Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Changing the World Order: 1 Bitcoin at a Time (VIDEO)

Speaker: Tim Draper, Founding Partner, Draper Associates and DFJ ($5B under management); #7 Forbes Midas List; Founder, Draper University, early investor in Skype, Hotmail, Tesla, Baidu, Twitter, Box, Coinbase, Solar City, Angel List, Twilio. Invested $19M in Bitcoin

Panel: Governments and States: Will High-Tech Transform or Eliminate You? (VIDEO)

Moderator: Andy Tsao, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank
Speakers:
– Shlomi Kofman, Consul General, Israel
– Kaspar Korjus, Managing Director, e-Residency, Estonia
– Dr. Gemi José González López, Consul General, Mexico

Forging the Future: What’s Next? (VIDEO)

Speaker: Steve Jurvetson, Co-Founder, DFJ & Future Ventures; Early VC investor in SpaceX, Tesla, Planet, Synthetic Genomics, Hotmail and D-Wave

Investor Panel: Machine Learning / AI / Big Data (VIDEO)

Moderator: Geoffrey Baehr, General Partner, Almaz Capital Partners
Speakers:
– Angelo Del Priore, Partner, HP Tech Ventures
– Upal Basu, General Partner, NGP Capital
– Aaron Jacobson, Partner, NEA
– Anis Uzzaman, General Partner, Fenox Venture Capital
– Ashmeet Sidana, General Partner, Engineering Capital

Machine Learning / AI / Big Data Startup Presentations (VIDEO)

• DEEPMOTION – builds the motion AI that vastly reduces animation cost and creates life-like interactive digital humans
• Krolm – Intelligent Recruiting Engine. We match companies and candidates based on their Rating.
• Biolink.Tech – an AI-managed multi-factor biometric identification and behavioral scoring data platform, with private products and services build on it.
• Helios Wire – Helios is building a satellite powered Internet of Things network with a focus on remote industrial devices worldwide.
• Aromyx – Sensing and Artificial Intelligence to Digitize the Sense of Smell

Blockchain Beyond Crypto (VIDEO)

Fireside Chat with Susan Athey, Economics of Technology Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Board Member, Expedia (market cap $16B) and Ripple (market cap $20B), and Lending Club (market cap $1.5B). Formerly, advisor to the CEO of Microsoft
Moderator: Alastair Goldfisher, Venture Capital Editor at Buyouts Insider, PE Hub, & Venture Capital Journal

The SaaS of Tomorrow (VIDEO)

Fireside Chat with Alex Rosen, Managing Director, Ridge Ventures (formerly, IDG Ventures)
Moderator: Cromwell Schubarth, TechFlash Silicon Valley Editor, Silicon Valley Business Journal

Investor Panel: Enterprise software / SaaS / Infrastructure (VIDEO)

Moderator: Mike Sandler, Founder/CEO, Epiphan Systems
Speakers:
– Alex Rosen, Managing Director, Ridge Ventures (formerly, IDG Ventures)
– Spencer Tall, Partner, Allegis Capital
– Umesh Padval, Partner, Thomvest Ventures
– Reza Malekzadeh, General Partner, Partech Ventures
– Eric Buatois, General Partner, Benhamou Global Ventures
– Ariel Tseitlin, Partner, Scale Venture Partners
– Gary Little, Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures

Enterprise software / SaaS / Infrastructure Startup Presentations (VIDEO)

• Sagisu – Sagisu offers logistics as a service platform – enabling brands & consumers a better way to manage returns & freight
• OpenSea – a cargoship chartering marketplace allowing the right ship to find the best cargo in minutes.
• TapClassifieds – TapClassifieds is a leading inventory based SaaS marketing automation platform with over 250 paying customers.
• SYNAPS – App for remote working with customers and partners. Making external teamwork more productive & less work.
• KWIPPED – is a B2B platform where businesses that need equipment can rent or lease from suppliers that have the equipment.
• Allure Systems – To mirror the diversity of consumers, Allure Systems creates stunning visual experiences for clothing retailers, using augmented reality.

Exploring VR/AR Potential (VIDEO)

Fireside chat with Han Jin, Founder/CEO, Lucid
Moderator: Daniil Stolyarov, Partner, Almaz Capital Partners

Investor Panel: IoT/ VR/ Gadgets / Smart Home/ Hardware (VIDEO)

Moderator: Daniil Stolyarov, Partner, Almaz Capital Partners
Speakers:
– Cyril Ebersweiler, General Partner, SOSV
– Aymerik Renard, General Partner, Hardware Club
– Lu Zhang, Managing Partner, Fusion Fund
– Guy Resheff, Partner, Grove Ventures
– Emily Becher, Head, Samsung NEXT International
– Matt Carbonara, Senior Director, Cisco Investments

IoT/ VR/ Gadgets / Smart Home/ Hardware Startup Presentations (VIDEO)

• Cubios – WOWCube – the World’s first portable twisty game console.
• SmartGurlz – SmartGurlz is the New Age LeapFrog – a digital learning company with robots, wearables and apps for young girls.
• ServerDome – is the next generation of hyper green data centers. In an exploding data world, we are set to become a billion $ company.
• Serene Sensors – Mobile-operated, smart water analyzers to help safeguard drinking water quality.
• SmartMimic – Makes your things smart by placing mimic on them. 50 different use case. Users create and publish their own scenarios.

