All main panel sessions take place in general session room.
We also offer intimate concurrent workshops with seating for 25 hosted by partners and sponsors.
Some categories like AI and BIG DATA will be addressed in different sessions.

STARTUP OR CORPORATE PRESENTERS IN ALPHA ORDER:

3 Ridge Organics

AdamAlarm, LLC (4)
Autokitch, LLC (4)
AwakeVC (5)
Captured Nouns LLC (4)
ELYSIOT (table)
Insynctive, Inc. (8)
Knowbella Tech (6)
LullaMe (6)
Sales2job Academy Inc. DBA Virtanza (6)
Simul (table)
Suavei, Inc. (6)
TrustLayer (4)
Undugu (4)

9:00-9:30 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE NETWORKING

9:30 - 10:30 CONSUMER APPS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES:

ADVERTISING, HOME APPLIANCES, FAMILY, BABY, HOME, AUTO, CONSUMER GOODS, ED TECH, SOCIAL IMPACT, ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIA, FASHION/APPAREL, FILM, HOSPITALITY, LIFESTYLE, FASHION/APPAREL, REAL ESTATE, TOURISM/TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, WELLNESS

Presenters:

AwakeVC (5)

Captured Nouns (4)
Lullame (4)

Virtanza (4)

Undugu (4)

101 Islands LLC, Sunmeet Jolly, Founder and Investor
AwakeVC, Amit Rathore, Founding Partner
Brand Capital, Kiran Shah, Associate
Fundpire, Gena Vazquez, Investor
DNA Partners, Joe Jasin, Partner
Ofilm Group Co., Ltd,Tristan Joo VP, N. America Market Development
TAL Education Group, Lance Huang, Investment Manager
BNM Ventures LLC , Thomas Sparico, Managing Partner
Midea , Carly Xiao, U.S. Investment Lead
Paradox Global, KEN LE , Founder/CEO
Self Angel, Girish Jadhav, Investor

10:40 - 11:40 ENTERPRISE AND BUSINESS SERVICES:

SOFTWARE, SAAS, CLOUD NETWORKS, CYBER SECURITY, BIG DATA , B to B SERVICES, HEALTHTECH, ADVERTISING, ANALYTICS, HR

PRESENTERS:
Insyntive (8)

VM Ware, Prasod Gosavi, Investments
Silicon Valley Data Capital, Curtis Feeny, Managing Director
Allegis Cyber, Spencer Tall, Managing Director
Charging Dragon Capital, Jon Wu, Partner
Crescento Ventures, Govind Rajan, Partner
Expon Capital, Rogrigo Sepulveda Schulz, Founder and Investor
ForgePoint Capital, Andrew McClure, Vice President
Keiretsu Forum , Marco Salvadori, Member Investor
Select Venture Partners, Lilian Ting, Principal
Presidio Ventures Inc., Yumi Yoshizawa, Principal
StatZero, Sergio Marrero, General Partner
Starters Hub, Cigdem Toraman, Managing Director

11:50-12:15 FIRESIDE CHAT KEYNOTE

Vivek Saraswat, Enterprise VC, Mayfield Fund interviewed by Murray Newlands

12:20 - 1:15 HEALTH TECH AND BIOTECH:
LIFE SCIENCES, BIOTECH, DIAGNOSIS, THERAPY, AG TECH, HEALTH, FOOD TECH, CANNABIS, MEDICAL DEVICES, PHARMA, MEDICAL DELIVERY AND SERVICES, HEALTH MANAGEMENT, AI, BIG DATA, ENERGY, MANUFACTURING, SUPPLY CHAIN

PRESENTERS:
3 Ridge Organics (10)

Cure Ventures, Janice Hou, Managing Partner
Healthcare Angels, Mary Jhttp://www.truslayer.ioo Potter, CEO
CRCMVentures, Anh Le, Partner
HEDA Ventures, Lin Xie, Managing Partner
Kyto Technology, John Racioppi, LP
Photon Fund Venture Capital, Zhenlin Li, Partner
Scalator Ventures, Dr. Hermann Schindler, Partner
VU Venture Partners, Aakash Jain, Principal
Westlake Ventures, Jasmine Zhang, Venture Partner
Tribeca Companies, Jeremy Koff, Vice President
Delos Capital, Jeani Delagardelle, Venture Partner and angel

1:15-2:15 LUNCH SERVED IN DEMO SHOWCASE

2:15- 3:15 FINTECH, FINANCIAL SERVICES and BLOCKCHAIN:
BANKING, BLOCKCHAIN, CRYPTO, eCOMMERCE, FINTECH, FINANCIAL SERVICES, HEDGE FUNDS, INSURANCE, PAYMENT AND BILLING, AI for FINANCE, ICOs, STOs

PRESENTERS:
TrustLayer (4)

Knowbella Tech (6)

Amex Ventures, Ashish Mahashabde , Senior Manager
Elysium VC , Younger Yang, VC
Golden Seeds Angel Fund, Irina Berkon, Managing Director
BBVA , Rohan Handa, New Ventures
Einstein Ventures, Hidir Mag, General Partner
Galaxy Capital Partners, Dave Misra, Managing Partner
G2 H2 Capital, Dean Patrick, General Partner
Genesis Block VC, Karthik Iyer, Venture partner
Nippon Life Insurance Company, Sho Miyashiro, Deputy head of innovation
Paulson Investment, Roy Liang, Vice President
Proteum Capital, Amanjyot Johar, Principal
Ultra Fund, Ann Shin, Partner
Wharton Alumni Angels Peter Morris VC Investor
Trust Capital, Shashwat Nanda, Exec Director
WI Harper, Wilson Wu, Vice President
Sanjay Goel, angel
The Fabric, Ashu Pande , Head Product and Market

Concurrent Workshop
Inclusion and Diversity:
Hear experts discuss how to promote more diversity and inclusion for startups, investors and tech companies

3:20 - 4:20 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI), HARDWARE AND INTERNET OF THINGS:
AI, ROBOTICS, HARDWARE, SENSORS, MOBILE, TELECOM, INTERNET OF THINGS, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, TRANSPORTATION, AUTOMOTIVE, MANUFACTURING, SEMI CONDUCTORS

Presenters:
AdamAlarm, LLC (4)

Autokitch, LLC (4)

Suavei, Inc. (6)

Caterpillar Ventures Caterpillar, Michael Young, General Manager
Samsung, Radhika Malik, Investment Manager
Howard Pakosh, TekStart, Investor
Brian Youngil Cho, CEO, Resonado
SymphonyAI, Uren Dhanani, VC (EIR)
Angel, Wenli Yu, Archimedes Controls
BootUP Ventures, Mukul Agrawal, Founder
Denso International America, Inc., Donna Taylor, Corporate Ventures Investment Manager
Haier Silicon Valley Innovation Center (under GE Appliances), Yaping Cheng, Innovation Manager
Kanematsu Ventures Inc., Masa Nishikawa, President
Mahindra Ventures , Amit Sridharan, Director of US Ventures
May Kha Ventures Co, Jerry J. Chan, Founder
Mighty Capital, Erwin Hosono, Partner
Omega Venture Partners, Chris Gaertner, Principal
Photon Fund, James Lee, Investment director
Presidio Ventures, Inc., Tim Kazurayama, Senior Director
ZMT Capital Management LLC, Managing Partner, Xiaohan Zhu
Soft Bank, Kazuki Kaneuchi, Manager
J-Angels, Gil Frostig, Investor
Michael Henry, Berkeley Angels Network

Concurrent Workshop

Design Thinking:
Hear from certified design thinking expert on how to use design thinking for startups and investors.

4:20-5:30 DEMO SHOWCASE NETWORKING and RECEPTION

5:30-6:30 INVESTOR VIP SUSHI RECEPTION
FEATURING: CLIF FAMILY WINERY TASTING OF PREMIUM WINES WITH WINEMAKER
Open to speakers, investors, startups pitching, and VIP ticket holders

6:30-9:00 AFTER PARTY

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ALL INVESTORS REGISTERED:

