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Virtual conference series connecting angel investors, VC's, corporate VC's, & others with senior executives of innovative tech startups
X Investor Series: Diversity, Hardware, Tech Investor Conference
X Investor is a new global virtual venture conference series connecting primarily Silicon Valley-based angel investors, venture capitalists, corporate VCs, technology transfer professionals, university researchers, incubators, & premier service providers, with senior executives of venture backed, emerging & early stage companies. Whether you are an investor seeking access to new deals, or founder and/or CEO of a new venture looking for funding, visibility & growth, X Investor Tech Series is a conference series you won't want to miss.
This is a virtual event, & you will be able to join us online from the comfort of your own home to learn from the greatest minds in Tech startup investing. You'll hear what is top of mind for Tech investors & network with a global community of fellow Tech pioneers, & leverage the best part of a COVID-induced virtual world: being able to connect with & hear from your esteemed peers where distance is no longer relevant!
Presentation Areas:
December 1: Diversity
Diversity Investor Conference is the first event in the X Investor conference series, & the most exciting Diversity investor conference to bring together active investors in top startups led by a Diversity founder (Black/African American, Latina/Latino, Native American, LGBTQ, & women founders). It is organized by Epic Events based in San Francisco, CA. The speaker lineup features prominent & up-and-coming diversity investors & founders.
Want to Pitch?
If you want to present to 150+ investors at this event, please submit your application & purchase the appropriate Pitching Startup ticket: https://bit.ly/2H39qKt. Deadline to apply is Sunday, 11/22 11:59pm PST. Epic Events is sponsoring several merit-based Pitch spots, but you must apply by deadline to be considered!
December 2: Hardware
Hardware Investor Conference is the second event in the X Investor conference series, & the most exciting Hardware Investor conference to bring together active investors in top Hardware startups. It is organized by Epic Events based in San Francisco, CA. The speaker lineup features prominent & up-and-coming Hardware investors & founders.
Want to Pitch?
If you want to present to 150+ investors at this event, please purchase the appropriate Pitching Startup ticket & submit your application here: https://bit.ly/2GaUr0X. Deadline to apply is Sunday, 11/22 11:59pm PST. Epic Events is sponsoring several merit-based Pitch spots, but you must apply by deadline to be considered!
December 3-4: General Tech
Tech Investor Conference is the third event in the X Investor conference series, & the most exciting Tech Investor conference to bring together active investors in top Tech startups. It is organized by Epic Events based in San Francisco, CA. The speaker lineup features prominent & up-and-coming Tech investors & founders.
Want to Pitch?
If you want to present to 150+ investors at this event, please purchase the appropriate Pitching Startup ticket & submit your application here: https://bit.ly/3ejnnR4. Deadline to apply is Sunday, 11/22 11:59pm PST. Epic Events is sponsoring several merit-based Pitch spots, but you must apply by deadline to be considered!
Tech:
Mobile
Internet/Digital Media
IoT
Security
Software/IT
More
Life Sciences/Healthcare:
BioTech
Diagnostics
Drug Discovery
Healthcare IT
Medical Devices
Pharma
CleanTech:
Energy Efficiency
Energy Generation
Energy Infrastructure
Energy Storage
Transportation
Water & Wastewater
FinTech:
Banking
Blockchain
Insurtech
Personal Finance
Payments
Predictive Analytics
This event is for startups in the following stages:
Angel/Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B
Series C
Check out other events in our X Investor conference series:
Diversity, Hardware, Tech Investor Conference - 12/1-4
Angel/Pre-Seed, Seed, A, & B+ Round Investor Conference - 12/15-18
EdTech, Gaming/Digital Media, & Healthcare/Life Sciences/Biotech Investor Conference - 12/15-17
Check out the other events in our X Academy series:
Founder Academy - 11/30
Angel Academy - 12/7
Check out the other events in our Heads of X series:
Heads of Product - July 28
Heads of Engineering - August 13
Heads of Design - August 27
Heads of Data Science - September 10
Heads of Digital Marketing - September 24
Heads of Sales - October 8
Heads of Operations - October 22
Heads of People - November 19
Heads of Finance - December 8
Heads of Legal - December 22
Conference Breakdown
Starting at 8:30 AM PDT, Tech Investor Conference will be broken up into three sections: open mic networking 30 minutes before event start, panel, & presentations.
Agenda (All Times In PDT)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2020 - DIVERSITY
8:30am - Zoom Live, Open Mic Networking (30 min)
9:00am - Diversity Founder Panel (30 min)
-Renee Ryan - Angel Investor; CEO, Cala Health; Former Managing Director, Johnson & Johnson, Robert W. Baird, Jefferies & Co.