 

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Investor Panel: Consumer Applications / Fitness / Digital Health / Lifestyle / E-Commerce (VIDEO)

Moderator: Michael Fertik, Managing Partner, Heroic Ventures
Speakers:
– Zach Noorani, Partner, Foundation Capital
– David Wu, General Partner, Maveron
– John Dougery, Managing Director, Inventus Capital Partners
– Vishal Vasishth, Managing Director, Obvious Ventures
– Kyle Lui, Principal, DCM Ventures
– Ken Sobajima, Director of Investment, KDDI America

Consumer Applications / Fitness / Digital Health / Lifestyle / E-Commerce Startup Presentations (VIDEO)

• BHander – crypto payment system built around safe and simple device: multicurrency hardware wallet with wireless access to blockchain
• Lomics – Generation Z Visual Storytelling Platform
• Odeeva – provides a monthly subscription of women’s, non-organic personal hygiene products, with a core focus on tampons, pads & liners.
• World Mastery – CaaS company offering E-Learning content from celebrities to professionals (B2B) that want to apply these methodologies to their classes.
• TruMe – developed and patented a new way to accurately report changes in the vitality of any human being.
• uPhoria – is a new whitening experience marketed to dentists. Whiter teeth in only 4 minutes! Safe, Effective & Affordable.

Abundance…Not Disruption (VIDEO)

Keynote: Mike Maples, Founding Partner, Floodgate

Your Plastic Brain (VIDEO)

Keynote: Lara Boyd, Professor, Center for Brain Health, Canada Research Chair in Neurobiology of Motor Learning; Director, Brain Behaviour Lab, The University of British Columbia

Social Impact: Portable Identity and Financial Inclusion (VIDEO)

Fireside chat with Greg Kidd, Co-Founder/CEO, GlobalID; early investor & former Board Member, Ripple, Square and Twitter
Moderator: Galina Fedorova, Co-Founder & CEO, Gooddler; President, Gooddler Foundation; Co-Founder, Social Impact Youth Summit; Member, Strategic Group, UN Initiative The Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Actions

Investor Panel: Social Impact & Mission-Driven Companies (VIDEO)

Moderator: Galina Fedorova, Co-Founder & CEO, Gooddler; President, Gooddler Foundation; Co-Founder, Social Impact Youth Summit; Member, Strategic Group, UN Initiative The Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Actions
Speakers:
– Dan Luscher Managing Director, ADAP
– Matthew Davie, Managing Director, Financial Inclusion & Blockchain, Kiva
– Greg Kidd, Co-Founder/CEO, GlobalID; early investor & former Board Member, Ripple, Square and Twitter
– Patrick Guerra, Band of Angels
– Shripriya Mahesh, Partner, Spero Ventures
– Aarti Chandna, Partner, Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund
– Eyal Bilgrai, Impact Investor

Social Impact & Mission-driven Startup Presentations (VIDEO)

• Countable – powers movements – we give everyone from individuals to organizations, everything they need to have impact.
• BeeHero – BeeHero increases crop yields by empowering bees – the single most important pollinator of nature – using AI technology.
• Harvesting – Connecting finance with farmers globally through Agriculture Intelligence Engine.
• Sown to grow – Our goal-setting and reflection platform empowers students and helps them learn how to learn

Banking for the Unbanked: Financial Services for the Last 2.5B of the World’s Population (VIDEO)

Fireside Chat with Matthew Davie, Managing Director, Financial Inclusion & Blockchain, Kiva
Moderator: Kira Makagon, Executive VP, RingCentral (Market cap $5.8B)

Investor Panel: Blockchain / Cryptocurrency / Fintech (VIDEO)

Moderator: Vera Shokina, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank
Speakers:
– Minal Hasan, Managing Director, K2 Global
– Matthew Le Merle, Managing Partner, Keiretsu Capital
– Duncan Davidson, General Partner, Bullpen Capital
– Arvind Purushotham, Co-Head, Venture Capital Group, Citi Ventures
– Don Butler, Partner, Thomvest Ventures
– Victor Orlovsky, Managing Partner, FortRoss Ventures

Blockchain/Cryptocurrency/Fintech Startup Presentations (VIDEO)

• Bizz Inc.’s vision is to be a CFO in your pocket. Financial dashboard and network for control and immediacy.
• BuildingBits – a crowdfunding platform for anyone to invest in commercial property and to freely trade their shares on a secondary market.
• Custos – uses blockchain incentives to harvest deep data. Media owners pay us to rapidly discover leaks of digital media.
• Swaayed – the future of influencer marketing. Our tokenized smart campaigns guarantee higher ROI through performance based incentives.
• ZAGG Network – will disrupt the GBRL Industry using its custom blockchain with the proprietary, ZAGG Protocol.

Terminator X: Rise of the Robots! (VIDEO)

Fireside chat with Dmitry Grishin, Founder, Grishin Robotics ($100M under management).
Moderator: Bill Reichert, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures