Silicon Valley Funding Summit 2020 Agenda

8:00 - 9:30 am Registration

All startups pitch for total of 6 minutes (4 minutes pitch and 2 minutes q/a) to panel of investors and audience members

 

9:30 - 11:00 am Session 1
TECH & INVESTING TRENDS FOR CONSUMER, ENTERPRISE APPS, DEVICES AND PLATFORMS

1. 101 Islands LLC, Founder, Sunmeet Jolly
2. Archimedes Controls, CEO, Wenli Yu
3. Asymmetrical Alpha, GP, Ryan Baird
4. Denso Investment Manager, (Corporate Ventures) Donna Taylor
5. DNA Partners, Managing Director, Joe Jasin,
6. Fosun International, Senior Investment Director, Eddy Chiang
7. Fundpire, Investor, Gena Vazquez
8. Healthcare Angels, Managing Director, Mary Jo Potter
9. Komatsu-X , Managing Director , Masatoshi Ueno
10. Mahindra Partners , Director, US Venture Investments & Partnerships, Sridharan Amit
11. Phaenomena West Capital, Partner ,Cindy Wang
12. RTL Management ,CEO , Robson Longwell
13. Samsung Director, Richard Chun
14. Startup Ignition, Managing Partner , John Richards
15. Volvo Group, Venture Capital Investment Director, Dan Tram

 

11:15 am - 12:30 pm Session 2
STRATEGIES FOR STARTUPS TO DO DEALS WITH SILICON VALLEY: ATTRACTING FUNDING FROM VCs , ANGELS AND CORPORATE PARTNERS

1. 101 Islands LLC, Founder, Sunmeet Jolly
2. Archimedes Controls, CEO, Wenli Yu
3. Awake VC , General Partner , Amit Rathore
4. Exemplar Capital, Investment Banker ,Wesley King
5. Fosun International, Senior Investment Director, Eddy Chiang
6. GE Appliances, Innovation Manager ,Yaping Cheng
7. Opus Investment Advisors, President , James Heczko
8. Presidio Ventures Inc., Principal ,Yumi Yoshizawa
9. Samsung Director, Open Innovation, Ramon Alvarez
10. Tencent , Innovation Lab ,Kevin Lau
11. TheFabric Head, Product and Market Ashutosh Pande
12. Vostoc Ventures, Partner, Sergey Vostrikov
13. Waymo, Product Manager, Vasily Starostenko
14. Yardy Ventures, Partner, Alice Zhang

 

12:30 - 1:00 pm INVESTOR DEMO SHOWCASE (SHOWCASE STAYS OPEN TO 5pm)

All startups presenting (am or pm) meet with investors in the Demo Showcase.

1:00 - 2:00 pm Networking Lunch
At least one investor seated at each table with startups.

 

2:00 - 3:30 pm Session 3
RAISING FUNDING FROM GLOBAL INVESTORS OUTSIDE OF SILICON VALLEY: LOS ANGELES, OTHER US REGIONS, CHINA, JAPAN, KOREA, EUROPE, ASIA

 

1. Cambridge Innovation Center, Managing Director, Stas Gayshan
2. Elmcore , CEO, Felix Danci
3. Faith, Advisory, Sho Izaki
4. Fosun International, Senior Investment Director, Eddy Chiang
5. Mahindra Partners , Director, US Venture Investments & Partnerships, Sridharan Amit
6. RedBridge Capital, President , Cervantes Lee
7. Scalator Ventures Inc , Partner, Dr Hermann Schindler
8. SOSV, Investor / Global Mentor, Alan Clayton
9. Startup Ignition, Partner, Tyler Richards
10. TekStart, President, Howard Pakosh
11. Samsung Director, Open Innovation, Ramon Alvarez

 

3:30 - 4:30 INVESTOR DEMO SHOWCASE and HAPPY HOUR

All startups presenting ( morning or afternoon) will meet with investors only in the Demo Showcase.
Also open to attendees.

 

INVESTOR LIST:

1. 101 Islands LLC, Founder, Sunmeet Jolly
2. Action Spot, Managing Director, Investments Avery Lu
3. Andelan Ventures, Partner, Jeff Allen
4. Angelus Funding, LLC, Founding Managing, Member Stephan Reckie
5. Archimedes Controls, CEO, Wenli Yu
6. Asymmetrical Alpha, GP, Ryan Baird
7. Awake VC , General Partner , Amit Rathore
8. BHG, Managing Partner, Michael Gurevich
9. Cambridge Innovation Center, Managing Director, Stas Gayshan
10. Denso Investment Manager, (Corporate Ventures) Donna Taylor
11. DNA Partners, Managing Director, Joe Jasin,
12. Elmcore ,CEO F,elix Danciu
13. Exemplar Capital, Investment Banker ,Wesley King
14. Faith, Advisory, sho izaki
15. Fosun International, Senior Investment Director, Eddy Chiang
16. Fundpire, Investor, Gena Vazquez
17. GE Appliances, Innovation Manager ,Yaping Cheng
18. Healthcare Angels, Managing Director ,Mary Jo Poter
19. Komatsu-X , Managing Director , Masatoshi Ueno
20. Mahindra Partners , Director, US Venture Investments & Partnerships, Sridharan Amit
21. MBITA.org , President , TONY LIVOTI
22. Opus Investment Advisors, President ,James Heczko
23. Phaenomena West Capital, Partner ,Cindy Wang
24. Presidio Ventures Inc., Principal ,Yumi Yoshizawa
25. RedBridge Capital, President ,Cervantes Lee
26. RTL Management ,CEO , Robson Longwell
27. Samsung Director, Richard Chun
28. Samsung Director, Open Innovation, Ramon Alvarez
29. Scalator Ventures Inc , Partner, Dr Hermann Schindler
30. SOSV, Investor / Global Mentor, Alan Clayton
31. Startup Ignition, Managing Partner , John Richards
32. Startup Ignition,Partner, Tyler Richards
33. TekStart ,President, Howard Pakosh
34. Tencent ,Innovation Lab ,Kevin Lau
35. TheFabric Head, Product and Market Ashutosh Pande
36. Volvo Group, Venture Capital Investment Director, Dan Tram
37. Vostoc Ventures, Partner, Sergey Vostrikov
38. Waymo, Product Manager, Vasily Starostenko
39. Yardy Ventures, Partner, Alice Zhang