Lowenstein Sandler LLP Venture Crush San Francisco 2018 | Lowenstein Sandler LLP | 26 April 2018 | Lowenstein Sandler, San Francisco

VentureCrushSF is an invite-only event created by the Tech Group at Lowenstein Sandler and led by the Tech Group's Chair, Ed Zimmerman, the Paolo Alto Managing Partner, Kathi Rawnsley, and colleagues from Lowenstein Sandler's California and New York offices. With the help of some great venture investor co-host, VentureCrushSF brings together FOUNDERS, TECH EXECUTIVES and INVESTRS for a series of small discussions relevant to the tech community. We then invite even more tech industry insiders to a big party featuring a LIVE PERFORMANCE, incredible wine and food, and some wonderful winemaker guests.

2018 Speakers:

Michele Anderson
Shutterfly Senior Vice President, Retail

Karen Appleton
Page Angel Investor & Advisor

Lukas Biewald
Figure Eight Founder

Stacey Bishop
Scale Venture Partners Partner

Eric Byunn
Centana Growth Partners Partner

Iris Choi
Floodgate Partner

Patrick Chung
Xfund Founding Partner

Beezer Clarkson
Sapphire Ventures Managing Director

Sunil Dhaliwal
Amplify Partners Founder And General Partner

Chris Douvos
Venture Investment Associates Managing Director

Marie Ekeland
Daphni Co-founder

Effie Epstein
Sound Ventures Managing Partner And Coo

Eric Feng
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Partner

Ross Fubini
Village Global Co-founder & Partner

Vivek Garipalli
Clover Health Ceo And Co-founder

Jamie Glenn
Knock Co-founder & Coo

Jocelyn Goldfein
Zetta Venture Partners Managing Director

Anton Hanebrink
Intuit Senior Vice President, Chief Corporate Strategy And Development Officer

Dave Hendricks
Seriesx Ceo And Co-founder

Charles Hudson
Precursor Ventures Founder & Managing Partner

Jodi Sherman
Jahic Aligned Partners Managing Partner

Cory Johnson
Ripple Chief Market Strategist

Seyonne Kang
Greenspring Associates Venture Partner

Sarah Kunst
Proday Founder & Ceo

Aileen Lee
Cowboy Ventures Founder And Managing Partner

Jesse Levinson, Ph.d.
Zoox Co-founder & Cto

Rebecca Lynn
Canvas Ventures Partner

Réza Malekzadeh
Partech Partners General Partner

Jules Maltz
Institutional Venture Partners General Partner

Emily Melton
Dfj Partner

Nnamdi Okike
645 Ventures Co-founder And General Partner

Brian O'malley
Accel Partner

Stephanie Palmeri
Uncork Capital Partner

Heidi Pease
Blockchain Lab Cofounder, Los Angeles (Ucla/usc/uci/city Of La) Blockchain Lab Ceo And Cofounder, Proof Of Art

Renata Quintini
Lux Capital Partner

Jeff Richards
Ggv Capital Managing Partner

Tom Rikert
Nextworld Capital General Partner

James Scapa
Altair Engineering, Inc Chairman And Ceo

Dafina Toncheva
Us Venture Partners Partner

Ron Williams
Spire Protocol Strategy

Vc/founder
Chat Room

Philippe Guigal
Domaine Guigal – Ampuis Proprietor/winemaker

Kathryn "Kk" Carothers Adamvs
Associate Winemaker

Matt Courtney
Ferren Wines Owner & Winemaker

Erin Di
Costanzo Acme Fine Wines General Manager

Massimo Di Costanzo
Di Costanzo Wines Owner & Winemaker

Andy Erickson
Favia Wines Co-founder And Winemaker

Annie Favia
Favia Wines Co-founder & Viticulturist

Élan Fayard
Azur Wines Owner

Julien Fayard Azur
Wines Owner & Winemaker

Becky George
Mojave Wines Owner & Winemaker

Michael Hirby
Relic Wines Owner & Winemaker

Paul Lato
Paul Lato Wines Founder & Winemaker

Juan Mercado
Realm Cellars Founder

Jen Porembski
Zeitgeist Cellars Owner & Winemaker

Mark Porembski
Zeitgeist Cellars Owner & Winemaker

Reed Renaudin
Dumol Winery Ceo Of Dumol

Schatzi Throckmorton
Relic Wines Owner & Manager

Joey Tensley
Tensley Wines Owner & Winemaker

Jamey Whetstone
Whetstone Wine Cellars Owner & Winemaker

Michelle Whetstone
Whetstone Wine Cellars Owner

Archive San Francisco 2017 Vcsf Co-hosts

Amy Abernethy, Md, Phd
Flatiron Health Chief Medical Officer & Senior Vice President

