Mr. Feng Deng founded Northern Light Venture Capital (NLVC) in 2005. He currently manages approximately US$ 1.7 billion in committed capital with 4 US$ funds and 4 RMB funds. He has led and backed over 200 companies, focusing on 4 main sectors: TMT (technology, media and telecom), clean technology, healthcare and consumer.
Deena joined Google in 2012. As a Global Partnerships Manager, Deena leads strategic partnerships for new products and special projects in Research. Ahe previously spearheaded business development for autonomous units and Google[x], and led strategic partnerships for Google.org, where she was responsible for managing a multi-million dollar deal portfolio in civic innovation and computer science diversity.
Brad is a senior writer for Bloomberg Businessweek. Brad Stone is the author of The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller and winner of the 2013 Goldman Sachs/Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.Brad joined Businessweek from the New York Times, where he had been a reporter since 2006. He covered Internet trends, as well as Silicon Valley’s biggest companies from the newspaper’s San Francisco bureau. In addition to writing for the paper, he wrote a weekly column, Ping, and was a founding writer of the paper’s technology blog, Bits.
Javier Soltero is Corporate Vice President of Outlook at Microsoft. He leads the team responsible for the vision and strategy of the Outlook client and cloud service on all platforms. A serial entrepreneur, Javier joined Microsoft in 2014 through the acquisition of mobile email startup Acompli, which he co-founded and led as CEO
Sebastian Serrano is a young entrepreneur from Argentina. Starting as a skillful developer at a very early age and then leading a succesful web & mobile development startup, Sebastian founded BitPagos in 2013. With BitPagos, Sebastian aims to democratize digital payments in developing countries. His company offers a full suite of financial services to consumers and merchants.
Amy Stursberg is the Executive Director of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation and CEO of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Education Foundation. In her work with the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, Ms. Stursberg has created and overseen the Blackstone’s Entrepreneurship Initiative, bringing four innovative programs to twenty states and four countries.
Curtis Sasaki is the vice president of ecosystems and IoT general manager for Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC). He leads new business creation and is responsible for driving growth and innovation through product, technology and ecosystem development. He works with entrepreneurs and startups in Silicon Valley and other global technology hotspots, focusing on Smart Health, Big Data and the Internet of Things.
Before co-founding GrowthPoint Technology Partners, he was a principal at SVB Alliant conducting software mergers and acquisitions transactions. Prior to joining Alliant, Mike was Managing Director of the Nextera Interactive division of Nextera through to its IPO. At Nextera, he worked with News Corporation on bringing the company’s assets to the Internet and with Hilton Hotels, Starwood and Marriott on Internet strategy.
Shadiah Sigala is the Cofounder and Head of People at HoneyBook, a people-first technology company that lets creatives get back to the work they love. Her obsession to build a fiercely customer-centric culture has made HoneyBook the most trusted company for top event creatives to run their business and connect with their community. HoneyBook has successfully raised $32 million in venture funding with the goal of liberating creative professionals to achieve their highest calling.
Henrik is a Danish serial entrepreneur currently living in San Francisco where he focuses on projects in entrepreneurship education, impact investing, and tech startups in the digital signage space. While still an engineering student, Henrik founded two companies in IT recycling and Design Thinking. He then worked with the Global Research team at Vestas Wind Systems and became specialized in strategy development and Innovation Management. In 2010 he moved to Silicon Valley where he founded Startup Experience, Inc.
Richard Stengel is the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. In that role he provides strategic leadership of all Department of State public diplomacy and public affairs engagement and oversees the bureaus of Educational and Cultural Affairs, International Information Programs, and Public Affairs, and the Global Engagement Center.
As a serial entrepreneur and systems thinker, Heerad Sabeti is devoted to pursuing systemic solutions to complex social, environmental and economic challenges. For over 25 years, he has been working toward the development of a fourth sector of organizations that is emerging at the intersection of the public, private and social sectors.
Nermin Sa'd is a fiercely independent woman, who recognizes the needs and struggles of the modern Arab woman. She is listed in the 2014, 2015 and 2016 "100 Most Powerful Arab Women" lists for my achievements and influence in my region. She is also a Senior Mechanical Engineer with mini master degree in embedded devices and I am a serial entrepreneur.
Prasad oversees a team which enables people decisions at Google to be data-driven, generates insights on keeping Googlers happy and productive, and tailors rewards and recognition to attract and retain the world’s best talent. In his career, Prasad has taught farmers how to grow rice, helped the U.S. Army destroy toxic rocket fuel, and built the first variable scanning angle reflectometer.
Premal Shah co-founded Kiva in 2005, and has worked to promote Kiva’s mission and reach more communities around the world for more than a decade. Premal’s inspiration for Kiva came during a 2-month volunteer trip he took to India in 2004. During his trip he worked with low-income women to help them sell handcrafts online.
Radhika is Co-President of the Stanford Technology Innovation Club Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs enabling angel investing within the community and helping advance Entrepreneurship and Innovation. She is an entrepreneur, tech executive, angel investor passionate about civic engagement and building movements/communities towards transformational social change often leveraging technology. She is an Advisor to the Sustainable Development Goals Philanthropy Platform.
Neil Shen is Steward of Sequoia Capital and Founding and Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital China. He is also Co-Founder of Ctrip.com (NASDAQ: CTRP) and Homeinns (NASDAQ: HMIN). He is in the Forbes Midas List from 2012 to 2016 as the highest ranking investor from China. He has built a reputation as one of China's most successful entrepreneurs and investors.
Michael Seibel is a fulltime partner at YCombinator. Previously , he was a co founder and CEO of stin.tv rom 2007 to 2011 and the cofounder and CEO of cialcam 2012. During 2012, Socialcam participated in ombinator,aised angel financing from a group of amazing investors,nd sold to Autodesk Inc. for $60m (nk). Needless to say it was a busy year. In 2014 Justin.tv became Twitch Interactive and under the leadership of Emmett Shear and Kevin Lin sold to Amazon for $970m.
