Our SF community showed up in full force for Founder Day!
Throughout the day, founders had the opportunity to meet 1:1 with prominent investors from Magnify Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Fuerza Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Acrew Capital along with our partners at Cooley, Bridge Bank, Dell for Startups, Zendesk, and AWS. Thank you to all of our inspiring mentors!
The evening began with an Investor Panel with Heidi Patel (2nd from left), Managing Partner of Rethink Impact, Joanna Drake (2nd from right), Co-Founder, Managing Partner of Magnify Ventures, and Leslie Feinzaig (far right), our Founder & Managing Director of Graham & Walker Venture Fund. The conversation was moderated by Natasha Mascarenhas (far left), VC & Startups Reporter of The Information.
The happy hour at the end of the day sparked meaningful conversations and lasting connections between founders, investors, partners, and friends. (See more photos below).
Thank you to all who joined us to make the day so substantive and inspiring.
Featured speakers:
Leslie Feinzaig, Founder & Managing Director, Graham & Walker Venture Fund
Fernanda Baker, Director, VC & Startup Partnerships, Zendesk
Esther Zhi, Business Development Manager, Dell for Startups
Kelly Caviglia, Senior Vice President Head of Startup Banking, Bridge Bank
Shayna Modarresi, Senior Vice President, Venture Debt Investor, Bridge Bank
Mike Lederman, Senior Vice President, Regional Market Manager, Bridge Bank
Noel Ripberger-Scheick, Associate, Cooley
Sepideh Mousakhani, Associate, Cooley
Divya Kakkad, Partner, Graham & Walker
Lily Xu, Underrepresented Founder Startups, AWS
Kristy Brackett, Senior Sales Leader – Startups, AWS
Panel:
Heidi Patel, Managing Partner, Rethink Impact
Joanna Drake, Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Magnify Ventures
Leslie Feinzaig, Founder & Managing Director, Graham & Walker Venture Fund
Natasha Mascarenhas, VC & Startups Reporter, The Information
Learn more about our speakers here.
Mentors:
Thank you to our airlines partner, Alaska Air, for enabling us to go on this roadshow!
Thank you to the team at AWS Startup Lofts for the beautiful, bright venue and for all the support behind the scenes.
A huge thank you also to Reenie Raschke Photography and Polly Martini Events.
This day would not have been possible without the generous support of our amazing partners at Zendesk, Dell for Startups, Cooley, Bridge Bank, and AWS.
