Andrew is currently the VP, Head of Technology at Anthos Capital where he serves as the digital officer of the firm, managing their technical infrastructure and exploring how emerging tech can evolve their internal workflows and digital toolkit. He is a technologist with deep experience in the digital product lifecycle, operational digital transformation and the technical aspects of web development. Previously, he was a Managing Partner of Lat Long, leading product development, strategy and digital transformation efforts for clients exploring expansion or reinvention. He was also the technical co-founder of Alumni Spaces, a platform that blends organizational management, web publishing, fundraising and analytics tools to power local alumni group networks for major universities such as Missouri, Clemson, Florida State, UNC and Virginia Tech. Andrew was also a part of the early team at Ripple6, which was later acquired by Gannett in 2009.

Amber joined BBG Ventures as their first Head of Platform & Operations, with a breadth of startup and community-building experience. She's a powerhouse operator, growth marketer, and Stanford grad who has spent time at startups like The Assembly and Everlane. Prior to joining BBGV, Amber led Growth & Customer Success on the founding team of the proptech startup withco, developing the company's early product and customer journey.

Kelly is a Co-Founder and General Partner at f7 Ventures. Kelly has 20 years of experience in high growth tech companies ranging from 3 employees to 200,000. She built and led go-to-market teams at AltaVista, Overture, Yahoo & Facebook, and joined Facebook in 2010 to build and scale the Mid-Market Channel in North America to over $1B in revenue. She also led Product Marketing for Facebook Ads/Commerce globally, driving $15B in revenue and launching 20+ products around the world. She is a Board Director at Payfare and previously served as an EIR at Foundation Capital and Angel Investor.

Nnamdi Iregbulem is a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, where he invests in early-stage software startups that enhance the productivity of technical knowledge workers. His investments include Redpanda, Materialize, GitLab (Nasdaq: GTLB), Fastly (NYSE: FSLY), and Alteryx (NYSE: AYX). A self-taught programmer and lifelong technology nerd, Nnamdi earned his undergraduate degree in economics from Yale University and his MBA from Stanford University.

Curtis is a Partner at Third Point Ventures, focusing on investments across the IT and Data Infrastructure landscapes. He is on the board of Atom Computing, Balbix, Banyan Security, and Unravel Data. Previously, Curtis was AVP and the Head of Corporate and Investor Development at Arista Networks, where he led Mergers and Acquisitions, including the Big Switch Networks and Awake Security transactions, as well as Ventures and Investor Relations. Prior to Arista, Curtis was an Investor and Corporate Development leader for Intel Capital, concentrating on Cloud, IOT, Enterprise SW, HPC, 5G, Edge/Networking and AI sectors.

He also led Operations as Chief of Staff and Technical Assistant for the Datacenter Group’s Enterprise Software Division. He joined Intel following the Company’s acquisition of Fulcrum Microsystems, where he was Head of Business Development. He began his career in engineering roles at Broadcom and Marvell. Curtis holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University.

Vivek Ramaswami joined Madrona in 2022 as a Partner and is based in San Francisco. Vivek partners with ambitious founders across AI, B2B software, and cloud infrastructure. Prior to Madrona, Vivek helped launch the venture capital arm of Steadfast Capital, where he led investments in Zapier, Klaviyo, Lucid, Forethought, Sendbird, Jumpcloud, Algolia, Wealthsimple, and other high-growth companies. Prior to Steadfast, Vivek was a Principal at Redpoint for five years, where he helped source or work on investments in SentinelOne, Nubank, Cockroach Labs, Hashicorp, and others. Vivek started his career in technology investment banking at Goldman Sachs, advising clients on M&A and IPO opportunities in the software and consumer internet sectors. Vivek was named to the Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for Venture Capital in 2021.

Diogo has 15 years of experience supporting public and private investors across strategy, operations, research, and technology. Prior to BAM Elevate, Diogo was part of the COO team at Citadel Global Equities, where he oversaw day to day operations and the fund’s research process and analytics teams. Before that he was a Director at Coatue, where he led and scaled Coatue’s internal research and portfolio operations groups.

Diogo spent the first 6 years of his career at BCG, where he was a core member of the Private Equity Practice and led multiple growth equity due diligences and portfolio work in the consumer, technology, and financial services sectors. He has a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, in his native Portugal, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Mar is Pear’s Founding Managing Partner. After earning a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Mar developed a groundbreaking technique of optimizing the design of analog semiconductors. Since then, she has accrued over 13 years of founder experience, co-founding three startups in mobile/ecommerce, enterprise software and semiconductor industries and has registered 14 separate patents.

She is currently a Lecturer for Stanford University, teaching Lean Launchpad, one of the premier entrepreneurship classes at Stanford. Prior to that, she was a Consulting Professor at Stanford teaching the introductory course in Analog Circuit Design for nearly a decade. She has been recognized by MIT Technology Review as a Top Innovator Under 35, named a Champion of Innovation by Fast Company, awarded the Digital Automation Conference’s Marie R. Pistil Achievement Award, and recognized on the Forbes Midas List in 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Ryan Bateman is chief technology officer at Sands Capital. Sands Capital is a leading global investment management firm exclusively focused on growth investing.

Since joining Sands Capital in 2011, Mr. Bateman has served as head of technology and oversees all matters relating to technology, cybersecurity and data management.

Prior to joining Sands Capital, Mr. Bateman was the director of research, sales, and trading applications at Ipreo. Mr. Bateman also served as director of equity capital markets technology at FBR Capital Markets, as IT manager of the European region for FBR International.

Mr. Bateman earned a BA in English studies from Northwestern University and an MBA in international business from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

Nolan English is the Director of Portfolio Services at SOSV responsible for actively developing and maintaining SOSV’s global community of 1000+ portfolio companies and their founders. Nolan and his team curate services and programming for the SOSV founder community in the form of platform tools, peer networking, events, expert content and masterclasses and strategic partnerships. Nolan works closely with SOSV’s investment teams to ensure founders have access to everything they need to successfully launch and scale their businesses from day one.

Nolan first joined SOSV as a Program Manager for Food-X in 2014, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the program and portfolio management. Prior to SOSV Nolan worked in Washington DC in the corporate meeting and events industry. Nolan holds a BA in Literature from Bard College.

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Caroline is Operations Director at 8VC.

Prior to 8VC, Caroline managed operations for Formation 8. Prior to Formation 8, she worked at Highbridge Capital, in New York, as a Client Services professional specializing in loan-focused funds. Caroline began her career at San Francisco based hedge fund, PFM, L.P. as a research assistant focused on the Healthcare sector.

Caroline received her B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from The University of the Pacific.

VP, Customer Success at Affinity

Senior Product Manager - Identity & Access Management at Affinity

Vice President of Product at Affinity

Chief Marketing Officer at Affinity

Chief Revenue Officer at Affinity

Chief Product Officer at Affinity

CEO & Co-founder of Affinity

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CEO & Co-founder of Affinity