Amy Banse
Comcast Ventures Managing Director And Head Of Funds

Phin Barnes
First Round Capital Partner

Stacey Bishop
Scale Venture Partners Partner

Ron Bouganim
Govtech Fund Founder And Managing Partner

Shawn Carolan
Menlo Ventures Managing Director

Iris Choi
Floodgate Partner

Patrick Chung
Xfund Founding Partner

Beezer Clarkson
Sapphire Ventures Managing Director

Jeff Clavier
Softtech Vc Founder & Managing Partner

Jeremy Conrad
Lemnos Labs Founding Partner

Sunil Dhaliwal
Amplify Partners Founder And General Partner

Chris Douvos
Venture Investment Associates Managing Director

Josh Elman
Greylock Partners Partner

Effie Epstein
Sound Ventures Managing Partner And Coo

Eric Feng
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Partner

Beth Ferreira
Firstmark Capital Managing Partner

Ross Fubini
Village Global Co-founder & Partner

Venky Ganesan
Menlo Ventures Managing Director

Vivek Garipalli
Clover Health Ceo And Co-founder

Jane Gladstone
Evercore Senior Managing Director

Matthew Goldstein
Microsoft Ventures Investing Partner

Arlan Hamilton
Backstage Capital Founder & Managing Director

Anton Hanebrink
Intuit Senior Vice President, Chief Corporate Strategy And Development Officer

Matt Huang
Sequoia Capital Partner

Charles Hudson
Precursor Ventures Founder & Managing Partner

Jodi Sherman Jahic
Aligned Partners Managing Partner

Aileen Lee
Cowboy Ventures, Founder And Managing Partner

Jules Maltz
Institutional Venture Partners General Partner

Patricia Nakache
Trinity Ventures General Partner

Kara Nortman
Upfront Ventures Partner

Brian O'malley
Accel Partner

Stephanie Palmeri
Uncork Capital Partner

Edwin Poston
Truebridge Capital Partners General Partner & Co-founder

Renata Quintini
Lux Capital Partner

Jeff Richards
Ggv Capital Managing Partner

Tom Rikert
Nextworld Capital General Partner

Heidi Roizen
Dfj Operating Partner, Dfj;lecturer, Stanford University

James Scapa
Altair Engineering, Inc Chairman And Ceo

Alex Schultz
Facebook Director, Growth

Merrill Stubbs
Food52 Co-founder And President

Sarah Tavel
Benchmark General Partner

Dafina Toncheva
Us Venture Partners Partner

Hunter Walk
Homebrew Partner

Kathryn "Kk" Carothers
Adamvs Associate Winemaker

Matt Courtney
Ferren Wines Owner & Winemaker

Becky George
Mojave Wines Owner & Winemaker

Michael Hirby
Relic Wines Owner & Winemaker

Helen Keplinger
Keplinger Wines Owner & Winemaker

Juan Mercado
Realm Cellars Founder

Jordan Salcito
Ramona, Bellus Wines, Momofuku Founder

Hannah Selbach
Selbach-oster

Jeff Smith
Hourglass Vineyards Founder/ceo

Schatzi Throckmorton
Relic Wines Owner & Manager

Douglas Warner
Keplinger Wines General Manager

San Francisco 2016 Co-hosts

Aileen Lee
Cowboy Ventures Founder And Managing Partner

Alfred Lin
Sequoia Capital Partner

Anamitra Banerji
Foundation Capital Partner

Annie Kadavy
Charles River Ventures General Partner

Arif Janmohamed
Lightspeed Venture Partners Partner

Beezer Clarkson
Sapphire Ventures Managing Director

Brian O'malley
Accel Partner

Bubba Murarka
Draper Fisher Jurvetson Partner

Dan Scholnick
Trinity Ventures General Partner

Emilie Choi
Linkedin Head Of Corporate Development

Eric Feng
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Partner

Eurie Kim
Forerunner General Partner

Hunter Walk
Homebrew Partner

Jeff Clavier
Softtech Vc Founder & Managing Partner

Jeff Richards
Ggv Capital Managing Partner

Jennifer Fonstad
Aspect Ventures Co-founder And Managing Partner

Jeremy Conrad
Lemnos Labs Founding Partner

Jesse Levinson, Ph.d.
Zoox Co-founder & Cto

Jodi Sherman Jahic
Aligned Partners Managing Partner

Josh Elman
Greylock Partners Partner

Jules Maltz
Institutional Venture Partners General Partner

Kirsten Green
Forerunner Ventures General Partner

Marie Ekeland
Daphni Co-founder

Captain Mark Kelly
World View Enterprises Space Shuttle Commander

Patrick Chung
Xfund Founding Partner

Phin Barnes
First Round Capital Partner

Rebecca Lynn
Canvas Ventures Partner

Sarah Tavel
Benchmark General Partner

Stephanie Palmeri
Uncork Capital Partner

Sunil Dhaliwal
Amplify Partners Founder And General Partner

Lydia Loveless
Singer-songwriter

Ed Zimmerman
Lowenstein Sandler Founder/chair, Tech Group

Kathi Rawnsley
Lowenstein Sandler Founder & Managing Partner, Palo Alto

Mark Kesslen
Lowenstein Sandler Chair, Ip Group

Robbie Brooks Moore
Kind Of Blue Music Founder & Ceo

Keb' Mo'
Keb' Mo' Music

Becky George
Mojave Wines Owner & Winemaker

Brad Grimes
Abreu Vineyards Winemaker

Jen Porembski
Zeitgeist Cellars Owner & Winemaker

Juan Mercado
Realm Cellars Founder

Mark Porembski
Zeitgeist Cellars Owner & Winemaker

Massimo Di Costanzo
Di Costanzo Wines Owner & Winemaker

Matt Courtney
Ferren Wines Owner & Winemaker

Michael Hirby
Relic Wines Owner & Winemaker

Schatzi Throckmorton
Relic Wines Owner & Manager

San Francisco 2015 Co-hosts

Aileen Lee
Cowboy Ventures Founder And Managing Partner

Alfred Lin
Sequoia Capital Partner

Anamitra Banerji
Foundation Capital Partner

Beezer Clarkson
Sapphire Ventures Managing Director

Brian O'malley
Accel Partner

Bubba Murarka
Draper Fisher Jurvetson Partner

Chris Moore
Redpoint Partner

Dan Scholnick
Trinity Ventures General Partner

Dayna Grayson
Nea Partner

Emilie Choi
Linkedin Head Of Corporate Development

Eric Feng
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Partner

Hilary Gosher
Insight Venture Partners Managing Director

Hunter Walk
Homebrew Partner

Jeff Clavier
Softtech Vc Founder & Managing Partner

Josh Elman
Greylock Partners Partner

Jules Maltz
Institutional Venture Partners General Partner

Kirsten Green
Forerunner Ventures General Partner

Marie Ekeland
Daphni Co-founder

Patrick Chung
Xfund Founding Partner

Phin Barnes
First Round Capital Partner

Ross Fubini
Village Global Co-founder & Partner

Stephanie Palmeri
Uncork Capital Partner

Susan Mason
Aligned Partners Managing Partner

Theresia Gouw
Aspect Ventures Co-founder

Rhett Miller
Rhettmiller.com

Ed Zimmerman
Lowenstein Sandler Founder/chair, Tech Group

Kathi Rawnsley
Lowenstein Sandler Founder & Managing Partner, Palo Alto

Mark Kesslen
Lowenstein Sandler Chair, Ip Group

Sara Watkins
Nickel Creek Grammy-winning Singer/songwriter/fiddler, Solo Artist & Nickel Creek