101 Islands LLC, Sunmeet Jolly, Founder and Investor
Addup Capital, LLC , Ling Wu, Co-Founder and Partner
Allegis Cyber, Spencer Tall, Managing Director
Allegis Cyber, Yutaro Kawaoka, Associate
Amex Ventures , Ashish Mahashabde , Senior Manager
Angel Launch, Zahava Stroud, Founder and Event Producer
Angel, Wenli Yu, Archimedes Controls
Awake VC, Keith Newman, Associate Partner
AwakeVC, Amit Rathore, Founding Partner
BBVA , Rohan Handa, New Ventures
BNM Ventures LLC , Thomas Sparico, Managing Partner
BootUP Ventures, Mukul Agrawal, Founder
Brand Capital , Kiran Shah, Associate
Caterpillar Ventures Caterpillar, Michael Young, General Manager
Denso International America, Inc., Donna Taylor, Corporate Ventures Investment Manager
Charging Dragon Capital, Jon Wu, Partner
CRCMVentures, Anh Le, Partner
Crescento Ventures, Govind Rajan, Partner
CryptoOracle.io , James Haft ,Co-Founder
Cure Ventures, Janice Hou, Managing Partner
Delos Capital, Jeani Delagardelle, Venture Partner
DNA Partners, Joe Jasin, Partner
Einstein Ventures, Hidir Mag, General Partner
Elysium VC ,Younger Yang, VC
Expon Capital, Rogrigo Sepulveda Schulz, Founder and Investor
ForgePoint Capital, Andrew McClure, Vice President
Fosun International , Eddy Chiang, Senior Investment Director
Fundpire, Gena Vazquez, Investor
Galaxy Capital Partners, Dave Misra, Managing Partner
G2 H2 Capital , Dean Patrick, General Partner
Genesis Block VC , Karthik Iyer, Venture partner
Golden Seeds Angel Fund, Irina Berkon, Managing Director (women owned business)
Haier Silicon Valley Innovation Center (under GE Appliances), Yaping Cheng, Innovation Manager
Healthcare Angels, Mary Jo Potter, CEO
HEDA Ventures, Lin Xie, Managing Partner
J-Angels, Gil Frostig, Investor | Advisor | Tech Exec | Board Member
Kanematsu Ventures Inc., Masa Nishikawa, President
Keiretsu Forum , Marco Salvadori, Member Investor
Kyto Technology, John Racioppi, LP
Mahindra Ventures , Amit Sridharan, Director of US Ventures
May Kha Ventures Co, Jerry J. Chan, Founder
Midea , Carly Xiao, U.S. Investment Lead
Mighty Capital, Erwin Hosono, Partner
Nippon Life Insurance Company, Sho Miyashiro , Deputy head of innovation
Nippon Life Insurance Company, Yutaro Kawaoka, Deputy head of innovation
Ofilm Group Co., Ltd. ,Tristan Joo VP, N. America Market Development
Omega Venture Partners, Chris Gaertner, Principal
Paradox Global, KEN LE , Founder/CEO
Paulson Investment, Roy Liang, Vice President
Photon Fund, James Lee, Investment director
Photon Fund Venture Capital, Zhenlin Li, Partner
Presidio Ventures Inc., Yumi Yoshizawa, Principal
Presidio Ventures, Inc. , Tim Kazurayama , Senior Director
Proteum Capital, Amanjyot Johar, Principal
Samsung, Radhika Malik, Investment Manager
Sand Hill Angels , John Hall, Investor
Scalator Ventures, Dr. Hermann Schindler, Partner
Select Venture Partners , Lilian Ting, Principal
Self Angel, Girish Jadhav, Investor
Silicon Valley Data Capital, Curtis Feeny, Managing Director
StatZero, Sergio Marrero, General Partner
Soft Bank, Kazuki Kaneuchi, Manager
SymphonyAI, Uren Dhanani, VC (EIR)
TAL Education Group, Lance Huang, Investment Manager
TekStart LLC , Howard Pakosh, Managing Partner
The Fabric, Ashu Pande , Head Product and Market
TIS Ventures Shin Takano, Sr Vice President
Trust Capital, Shashwat Nanda, Exec Director
Tribeca Companies, Jeremy Koff, Vice President
Prasod Gosavi, VM Ware, Investments
VU Venture Partners, Aakash Jain, Principal
Westlake Ventures, Jasmine Zhang, Venture Partner
Wharton Alumni Angels Peter Morris VC Investor
WI Harper, Wilson Wu, Vice President
Ultra Fund, Ann Shin, Partner
Unusual Ventures, Associate, Jordan Segall
ZMT Capital Management LLC, Managing Partner, Xiaohan Zhu

We have two rooms each with seating for 100 for concurrent sessions with full AV. All sessions consist of a panel or talk, followed by startups pitching. Startups pitch for total of 4 minutes (3 pitch, 1 q/a) or 6 (4 pitch and 2 q/a) to panel of investors and audience members. There is a Demo Showcase area for more networking with lunch and happy hour.

All of the sessions on tech topics will address Tech and Investing Trends for Apps, Devices, Services and Platforms.
Demo Showcase Area opens at noon. Set up after 9am.

