Yida Gao (Forbes 30 Under 30) is the Managing General Partner of early stage crypto investment firm Shima Capital. Yida formerly co-ran Struck Capital, an early stage industry agnostic venture fund, and also DDC (Divergence Digital Currency), a multi-strategy crypto fund. Prior, Yida served as a technology investor at New…
Vanessa Karel, is a second-time Founder, serial entrepreneur, writer, public speaker and full-time hustler. She has dedicated her time into solving one of the biggest issues for women: Safe navigation and genuine connections through her travel startup; Greether. The company targets two of the most important SDGs and UN development…
Claire Shorall is the Cofounder and CEO of Topknot, an online life coaching alternative for women+ where structured peer conversations lead to real personal growth. Prior to founding Topknot, Claire was a national award winning teacher and led computer science education for Oakland’s public schools. She also was an investor…
Meet Tatsiana Kirimava – CEO & Co-Founder of Orangesoft, an agency specializing in mobile and web app development. Working across Orangesoft’s company strategy, development, sales, and marketing departments, she takes a hands-on approach with both her team and clients. She has also worked in tech on the product side since…
Pulkit Gupta is a senior leader at Twitter with deep expertise in Privacy, Data Protection, and Product Safety domains. At Twitter, he has worked on scaling products from a handful of users to millions of users. He is a seed-stage investor and advisor for multiple startups. Currently, he is serving…
As the son of immigrants — a father from Austria and a mother from Greece — Will Kohler knows that nothing worth having comes easy. Kohler was taught from an early age the importance of hard work and perseverance. Kohler earned a degree in economics from Harvard University. After college,…
Arif Janmohamed attended the University of Waterloo, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. He later went on to receive his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His family is originally from Africa and his ancestors are from India. Arif grew up in…
Ravi Mhatre a son of an Indian immigrant and Brooklyn born mother. Before turning 18, Ravi lived in four different states on three different continents. Ravi studied Electrical Engineering and Economics at Stanford University, where he also earned his MBA. As a founding partner and investor at Lightspeed, Ravi has…
Nicole Quinn is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners and has been specializing in consumer behavior, retail, and taking brands public since the early 2000s. Regardless of the goal, Nicole is hyper focused on being true to the Founder’s insight and the brand’s core. Nicole previously worked at Nutmeg, a…
Dmitry Malin is a co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of Novakid, an online English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learning platform that is reinventing the way children all over the world aged between 4 to 12 years old learn English. He is in charge of building and managing a result-driven remote team based on…