Techcrunch Disrupt 2022 | TechCrunch | 18 October 2022 | Moscone Center West, 800 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Zuckerberg, Benioff, Musk, Kalanick, Mayer, Dorsey and many other startup stars have been on the Disrupt stage long before they were in the headlines. TechCrunch continues to keep the pulse of the startup world and knowing which rising stars to cast for the bright lights of our stage is what makes Disrupt the must-attend event for the ecosystem. Disrupt delivers for founders who want to master Silicon Valley’s equations and provides an experience for enthusiasts who want to be a part of what's happening and relevant now.

• Trendsetters & Emerging Tech
Straight from the headlines of TechCrunch.com, at Disrupt you'll hear from people who are not only setting the rules but also changing the tech game. We know the startup experts, from funding to terms sheets, to company culture and growth marketing, to give founders the keys to success.

• Focused on Founders
Discovering and launching early stage startups is our jam. From the Startup Battlefield competition to the hundreds of exhibitors in Startup Alley, Disrupt is where you'll find tomorrow’s big exits and future unicorns. If you’re a founder with a product and big visions for your future, you’re in the right place.

• Networking & Connections
Disrupt provides a platform to make genuinely valuable connections with driven and focused people from all across the tech ecosystem. Whether you’re looking for funding, a new job, your new co-founder or investment, you'll efficiently and effectively connect with the right people.

2022 Speakers

Wemimo Abbey
CEO & Founder, Esusu Financial Inc.

Medha Agarwal
Partner, Redpoint

Toyin Ajayi
Co-founder & CEO, Cityblock Health

Omolara Ajele
Operating Partner, Fast Forward Venture Studio

Sheena Allen
CEO & Founder, CapWay

Allison Barr Allen
Angel Investor, Trail Run Capital

Danny Angers
EVP & Chief Growth Officer, VOSKER

Sara Araghi
Director, Franklin Venture Partners

Mike Asem
General Partner, M25

Robin Åström
Co-founder and CEO, Wehype

Anna Auerbach
Consultant, Egon Zehnder

Opeyemi Awoyemi
Managing Partner, Fast Forward Venture Studio

Saranya Babu
Chief Marketing Officer, Cloudinary

Trisha Bantigue
CEO and Co-founder, Queenly

Leyonna Barba
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan’s Middle Market Banking and Specialized Industries Business, J.P. Morgan

Rajeev Batra
Partner, Mayfield

Idris Bello
Founding Partner, LoftyInc Capital Management

Gene Berdichevsky
Co-founder & CEO, Sila

Jacob Berlin
Chief Executive Officer, Terray

Pali Bhat
Chief Product Officer, Reddit

Michael Biercuk
CEO & Founder, Q-CTRL

Keily Blair
Chief Strategy & Operations Officer (CSOO), OnlyFans

Laura Bock
Partner, QED

Niko Bonatsos
Managing Director, General Catalyst

Ann Bordetsky
Partner, NEA

Peter Boyce II
Partner, General Catalyst

Jake Bright
Venture Partner, Fast Forward Venture Studio

Haseeb Budhani
Co-founder & CEO, Rafay Systems

Anna Buldakova
Co-founder and CEO, Vektor AI

Brett Callow
Threat Analyst, Emsisoft

Tomas Campos
CEO & Cofounder, Spinwheel

Annie Case
Partner, Kleiner Perkins

Guilherme Cerqueira
Chief Executive Officer, Worthix

Navin Chaddha
Managing Director, Mayfield

Josephine Chen
Partner, Sequoia Capital

Carolyn Childers
Co-founder & CEO, Chief

Quentin Clark
Managing Director, General Catalyst

Parker Conrad
Co-founder & CEO, Rippling

Paul Davison
Co-founder & CEO, Clubhouse

Daniel Day
Head of Marketing, Monte Carlo

Chris Dixon
Founder & Managing Partner, a16z crypto

Denelle Dixon
CEO & Executive Director, Stellar Development Foundation

Mandela Schumacher-Hodge Dixon
CEO, All Raise

Amanda DoAmaral
Co-founder & CEO, Fiveable

Brylan Donaldson
CEO & Co-founder, 7th Ave

Ngozi Dozie
CEO & Co-founder, Carbon

Sara Du
Co-founder & CEO, Alloy Automation

Nisha Dua
Co-founder & Managing Partner, BBG Ventures

Henrique Dubugras
Co-founder & Co-CEO, Brex

Michael Elanjian
Head of Digital Investment Banking & Digital Private Markets, J.P. Morgan

Tom Eschbacher
Director, New and Emerging Business, LinkedIn

Josh Fabian
Co-founder & CEO, Metafy

Johanna Faries
SVP & General Manager, Call of Duty, Activision Blizzard

Dylan Field
Co-founder & CEO, Figma

Jenny Fleiss
Venture Partner, Volition Capital

Ruth Foxe Blader
Partner, Anthemis

George Fraser
CEO, Fivetran

Ami Gan
CEO, OnlyFans

Maëlle Gavet
CEO, Techstars

Emily G.-Cebrián Lombán
Co-founder and CEO, FROGED

Margaret Glover-Campbell
COO, Virtual Gurus

Eric Glyman
Co-founder & CEO, Ramp

Jennifer Stisa Granick
Surveillance and Cybersecurity Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Draymond Green
NBA 4 X Champion & Host, The Draymond Green Show