-James Jones Jr, Esq - Angel Investor; Founder, Ownors; Mentor, 500 Startups
-TBD
9:30am - Opening Remarks, Diversity Expert Panel (30 min)
-Michael Baran - Senior Partner & Digital Solutions Lead, inQUEST Consulting; Instructor, Harvard University; Author, Subtle Acts of Exclusion: How to Understand, Identify, & Stop Microaggressions
-Cornelia Shipley - Angel Investor; President, 3C Consulting; Author, Design Your Life
-Jake Rostovsky - Transgender Diversity & Inclusion Training Consultant
10:00am - Diversity Angel Investor Panel (30 min)
-Paul Grossinger - Founder, Gaingels
-Randy Sabourin - Angel Investor; Co-President, Practica Learning
-Akmann Van-Mary - Angel Investor; Managing Director, Velo'm
10:30am - Pitches (30 min)
11:00am - VC Investing in Diversity Presentation (30 min)
-Navin Goyal - Cofounder & CEO, LOUD Capital
11:30am - Pitches (30 min)
12:00pm - Diversity VC Investor Panel (30 min)
-Stacey Feinberg - President, 33 Capital; Managing Director, Golden Seeds
-Jennifer Vancini - General Partner, Mighty Capital
-Nishad Parmar - Senior Partner & Chief Investment Officer, LOUD Capital
-Gillian Muessig - CEO, Managing Director, Mastersfund, Outines Venture Group
-Elizabeth Davis - Investor - Anthemis
12:30pm - Corporate Diversity Inclusion Panel (30 min)
-Jossie Haines - Senior Director of Platform Engineering, Diversity & Inclusion Advocate, Tile
-Tina Eskridge - Angel Investor; Senior Director of Marketing, Diversity & Inclusion, Microsoft
-TBD
1:00pm - Best Presenters Announced, Closing Remarks
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2020 - HARDWARE
9:30am - Zoom Live, Open Mic Networking (30 min)
10:00am - Opening Remarks, Angel Investor/Accelerator Panel (30 min)
-Garrett Winther - Partner & Program Director - HAX
-Eric Bear - Partner, Capital Factory; Angel Investor; CEO - MONKEYmedia
-Kishore Sundara-Rajan - Angel Investor; Hardware Engineering Lead - Google
-TBD
10:30am - Pitch (2 hr)
12:30pm - VC/Corporate VC Investor Panel (30 min)
-Anil Rachakonda - Vice President, co-pace, Continental AG
-Dennis Liu - Associate Director, Global Strategy & Business Development, Ford Motor Company
-Karthee Madasamy - Managing Partner - MFV Partners
-Aymerik Renard - General Partner, Hardware Club; Mentor, HAX; Mentor; Startupbootc& Mentor; Lemnos Labs Inc
-Rokas Peciulaitis - Managing Partner, Contrarian Ventures
1:00pm - Best Presenters Announced, Closing Remarks
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2020 - GENERAL TECH
9:30am - Zoom Live, Open Mic Networking (30 min)
10:00am - Opening Remarks, Angel Investor/AngelList Syndicate Panel (30 min)
10:30am - Pitches (2 hr)
12:30pm - VC/Corporate VC Investor Panel (30 min)
1:00pm - Closing Remarks
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2020*
9:30am - Zoom Live, Open Mic Networking (30 min)
10:00am - Presentations (2 hr)
12:00pm - Best Presenters Announced, Closing Remarks
*The event will be extended to Friday, 12/4, if there is insufficient time for presentations the day prior & will be confirmed closer to event date.
Featured Investors & Experts:
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2020 - DIVERSITY
-Stacey Feinberg - President, 33 Capital; Managing Director, Golden Seeds
-Jennifer Vancini - General Partner - Mighty Capital
-Gillian Muessig - CEO | Managing Director, Mastersfund - Outines Venture Group
-Navin Goyal - Cofounder & CEO, LOUD Capital
-Nishad Parmar - Senior Partner & Chief Investment Officer, LOUD Capital
-Paul Grossinger - Founder, Gaingels
-Elizabeth Davis - Investor - Anthemis
-Lei Qi - Investing Principal - Alliance Ventures
-H.L. Ray - Investor & Advisor, Gaingels
-James Jones Jr, Esq - Angel Investor; Founder, Ownors; Mentor, 500 Startups
-Michael Baran - Senior Partner & Digital Solutions Lead, inQUEST Consulting
-Cornelia Shipley - Angel Investor; President, 3C Consulting; Author, Design Your Life
-Jake Rostovsky - Transgender Diversity & Inclusion Training Consultant
-Randy Sabourin - Angel Investor; Co-President, Practica Learning
-Jossie Haines - Senior Director of Platform Engineering, Diversity & Inclusion Advocate - Tile (Ex-Apple, Zynga)
-Tina Eskridge - Angel Investor; Senior Director of Marketing, Diversity & Inclusion - Microsoft
-Akmann Van-Mary - Angel Investor; Managing Director, Velo'm
-Sherrell Dorsey - Publisher - The Plug
-Mary Spio - Founder, Chief Visionary & Product Architect - CEEKVR INC
-Renee Ryan - Angel Investor; CEO, Cala Health; Former Managing Director, Johnson & Johnson, Robert W. Baird, Jefferies & Co.
-Cassio Spina - Founder/President - Anjos do Brasil
-Ashton Colby - Founder - Gender YOUphoria
-Ashley L. Flucas - Flucas Ventures - Syndicate Lead
-More...
