki, Faith Future Fund, Investor
- Theresa Yu, Global Bridge Capital, Managing Director
- Connie Harrel, Keiretsu Forurm Socal, President
- Larry Harrel, Keiretsu Forurm Socal, Analyst and Investor
- Iqbal Knowaja, State of Hawaii, CTO
- Tom Komuro, NTT Ltd,Senior Manager
- Brad Turner, StartupStarrer, Director of Investor relations
- Dave Imada, Edgewood Ventures, Executive
- Ashish Shah, VSolvit, Chief Strategy Officer
- Mike Moore, Medwatch Technologies, CEO
- Sandra Miller, Foundry 415, CEO
- John Ricci, USAngels, CEO
- Todd Shoemack, Venture Capital Consulting, CEO
- Jerry Jeikens, Tie Angels, Executive Director
- Ashish Saboo, StartupSteroid, CEO
- Akif Malik, PodiumVC, Partner
- (and more)
Startups Pitching:
STAR PITCHES 8 Minutes + 2 min Q/A:
- Mark Johnson, Bemy, CEO
- Laurent Guiraud, ColibriTD, CTO
- Vigile Hoareau, Crowdaa, CEO
- Joël-Alexis BIALKIEWICZ, Delupay, President
- Jay Bean, GotYou, CEO
- Francois Modaresse, Ceo, PhotonFi
- Anurag Saha Roy, Qruise, CPO
- Charles Pavlosky, ShopSee, CEO
DELUXE PITCHES 6 Minutes + 2 min Q/A:
- Bernd Lapp, CentSaving, CEO
- Lacey Arevalo, JoynD, CEO
- Antonio Caizzone, Senbiosys, Co-CEO
- Maxime Julien, Solid State of Mind, CEO
- Christophe Bron, Veintree, CEO
BASIC PITCHES 4 Minutes + 2 min Q/A:
- Geoffroy Van Humbeeck, aSmartWorld, CEO
- Ahreum Kim, Gen21, VP
- Andreas Maurer, KeepLocal, CEO
- Oliver Kemmann, LADE, Managing Director
- Larry Hartmann, PixelFree Studio, Chief Strategy Officer
- Donguook Lee, SMT, CEO
- Jinkyu Kang, TSP XR, CEO
- Francois-Louis Mertens, Beeyou.tv, CEO
- Peter Palus, CultureBoard, Co-founder
12:30 - 6:00 pm
MATCHMAKING & NETWORKING AT DEMO SHOWCASE
12:30 - 1:30 pm
LUNCH WITH INVESTORS
1:30- 4:30 pm
RAISING FUNDING & CAPITAL THROUGH ECOSYSTEMS
SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE EUROPEAN INNOVATION COUNCIL AND SBDC PROGRAMS AND THEIR AWARDESS
Investor Judges:·
- Amir Banifatemi, K5 Ventures, partner
- Philippe Cases, Topio Networks, CEO
- Cindy Hostelle, PA Community and Economic Development, Senior Manager
- Joseph Vinod, Samsung, Senior Director
- Han Ko, USAKO Group, CEO
- Kyle Sugiyama, Kanematsu Ventures Inc., President
- Aaron Rose, GT Ventures, Principal
- Howard Pakosh, TekStart, President
- Evelyn Lee, Vine Ventures, Managing Partner,
- Adam Grill, Odyssey Group, CEO and Group President
- Jason Rouse, Taiyo America, Strategic Growth & Ventures
- Christian Elebiary, Inspiration Ventures, Partner
- Robson Longwell, RTL Management, Analyst
- Mac Kubota, Murata, Corporate Venturing Manager
- Catherine Rhee, Legendary, Partner
- Nobu Morita, NEC X, Director of Innovation
- Colman Ma, CJ Ventures LLC Partner
- Shaquille Cruz, Laconia Capital Group, Venture Fellow
- Edgar Auslander, Meta, Senior Director
- Pascal Guillard, ST Micro, VP Global Sales
- Hakan Kostepen, Panasonic, Executive Director - Product Strategy & Innovation
- Niraj Saran, Maya Ventures, Partner
- Daniel Kinsliskiy, GGW Venture, Investor
- William Buchanan, Will Buchanan Investments, CEO
- Sho Izaki, Faith Future Fund, Investor
- Theresa Yu, Global Bridge Capital, Managing Director
- Connie Harrel, Keiretsu Forurm Socal, President
- Larry Harrel, Keiretsu Forurm Socal, Analyst and Investor
- Iqbal Knowaja, State of Hawaii, CTO
- Tom Komuro, NTT Ltd,Senior Manager
- Brad Turner, StartupStarrer, Director of Investor relations
- Dave Imada, Edgewood Ventures, Executive
- Ashish Shah, VSolvit, Chief Strategy Officer
- Mike Moore, Medwatch Technologies, CEO
- Sandra Mille, Foundry 415, CEO
- John Ricci, USAngels, CEO
- Todd Shoemack, Venture Capital Consulting, CEO
- Jerry Jeikens, Tie Angels, Executive Director
- Ashish Saboo, StartupSteroid, CEO
- Akif Malik, PodiumVC, Partner
- (and more)
Startups Pitching:
AWARDED PITCHES 4 Minutes + 2 min Q/A:
- Onur Ergen, Ambeent, CRO
- Joseph Suess, Blinkin, CEO
- Walburga Froehlich, CEO & Paul Mayer, CDO, Capito
- Antonio Rodriguez Del Corral, Cinfo, CEO
- Cornel Amariel, Dotlumen, CEO
- Mariano Vazquez, Elem, CSO
- Jon Linden, Ekkono, CEO
- Nuria Pastor, HumanITCare, CEO
- Yoann Jezequel, Greenerwave, COO
- Hans Hasselby-Andersen, Lotus Microsystems, CEO
- Benjamin Azoulay, Oledcomm, CEO
- Philippe Notton, Sipearl, CEO
- Daniel Spahr, Stream Analyse, COO
- Andrea Ballitsa, Voiseed, CEO
- Felix Winterstein, Xelera, CEO
- Elliott Small, Centers for Age Control, CEO
- Srinivas Bharadwaj, Gnosis Learning, CEO
- Michael Lyon, Gunsens, COO
- Camilo Sierra, Inkspire, CEO
- Eric Sanchez, SplendoHealth, CEO USA
- Kapil Sharma, Turu, CEO
4:30- 6:30 pm
MATCHMAKING, NETWOKING AT DEMO SHOWCASE
AWARDS, AND RECEPTION
Other startups / organizations with Demo-Tables:
- Maria Teresa Fernandez, Dynavisual, CEO
- Anita Baranowski, Left Coast Engineering, CEO
- Howard Pakosh, TekStart, President