STARTUPS PITCHING:

Six Minutes:

Four Minutes:

Three Minutes:

Snappy Wire (3)
AdPal (3)
ECFX (3)
WollenDance (3)

9:00-10:00 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE NETWORKING
DEMO SHOWCASE OPEN noon to 6pm

10:00 - 11:00 CONSUMER APPS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES:
ENTERTAINMENT, DIGITAL LIFESTYLE, TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AUTOMOTIVE, REAL ESTATE, CANNABIS, HEALTH TECH, ADVERTISING, WELLNESS, ED TECH, eCOMMERCE
ROOM 505/506

A3Ventures, Alexander Sylvester, Principal
101 Islands LLC , Sunmeet Jolly, Founder
Michael Mojaver, Angel Investor
Gena Vazquez, Angel Investor
Venture University, Helene Servillon, Investor
Moderator: Hanover Intl., Michael Gibstine

PITCHING:

10:00 - 11:00 ENTERPRISE AND BUSINESS APPS and SERVICES:
SOFTWARE, SAAS, CLOUD, SECURITY AND BIG DATA , B to B SERVICES, HEALTHTECH
ROOM 608/609

Big Data Venture Capital, Curtis Feeny, Partner
Forgepoint Capital, Andrew McClure, Principal
Venture University, Dr. Wayne Lim, Investor
Wenli Yu, Angel Investor
Moderator: Decipher Capital, Harshitha Kilari, General Partner

PITCHING:
Intiva Health (6)
Tapjets (6)
ECFX (3)
Female Founders Faster Forward (4)

11:15 - 12:15 STRATEGIES TO ATTRACT FUNDING IN SILICON VALLEY, CHINA and EUROPE

ROOM 505/506

Keiretsu Forum, Marco Salvadori, Angel Investor
Elysium, Younger Yang, VC
Vostoc Capital, Sergey Vostrikov , Partner
CR Capital, Karen Guo, Investor
Moderator Ultra Fund, Dr. Ann Shin, Partner

11:15- 12:15 BLOCKCHAIN, FINTECH, FINANCIAL SERVICES< HEDGE FUNDS AND CRYPTO

ROOM 608/609

Chainfund, Elvina Kamalova, Partner
Outpost Capital, Cherie Liu, Vice President
Awake VC , Amit Rathore, Founding Partner
Decipher Capital, Harshitha Kilari, General Partner
Galaxy Capital Partners, Dave Misra, Partner
Moderator: Jim Maricondo, Blockchain Consultant

PITCHING:

Jointer (4)
Blockcluster (4)
Loannect (4)

12:15-1:30 NETWORKING LUNCH and DEMO SHOWCASE OPEN

1:30 - 2:45 AI, ROBOTICS, SENSORS, MOBILE, INTERNET OF THINGS, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH TECH

ROOM 608/609

Mahindra Partners, Amit Sridharan, Director, US Venture Investments & Partnerships
Strive Capital // Grishin Robotics, Nuno Goncalves Pedro, Managing Partner // Venture Partner
101 Islands LLC , Sunmeet Jolly, Founder
A3Ventures, Alexander Sylvester, Principal
Vision Passage Vic Kapur, Angel Investor, Founder and Managing Member
Alen Malaki, Cisco, Senior Strategic Portfolio Manager and Plug and Play
Moderator: Joel Camacho, Decipher Capital, General Partner

PITCHING:
NineSigma North America (6)
Tivic Health Systems (6)
Sagisu (6)

1:30 - 2:45 ASK THE INVESTORS ANYTHING and 1 MINUTE PITCH FEEDBACK

ROOM 505/506
Ask any questions to our panel of investors about how to raise funding, valuations, attracting funding, deal terms, due diligence, customer acquisition, sales strategy, tech trends, forming management team, marketing, forming partnerships. You can also do a 1 minute pitch (randomly selected from audience) and get feedback from investors.

Ultra Fund, Dr. Ann Shin, Partner
Alen Malaki, Cisco, Senior Strategic Portfolio Manager and Plug and Play
A3Ventures, Alexander Sylvester, Principal
Vision Passage Vic Kapur, Angel Investor, Founder and Managing Member
Inspiration Ventures, Christian Elebiary, Venture capital Fund

3:00-5:30 DEMO SHOWCASE NETWORKING and VIP RECEPTION

All startups presenting meet with investors in the Demo Showcase.

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