Kirsten Green
Founder & Managing Partner, Forerunner Ventures

Peyton Greenside
CSO & Cofounder, BigHat

Arvind Gupta
Partner, Mayfield Fund

Dan Hardman
Managing Director, Co-Head of Technology and Disruptive Commerce Group, JP Morgan Chase

Anu Hariharan
Managing Director, YC Continuity, Y Combinator

Brett Harrison
Advisor, FTX

Kevin Hart
Founder, HartBeat Ventures

Tess Hatch
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners

Chris Herd
Founder & CEO, Firstbase

Jomayra Herrera
Partner, Reach Capital

Alex Hersham
Co-founder and CEO, Zencargo

Mar Hershenson
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Pear VC

Chris Hewish
President, Xsolla

Arman Hezarkhani
Founder & CEO, Parthean

Jamison Hill
Partner, Base10 Partners

Katelin Holloway
Founding Partner, Seven Seven Six

Alex Holmes
Chairman & CEO, Moneygram

Dan Horowitz
Senior Director, LinkedIn

Xiaodi Hou
CEO, TuSimple

Charles E. Hudson
Founder & Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures

Steve Isakowitz
President & CEO, The Aerospace Corporation

Kevin Issadore
Head of Business Development, North America, Marqeta

Daniel Jacker
CEO & Cofounder, ZaiNar

Rehan Jalil
Founder & CEO, Securiti

Ruby James
Manager, Startups, LinkedIn

Nicole Johnson
Partner, Forerunner Ventures

Myriam Joire
Host and Founder, Mobile Tech Podcast / Managing Editor, Pocketnow

Kate Kamel
Director, Growth, LinkedIn

Lindsay Kaplan
Co-founder & Chief Brand Officer, Chief

Ayanna Kerrison
Investor, Precursor Ventures

Jamal Khan
Chief Growth & Innovation Officer, Connection

Mark Kidwell
Chief Data Architect, Analytics Data Platform, Autodesk

Avlok Kohli
CEO, AngelList

Kevin Kollar
SVP Growth Verticals, FIS

Jeff Kolovson
Co-founder & COO, Faire

Emily Koster
Director of Communications, Samsung Next

Thejo Kote
Founder & CEO, Airbase

Brandon Krieg
CEO & Cofounder, Stash

Madhukar Kumar
Head of Growth, DevRev, Inc.

Mary-Catherine Lader
COO, Uniswap Labs

Jim Lanzone
CEO, Yahoo

Dave Latham
VP of Product CDK Roadster, CDK Global

Gloria Lau
CEO & Cofounder, Alpha Medical

Sofia Laurell
Co-founder and Co-CEO, Tiny Organics

Mélanie Lavoie
Senior VP Talent & Culture, VOSKER

Andrew Le
CEO & Co-Founder, Buoy Health

Aileen Lee
Founder & Managing Partner, Cowboy Ventures

Jeremy Legg
Chief Technology Officer, AT&T

Peter Levine
General Partner, a16z

Hongyi Li
Director, Open Government Products, Open Government Products

Melissa Li
Head of Community and Managing Partner, Dorm Room Fund

Sam Liang
CEO & Cofounder, Otter.ai

Rebecca Liao
CEO & Cofounder, Saga

Gary Little
CEO, Foursquare

Kevin Liu
Head of Portfolio Capital & Investments, Techstars

Marc Lore
Founder, Chairman & CEO, Wonder Group

Michael Machado
Head of Product, DevRev, Inc.

Karena Man
Consultant, Egon Zehnder

Martin Mao
CEO & Co-founder, Chronosphere

Kanyi Maqubela
Managing Partner, Kindred Ventures

Diego Mariscal
Founder & CEO, 2Gether-International

Caryn Marooney
General Partner, Coatue Management L.L.C.

Amy Jo Martin
Founder & CEO, Renegade Global

Edna Martinson
Co-founder, Boddle Learning

Alton McDowell
Managing Director – MM Specialized Industries Industry Verticals, J.P. Morgan

Chintan Mehta
CIO & Head of Digital Technology and Innovation, Wells Fargo

Nik Milanović
Founder, This Week in Fintech; General Partner, The Fintech Fund

Neal Moawed
Global Head of Industry Research, InterSystems

Sheel Mohnot
Co-founder & General Partner, Better Tomorrow Ventures

Tim Montgomery
Senior Vice President, North America Digital Partnerships, Mastercard

Katie Moussouris
Founder & CEO, Luta Security

Pete Muend
Director, Commercial Systems Program Office, National Reconnaissance Office

Dave Munichiello
General Partner, GV

Yorick Naeff
Co-founder and CEO, BUX

Tashi Nakanishi
Managing Partner, HartBeat Ventures, CEO, XPV Group

Madhu Narasimhan
EVP, Head of Innovation, Wells Fargo

Ryan Nece
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Next Play Capital

Thomas Nguyen-Lien
General Manager, Customer Advisory Service, VOSKER

Jordan Nof
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Tusk Venture Partners

James Norman
General Partner, Black Operator Ventures

Kara Nortman
Partner, Upfront Ventures

Bryan Offutt
Partner, Index Ventures

Joshua Ogundu
CEO, Campfire

Janine O'Neill
Talent Director, Sequoia

Ulili Onovakpuri
Managing Director, