Google & SVB Present: Investing in Startups & Identifying the Rocketship
On October 1st, Aakriti Srikanth (see: Microsoft for Startups: Navigating the AI Landscape) will be launching a virtual summit with Forbes VC Senior Editor Alex Konrad for investors, executives, and entrepreneurs to gather and discuss methods for identifying the next generation of AI startups. The event is sponsored by Google AI and Silicon Valley Bank.
Tickets start at $30.
Register online at Eventbrite.
About the event
Summit Keynote: Alex Konrad (Forbes VC Senior Editor, Midas List, Cloud 100)
Host: Aakriti Srikanth (Investing in Startups & Identifying the Rocketship Summit Founder)
Diversity & Inclusion Executive Roundtable (included) + donate to the cause of diversity to support minorities with "Global Amazon Alexa Skills Challenge 2020" with non-profit for women in STEM (http://EDequity.Global).
8am PT Invite-only Virtual Breakfast: Meet & Greet with Panelists over Zoom
+ Invite-only Access to VIP Community in Community App Canteen + Pre-launch access to a Lexi Smart-Home-as-a-Service subscription bundle.
Session 1: Oct 1st: 8:30am PT to 9am PT
Topic: Google Talk on Conversational AI
Speaker: Yael Karov, Engineering Director at Google AI
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Session 2: Oct 1st: 9 am PT to 9:30 am PT
Google Panel Emcee: Natalie Puccio (Google Cloud OnAir Host)
Topic: How can we get more women in STEM?
Moderator: Aakriti Srikanth (Investing in Startups & Identifying the Rocketship Summit Founder)
Tasneem: Engineering Director at Google
Sarah Clatterbuck: Engineering Director at YouTube (Google), Forbes Most Powerful Women in Tech List 2018
Lucia Terrenghi: Heads the User Experience of Google Assistant on Mobile at Google
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Session 3: Oct 1st: 9:30 am PT to 10:30 am PT
Moderator: Hessie Jones (Forbes Contributor)
Topic: Empowering entrepreneurs and finding product market fit
Alex Salazar Partner at Neotribe Ventures former Founder of NEA-funded startup)
Ken Elefant (Founder of Sorenson Ventures, ex-MD at Intel Capital)
Dan Nguyen-Huu (Partner at Decibel, Investor in Databricks)
Mohit Garg (CEO of Oloid AI, Founder of MindTickle which has raised $81.3M)
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10:30AM to 11 AM PT
Diversity Executive Roundtable
VIP Meet & Greet with Executives + Global Amazon Alexa Skills Challenge 2020 (http://EDequity.Global)
Rashida Hodge (Board Member of Misty Robotics, VP of AI at IBM Watson)
Maria Velissaris (Founding Partner of SteelSky Ventures)
Corey White (SVP of Intelligence - Future Point of View)
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11 AM PT to 12 NOON
Moderator: Annie Brown (Forbes Contributor)
Topic: Building AI models to solve hard problems; Diverse Teams
Shruthi Rao (Vendia Founder & ex-AWS Exec)
Aaron Jacobson (NEA)
Christine Heckart (CEO of Scalyr, SVP of Cisco, ex-CMO of NetApp & Juniper Networks)
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Session 4:
Talk: 12 pm PT to 12:45 pm PT
4 Rules of Success: Zero to IPO
Asheem Chandna (General Partner at Greylock, Board Member of Palo Alto Networks)
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Session 5: 2pm PT to 3pm PT
Topic: How can startups and corporates partner strategically together?
Moderator: Shaloo Garg (Managing Director of Microsoft for Startups) & Identifying the Rocketship Summit Founder)
Anthony Lye (EVP of NetApp Cloud)
Michael Rubenstein (ex-President of AppNexus - acquired by AT&T, Founder of DoubleClick - acquired by Google)
Priya Saiprasad (Partner at Mayfield)
Rashmi Gopinath (General Partner at B Capital Group, ex-Managing Director of Microsoft Ventures)
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Session 6: Oct 1st: 3pm PT to 4pm PT
Topic: How can women have a seat at the table
Moderator: Christine Heckart (CEO of Scalyr, SVP of Cisco, ex-CMO of NetApp & Juniper Networks) & Aakriti Srikanth (Investing in Startups & Identifying the Rocketship Summit Founder)
Jean English (CMO of Palo Alto Networks, ex-CMO of NetApp)
Vasu Jakkal (CVP, Security CMO of Microsoft)
Priti Choksi (Partner at Norwest Venture Partners)
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Session 7: Oct 1st: 4pm PT
Topic: Funding in a pandemic
Moderators: Bill Wright (Head of AI/ML at Red Hat) & Aakriti Srikanth (Investing in Startups & Identifying the Rocketship Summit Founder)
David Weiden (Founding Partner & Managing Director of Khosla Ventures)
Quentin Clark (Managing Director of General Catalyst, former CTO of Dropbox)
Ben Ling (Bling Capital Founder, ex-Khosla GP & one of the first investors in Instacart, Square, Lyft, Quota, GitLab, Lever, Palantir)
Lila Tretikov (Deputy CTO of Microsoft)
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Session 8: Oct 1st: 4:30pm PT
Executive Virtual Dinner + Session 4: Oct 1st: 5pm PT to 6pm PT
Topic: Seat at the table
Moderator: Alex Konrad (Forbes VC Senior Editor, Midas List, Cloud 100) & Aakriti Srikanth (Investing in Startups & Identifying the Rocketship Summit Founder)
Christine Tsai (CEO of 500 Startups)
Matt Garratt (Managing Director of Salesforce Ventures)
Anne Dwane (Founder of Village Global, LPs - Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman)
Jon Sokoda (Founder of Decibel, ex-NEA GP)