VetsinTech Venture Summit 2022

ABOUT

The VetsinTech Venture Summit is an exclusive annual event designed to bring together top Venture Capitalists with existing and prospective veteran and military spouses entrepreneurs and startups for a one-day virtual conference centered around education, networking, and community. Our overall goal with the VetsinTech Venture Summit is to increase access to capital and educate our veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs on industry trends and funding. The Summit will feature keynotes, tracks, and panels centered on certain key industry verticals.

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FEATURED SPEAKERS + KEYNOTES

Aaron Walker Founder & CEO Camelback Venture

Alexander Harstrick Partner J2 Ventures

Andrew McClure Partner ForgePoint Capital

Austin Hays Deal Partner Harpoon Ventures

Bailey G. DeVries Associate Administrator SBA Office of Investment & Innovation

Brandon Shelton Founder & Managing Partner TFX Capital

Craig Cummings General Partner Moonshots Capital

Diane Plavecski Executive Director - Digital Strategy and Partnerships JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Don Faul Venture Partner Unusual Ventures

Edward Ward Director Product Dev & Program Management Kohler

Ernie Bio Partner ForgePoint Capital

Herman Flowers II Head of Customer The Swarm

Ikram Mansori Entrepreneurship & Innovation VetsinTech

Jennifer Carolan Co-Founder and Partner at Reach Capital Reach Capital

Jonathan Anastasia SVP, Security Innovation MasterCard

Katherine Boyle General Partner Andreessen Horowitz

Katherine Webster Founder and CEO VetsinTech

Katie Gray Partner In-Q-Tel

Ken Gonzalez Managing Director NightDragon

Mark Elliot Global Head of Military &Veterans Affairs JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Matt Abrams Advisor & Venture Partner TFX Capital

Matt Bigge Partner Crosslink Capital

Matthew Tower Principal Workshop Venture Partners

Michael Moreno Public Sector VC and Startups (Space + National Security) Amazon Web Services

Mike Leffler VC Investor and Principal Early Light Ventures

Nicola Corzine Executive Director Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center

Ron Gula President Gula Tech Adventures

Shahin Farshchi Partner Lux Capital

Sherman Williams Managing Partner Academy Investor Network

Stanley Buchesky Managing Partner EdTech Fund

Tim Hsia Managing Partner Context Ventures

Tonio DeSorrento Partner/EIR ODX

Zain Gulamali Venture Investor Amazon Alexa Fund

SCHEDULE + SESSIONS

Thursday - March 10, 2022

Virtual Online Event

ALL

9:00am PST

60 min KEYNOTE

Welcome Remarks + Opening Keynote

10:00am PST

60 min FINTECH

FinTech Panel

Fintech, Financial Services and Neobanks

11:00am PST

60 min EDUTECH

EduTech Panel

Reinventing Education - What's Next?

12:00pm PST

60 min KEYNOTE

Keynote: DEI and Social Good & Impact Investing

Lunch Keynote

1:00pm PST

60 min DEFENSE

Defense and Aerospace

Dual Use and Funding Opportunities in the Defence and Aerospace Sector.

2:00pm PST

60 min HEALTHCARE

Healthcare

Trends in Healthcare and Health Sciences

3:00pm PST

60 min RETAIL

Retail / Ecommerce

Investing in Retail and Ecommerce Startups

4:00pm PST

60 min CYBERSECURITY

Cybersecurity

Security, cybersecurity

5:00pm PST

60 min NETWORKING

Happy Hour / Networking

Venture Summit Mixer and Networking Cocktail Hour

HIGHLIGHTS

This first-of-a-kind venture summit is aimed at meeting the unique needs of veteran and milpouse entrepreneurs and startups by bringing them together with venture capitalists, angel investors, government, and financial sector experts for a day of panel and roundtable discussions. The VetsinTech Venture Summit bridges the worlds of military and venture capital and the summit features several key groups of attendees:

Veterans and military spouses entrepreneurs, in various levels of startup formation seeking to expand their networks, gain knowledge and identify venture and debt financing opportunities.

Venture capitalists and investors who invest primarily or exclusively in veteran-affiliated businesses with veterans and milspouse entrepreneurs as well as startups founded by former military leaders.