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2020 - HARDWARE
-Aymerik Renard - General Partner, Hardware Club; Mentor, HAX; Mentor; Startupbootc& Mentor; Lemnos Labs Inc
-Karthee Madasamy - Managing Partner - MFV Partners
-Garrett Winther - Partner & Program Director - HAX
-Anil Rachakonda - Vice President, co-pace, Continental AG
-Dennis Liu - Associate Director, Global Strategy & Business Development, Ford Motor Company
-Shauna McIntyre - CEO, Sense Photonics; Former Automotive Services & Automotive Maps Program Lead, Google; Former Chief of Staff, Google Hardware
-Joseph Wei - Managing Director, Technology Ventures Group; Hardware Mentor, Asia-Pacific Innovation Academy; Mentor, European Innovation Academy; Mentor, Women's Startup Lab
-Eric Bear - Partner, Capital Factory; Angel Investor; CEO - MONKEYmedia
-Jim Sacherman - Partner, Watershed Growth Ventures; EIR, University of Nevada, Reno; Former Director, Innovation Center, University of Nevada, Reno
-Stephen Svajian - Angel Investor; CEO, Co-Founder, Anova Culinary
-Nan Xu - eCommerce Manager, Investments Hardware
-Kishore Sundara-Rajan - Angel Investor; Hardware Engineering Lead - Google
-Michael Azoff - Chief Analyst, Kisaco Research
-Jack Pearson - Commercial Director - Remix Robotics
-David Kanter - Executive Director, MLCommons
-Sophi Kravitz - Director of Product, Hackaday
-Dylan Crow - Venture Capital Associate, HAX
-Owen Meyer - Managing Partner, Meyer Equity
-Rokas Peciulaitis - Managing Partner, Contrarian Ventures
-Karl Freund - Senior Analyst, AI & HPC - Moor Insights & Strategy
-More...
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2020 - GENERAL TECH
-Howard Ko - Principal, Morpheus Ventures
-Sarah Millar - Principal, City Light Capital
-Ryan Kole - Partner, VCapital
-Brett Noyes - CEO, General Partner, UnVentures
-Ricky Lai - Principal, Portag3 Ventures
-Mike Leffer - Principal, Squadra Ventures
-Lasse Kohler - Senior Associate, Maersk Growth
-George Khalife - Vice President, U.S. Capital Formation (Midwest) - Toronto Stock Exchange
-Grant Van Cleve - Managing Partner - Hangar 75 Ventures
-Krish W. Ramadurai - Principal - Neue Fund
-Danny Cotter - Principal - The Westly Group
-J. Skyler Fernandes - General Partner - VU Venture Partners
-Sergio Marrero - General Partner - Rebel One Ventures
-Ali Abdulaziz - Managing Partner - Capital Bee LTD
-Wilson Wu - Partner - WI Harper Group
-Kamal Vasagiri - Investment DIrector - Honeywell Ventures
-Vab Goel - Founding Partner - NTTVC
-Vivin Hegde - Director, Tech Office - Hilti
-Osayi Igharo - Managing Partner - Ripple VC
-Skip Sanzeri - Founder, Partner - Multiverse Capital
-David Willbrand - Partner & Chair, Early Stage & Emerging Company Practice - Thompson Hine LLP
-Sushil Kalyam - VP Innovation - Deutsche Bank
-Anderson Theodore - Managing Partner - BKT Capital
-Miles Lasater - Founding Partner - Purpose Built Ventures
-Amit K Shah - Investment Director - SR One
-Gayathri Radhakrishnan - Director Venture Capital - Micron Ventures
-Sebastian Molina Gasman - Investment Analyst - Seedstars
-Jonathan Li - Director - Mantis VC
-Lindsey Yee - Principal - Starbridge VC
-Cassandra Carothers - Associate - Upheaval Investments
-Tomasz Golinski - Founding Partner - CofounderZone
-Jeremy Burton - CEO & Co-Founder - Platform Venture Studio
-Ron Shigeta - investor - Alix Ventures
-Cathryn Chen - Founder & CEO - MarketX
-Erik Bovee - Venture Partner/Founder, Speedinvest
-Ed Dua - CEO, Nextsport
-Peter Burghardt - Program Director at The Batchery
-Zachary Mayblum - Managing Partner - Influencer Group
-Hem Suri - Founder & Managing Partner - Spark Growth Ventures
-Gena Vazquez - Investor - Fundpire
-Erica V. - Investor - CRV [Charles River Ventures]
-Miro Tenkl - CEO - CzechInvest
-Sahil Khosla - Founding Partner - Fourth Realm
-Sukaina Alarakhia - Venture Partner - Moore Venture Partners
-Ashley L. Flucas - Flucas Ventures - Syndicate Lead
-Mattan Lurie - Venture Partner - Brinc foodtech accelerator
-Andy Jorgensen - Principal, Lighthouse Investments; CRO, MindStream Analytics; CEO, Cantilever.ai; Executive Committee; SLC Angels
-More...
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