Sutian Dong (Co-Founder @ Women in VC)

Scaling communities from niche to global, insights from the Women in VC emerging manager report, and advice on how to best support continued investment into women-led businesses

Kenn So (Associate @ Shasta Ventures)

The ultimate breaking into VC resource guide, pivoting investment focus areas, and the thought process behind taking a more hands-on approach with portfolio companies

Cheryl Campos (Head of Venture Growth and Partnerships @ Republic)

Democratizing access into startups, balancing projects outside of work, and investing in underrepresented founders

Abhinaya Konduru (Associate @ M25)

Chicago tech ecosystem, challenges of working on a lean team, and taking on projects outside of work

Meagan Loyst (VC @ Lerer Hippeau)

Gen Z Investment trends and the companies that are positioned to win over this group of consumers

Abir Liben (Associate @ Serena Ventures)

The dynamics of working under a celebrity, how Serena can add value to portfolio companies where other investors cannot compete, and misused founder evaluation frameworks

Mark Grace (Investor @ M13)

Key themes of consumer tech, areas of interest for VCs in the space, and why LA has emerged as a consumer hub

Molly Fowler (CEO @ Dorm Room Fund)

In this talk, we ask Molly about her unusual path into venture, the thesis behind investing in student-run startups, and how DRF has built an unfair advantage over other similar initiatives

Jessica Li (Growth Marketing @ Zageno)

Jessica's thoughts on creating leverage as an investor through personal branding, why specialization is dying, and why she is leaving venture to join the operator side.

Mike MacCombie (Director of Platform @ ff Venture Capital)

Mike's thoughts on his path into venture, launching communities, and why venture capital firms are shelling out more to build out their platform teams.

Highlighting the next era of investors and operators