SVOD2019 - Silicon Valley Open Doors Startup Investment Conference
About SVOD2019 - Silicon Valley Open Doors Startup Investment Conference
Experience unique networking opportunities that are not available at most other conferences!
Don’t miss one of the best startup investment conferences of the year! Our crowd is international: we love startups that come to Silicon Valley from other parts of the world. We believe they carry out of the box thinking that makes Silicon Valley boil with new ideas.
Since 2005, SVOD hosts an eclectic mix of most creative, forward-thinking, and insightful people in the entrepreneurial and investment world as speakers and investor judges for STARTUP PITCH sessions.
SVOD is well-known as a conference with the highest ratio between founders and investors, which helps a lot of companies find their first major investments.
Over the course of 14 years, our companies have raised $850M in funding.
This year our focus is on the following topics:
Machine Learning/ AI/ Big Data
2.Enterprise software / SaaS / Infrastructure
3. IoT/ VR/ Gadgets / Smart Home/ Hardware
4. Consumer applications & gadgets / Fitness / Digital Health / e-commerce
5. Social Impact & Mission-driven companies
6. Blockchain/Cryptocurrency/Fintech
Features
1458
ATTENDEES
584
STARTUP FOUNDERS
292
ANGELS & VCS
30
STARTUPS PITCHING
Speakers
Agenda
8:15am - 9:00am Registration & Networking Breakfast
9:00am - 9:15am Opening
9:15am - 9:45am
Keynote: Tim Draper, Founding Partner, Draper Associates and DFJ ($5B under management); #7 Forbes Midas List; Founder, Draper University, early investor in Skype, Hotmail, Tesla, Baidu, Twitter, Box, Coinbase, Solar City, Angel List, Twilio. Invested $19M in Bitcoin
Changing the World Order: 1 Bitcoin at a Time
9:45am - 10:15am
Fireside Chat with:
- Shlomi Kofman, Consul General, Israel
- Kaspar Korjus, Managing Director, e-Residency, Estonia
- Dr. Gemi José González López, Consul General, Mexico
Moderator: Andy Tsao, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank
Governments and States: Will High-Tech Transform or Eliminate You?
10:15am - 10:45am
Keynote: Steve Jurvetson, Co-Founder, DFJ & Future Ventures; Early VC investor in SpaceX, Tesla, Planet, Synthetic Genomics, Hotmail and D-Wave
Forging the Future: What's Next?
10:45am - 12:15pm
Startup Pitch Investor Panel: Machine Learning / AI / Big Data
Judges:
Moderator: Geoffrey Baehr, General Partner, Almaz Capital Partners
- Angelo Del Priore, Partner, HP Tech Ventures
- Upal Basu, General Partner, NGP Capital
- Aaron Jacobson, Partner, NEA
- Anis Uzzaman, General Partner, Fenox Venture Capital
- Ashmeet Sidana, General Partner, Engineering Capital
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Networking Lunch
1:15pm - 1:45pm
Fireside Chat with Susan Athey, Economics of Technology Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Board Member, Expedia (market cap $16B) and Ripple (market cap $20B), and Lending Club (market cap $1.5B). Formerly, advisor to the CEO of Microsoft
Moderator: Alastair Goldfisher, Venture Capital Editor at Buyouts Insider, PE Hub, & Venture Capital Journal
Blockchain Beyond Crypto
1:45pm - 2:00pm
Fireside Chat with Alex Rosen, Managing Director, Ridge Ventures (formerly, IDG Ventures)
Moderator: Cromwell Schubarth, TechFlash Silicon Valley Editor, Silicon Valley Business Journal
The SaaS of Tomorrow
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Startup pitch investor panel: Enterprise software / SaaS / Infrastructure
Judges:
Moderator: Mike Sandler, Founder/CEO, Epiphan Systems
- Alex Rosen, Managing Director, Ridge Ventures (formerly, IDG Ventures)
- Spencer Tall, Partner, Allegis Capital
- Umesh Padval, Partner, Thomvest Ventures
- Reza Malekzadeh, General Partner, Partech Ventures
- Eric Buatois, General Partner, Benhamou Global Ventures
- Ariel Tseitlin, Partner, Scale Venture Partners
- Gary Little, Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures
3:30pm - 3:45pm
Networking Break
3:45pm - 4:00pm
Fireside chat with Han Jin, Founder/CEO, Lucid
Moderator: Daniil Stolyarov, Partner, Almaz Capital Partners
Exploring VR/AR Potential
4:00pm - 5:20pm
Startup pitch investor Panel: IoT / VR / Gadgets / Hardware / Smart Home
Judge:
Moderator: Daniil Stolyarov, Partner, Almaz Capital Partners
- Cyril Ebersweiler, General Partner, SOSV
- Aymerik Renard, General Partner, Hardware Club
- Lu Zhang, Managing Partner, Fusion Fund
- Guy Resheff, Partner, Grove Ventures
- Emily Becher, Head, Samsung NEXT International
- Matt Carbonara, Senior Director, Cisco Investments
5:20pm - 5:30pm
END OF DAY ONE
8:30am - 9:30am
Registration & Networking Breakfast
9:30am - 11:00am
Startup Pitch Investor Panel: Consumer Applications / Fitness / Digital Health / Lifestyle / E-Commerce
Judges:
Moderator: Michael Fertik, Managing Partner, Heroic Ventures
- Zach Noorani, Partner, Foundation Capital
- David Wu, General Partner, Maveron
- John Dougery, Managing Director, Inventus Capital Partners
- Vishal Vasishth, Managing Director, Obvious Ventures
- Kyle Lui, Principal, DCM Ventures
- Ken Sobajima, Director of Investment, KDDI America
11:00am - 11:20am
Keynote: Mike Maples, Founding Partner, Floodgate
Abundance...Not Disruption
11:20am - 11:50am
Keynote: Lara Boyd, Professor, Center for Brain Health, Canada Research Chair in Neurobiology of Motor Learning; Director, Brain Behaviour Lab, The University of British Columbia
Your Plastic Brain
11:50am - 12:50pm
Networking Lunch
12:50pm - 1:20pm
Fireside chat with Greg Kidd, Co-Founder/CEO, GlobalID; early investor & former Board Member, Ripple, Square and Twitter
Moderator: Galina Fedorova, Co-Founder & CEO, Gooddler; President, Gooddler Foundation; Co-Founder, Social Impact Youth Summit; Member, Strategic Group, UN Initiative The Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Actions
Social Impact: Portable Identity and Financial Inclusion
1:20pm - 2:30pm
Startup Pitch Investor Panel: Social Impact & Mission-Driven Companies
Judges:
Moderator: Galina Fedorova, Co-Founder & CEO, Gooddler; President, Gooddler Foundation; Co-Founder, Social Impact Youth Summit; Member, Strategic Group, UN Initiative The Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Actions
- Dan Luscher Managing Director, ADAP
- Matthew Davie, Managing Director, Financial Inclusion & Blockchain, Kiva
- Greg Kidd, Co-Founder/CEO, GlobalID; early investor & former Board Member, Ripple, Square and Twitter
- Patrick Guerra, Band of Angels
- Shripriya Mahesh, Partner, Spero Ventures
- Aarti Chandna, Partner, Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund
- Eyal Bilgrai, Impact Investor
2:30pm - 2:45pm
Networking Break
2:45pm - 3:05pm
Fireside Chat with Matthew Davie, Managing Director, Financial Inclusion & Blockchain, Kiva
Moderator: Kira Makagon, Executive VP, RingCentral (Market cap $5.8B)
Banking for the Unbanked: Financial Services for the Last 2.5B of the World's Population
3:05pm - 4:25pm
Startup Pitch Investor Panel: Blockchain / Cryptocurrency / Fintech
Judges:
Moderator: Vera Shokina, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank
- Minal Hasan, Managing Director, K2 Global
- Matthew Le Merle, Managing Partner, Keiretsu Capital
- Duncan Davidson, General Partner, Bullpen Capital
- Arvind Purushotham, Co-Head, Venture Capital Group, Citi Ventures
- Don Butler, Partner, Thomvest Ventures
- Victor Orlovsky, Managing Partner, FortRoss Ventures
4:25pm - 4:45pm
Fireside chat with Dmitry Grishin, Founder, Grishin Robotics ($100M under management).
Moderator: Bill Reichert, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
Terminator X: Rise of the Robots!
4:45pm - 6:00pm
Fantasy IPO, Pitch Competition Winners Announcement & Awards with Wine & Cheese Reception SPONSORED BY SILICON VALLEY BANK + Disco
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