Brad Grimes
Abreu Vineyards Winemaker

Douglas Warner
Keplinger Wines General Manager

Helen Keplinger
Keplinger Wines Owner & Winemaker

Jen Porembski
Zeitgeist Cellars Owner & Winemaker

Joey Tensley
Tensley Wines Owner & Winemaker

Jordan Salcito
Bellus Wines Founder

Juan Mercado
Realm Cellars Founder

Mark Porembski
Zeitgeist Cellars Owner & Winemaker

Massimo Di Costanzo
Di Costanzo Wines Owner & Winemaker

Matt Courtney
Ferren Wines Owner & Winemaker

Michael Hirby
Relic Wines Owner & Winemaker

Schatzi Throckmorton
Relic Wines Owner & Manager

San Francisco 2014 Co-hosts

St. Paul And The Broken Bones
Stpaulandthebrokenbones.com

Alex Schultz
Facebook Director, Growth

Alfred Lin
Sequoia Capital Partner

Brian O'malley
Accel Partner

Bubba Murarka
Draper Fisher Jurvetson Partner

Dan Scholnick
Trinity Ventures General Partner

Elaine Wherry
Ewherry.com

Eric Feng
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Partner

Hunter Walk
Homebrew Partner

Jeff Clavier
Softtech Vc Founder & Managing Partner

Jessica Verrilli
Twitter Corporate Development

Josh Elman
Greylock Partners Partner

Jules Maltz
Institutional Venture Partners General Partner

Karen Appleton Page
Angel Investor & Advisor

Katherine Barr
Mohr Davidow Ventures General Partner

Patrick Chung
Xfund Founding Partner

Renata Quintini
Lux Capital Partner

Ross Fubini
Village Global Co-founder & Partner

Sarah Tavel
Benchmark General Partner

Sean Flynn
Shasta Ventures Partner

Stacey Bishop
Scale Venture Partners Partner

Stephen Collins
Venturecrush Eir, Venturecrush; Former Ceo, Bazaarvoice

Timothy Lee
Sequoia Capital Partner

John Cabeca
Us Patent And Trademark Office Director, Silicon Valley Uspto

Ed Zimmerman
Lowenstein Sandler Founder/chair, Tech Group

Kathi Rawnsley
Lowenstein Sandler Founder & Managing Partner, Palo Alto

Mark Kesslen
Lowenstein Sandler Chair, Ip Group

Joshua Roman
Www.joshuaroman.com Cellist

Jill Sobule
Www.jillsobule.com

Sara Watkins
Nickel Creek Grammy-winning Singer/songwriter/fiddler, Solo Artist & Nickel Creek

Andy Erickson
Favia Wines Co-founder And Winemaker

Andy Smith
Dumol Winemaker And Viticulturist

Annie Favia
Favia Wines Co-founder & Viticulturist

Douglas Warner
Keplinger Wines General Manager

Helen Keplinger
Keplinger Wines Owner & Winemaker

Juan Mercado
Realm Cellars Founder

Matt Courtney
Ferren Wines Owner & Winemaker

Silicon Valley 2013 Co-hosts

Shelby Lynne
Shelbylynne.com Grammy Winning Performer

Katherine Barr
Mohr Davidow Ventures General Partner

Patrick Chung
Xfund Founding Partner

Stephen Collins
Venturecrush Eir, Venturecrush; Former Ceo, Bazaarvoice

Stefan Heuser
Samsung | Open Innovation Vice President

Alfred Lin
Sequoia Capital Partner

Jules Maltz
Institutional Venture Partners General Partner

Bubba Murarka
Draper Fisher Jurvetson Partner

Brian O'malley
Accel Partner

Jason Pressman
Shasta Ventures Managing Director

Dan Scholnick
Trinity Ventures General Partner

Alex Schultz
Facebook Director, Growth

Jessica Verrilli
Twitter Corporate Development

Elaine Wherry
Ewherry.com

Silicon Valley 2012 Co-hosts

Patrick Chung
Xfund Founding Partner

Jules Maltz
Institutional Venture Partners General Partner

Jason Pressman
Shasta Ventures Managing Director

Dan Scholnick
Trinity Ventures General Partner

Silicon Valley 2011 Co-hosts

Theresia Gouw
Aspect Ventures Co-founder

Jules Maltz
Institutional Venture Partners General Partner

Dan Scholnick
Trinity Ventures General Partner

Jonathan Seelig
Globespan Capital Partners Managing Director

Silicon Valley 2010 Co-hosts

Josh Kopelman
First Round Capital Partner

Jules Maltz
Institutional Venture Partners General Partner

Satya Patel
Homebrew Partner

Jonathan Seelig
Globespan Capital Partners Managing Director

2018 Sponsors:

• Gowling WLG
• Grape arbor VC