18 Annual Venture Summit 2018 - New York | youngStartup Ventures | 10 July 2018 | Convene, 117 W 46th Street, New York, NY 10036, USA

The 18th annual New York Venture Summit, presented by youngStartup Ventures, is the premier industry gathering connecting venture capitalists, corporate VCs, angel investors, technology transfer professionals, senior executives of early stage and emerging growth companies, university researchers, incubators and premier service providers.

Whether you are an investor seeking access to new early stage deals, or a CEO or Founder of a new venture looking for funding, visibility and growth, The 2018 New York Venture Summit is one event you won't want to miss.

2018 Speakers:

Joe Benjamin
Founder & CEO, youngStartup Ventures

Sam Waxman
Partner, Paul Hastings LLP

Gil Beyda
Managing Director, Comcast Ventures

Ken Bronfin
Senior Managing Director, Hearst Ventures

Elizabeth Galbut
Founding Partner, SoGal Ventures

Edwin Goodman
Founder & General Partner, Activate Venture Partners

Aftab Kherani
Partner, Aisling Capital

Laurel Touby
Managing Partner, Supernode Ventures

Nancy Kamei
Program Director, National Science Foundation

Trace Cohen
Partner, New York Venture Partners

Anna Garcia
General Partner, Runway Venture Partners

Mary Long-Irwin
Executive Director, Northern Ontario Angels

Victoria Pettibone
Managing Director, Asia Angels

Jared Tingle
Managing Partner, Harlem Capital Partners

Maria Velissaris
Investor, Pipeline Angels

Holly Zimmerman
Managing Director, Golden Seeds

Jonathan Medved
Founder & CEO, OurCrowd

David Sorin
Partner, McCarter & English LLP

Jalak Jobanputra
Founder & Managing Partner, FuturePerfect Ventures

Rohit Makharia
Senior Investment Manager, GM Ventures

Dipa Mehta
Managing Director, Sandbox Industries

Eric Ong
Vice President, Lightbank

Saurabh Sharma
Partner, Jump Capital

Nima Wedlake
Principal, ThomVest Ventur

Denmark West
Partner, Connectivity Capital Partners

Timothy Hoffman
Managing Director, NYS Cleantech Venture Exchange at Columbia Technology Ventures

Mark Austin
Partner, Bright Capital

Jason Cahill
Founder & Managing Director, McCune Capital

Sara Chamberlain
Managing Director, Energy Foundry

Jiong Ma
Partner, Braemar Energy Ventures

David Miller
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Clean Energy Venture Group

Louis Schick
Partner, NewWorld Capital Group

Amit Srivastava
Senior Partner, Cycle Capital Management

Stephen Gilfus
Founder, Blackboard Inc.

Stan Buchesky
Partner, The Edtech Fund

Don Burton
Founding & Managing Partner, LearnStart

Michael Cohn
Partner, GSV Acceleration

Meghan Cross Breeden
Managing Partner, Red Bear Angels

Ash Kaluarachchi
Co-Founder & Managing Director, StartEd

Marrisa Lowman
Head of Education Practice, Village Capital

Shon Glusky
Partner, Sheppard Mullin

Peter Bastien
Principal, Next47

Vijay Doradla
Director, Verizon Ventures

Meredith Finn
Senior Director, Salesforce Ventures

Edward Greer
Corporate Technology Scout, Dow Ventures

Gopal Rajaraman
Investment Principal, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital

Reese Schroeder
Managing Director, Tyson Ventures

Lutz Stoeber
Investment Director, Evonik Venture Capital

Scott Oros
Partner, Paul Hastings LLP

Wes Blackwell
Partner, Scout Ventures

Habib Kairouz
Managing Partner, Highland Capital Partners

Manish Patel
Partner, Interplay

Rob Rosenberg
Partner, Prolog Ventures

Laura Sachar
General Partner, Starvest Partners

Ben Sampson
Director, GE Ventures

Scott Saks
Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP

Kamran Ansari
Venture Partner, Greycroft

Mark Fields
Partner, Alsop-Louis Partners

Geoff Judge
Venture Partner, iNovia Capital

Kabir Kumar
Director, Omidyar Network

Josh Kuzon
Partner, Reciprocal Ventures

Matthew Levinson
Director, FinTech Collective

Travis Skelly
Senior Vice President, Citi Ventures

2018 Sponsors and Partners

TITLE SPONSOR:
• Paul Hastings

FOUNDING SPONSORS:
• youngStartUp Ventures

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Sheppard Mullin

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• America's Seed Fund
• McCarter & English

COACHING SPONSORS:
• Pepper Hamilton LLP

BREAKFAST SPONSOR:
• TriNet

CLEANTECH TRACK SPONSOR:
• POWERBRIDGENY

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Mongotel
• Cartika
• Invest in Bavaria
• FINTELLIGENT
• PRESCO ENGINEERING
• NAGLREITER
• OurCrowd

PRINTING SPONSOR:
• THENUVOGROUP

VENTURE SPONSORS:
• Motorola Solutions
• Tyson Ventures
• Evonik Power to Create
• BEECHWOOD VENTURES LLC

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Center for Israeli Innovation
• shufflrr

INDUSTRY PARTNERS:
• Georgia Bio
• Edmonks
• IoT Council
• High Tech XL
• VR/AR Association
• PitchBook
• UVC Upstate Venture Connect
• International Cleantech Network
• Entreprenuership at Cornell
• NJ Tech Weekly
• Startups Forum
• Center of Excellence Wireless and Information Technology
• Fownders
• MedMarket Diligence
• Silicon Cape Initiative
• GITR
• Agora
• Life Sciences British Columbia
• Tech NYC
• ctTA Vemont technology Alliance
• Rainmaking Colab
• SC Startup Commons
• IMET
• citybizlist
• FreeMind
• Westchester Biotech Project
• NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Israel Advanced Technology Industries
• The Sociable
• SVC Wireless
• Next Wave Ventures
• Bio Alberta
• thefoodloft
• Progress Playbook
• Green Business Networking
• IOO Women in Finance
• 8th Annual Women in Green Forum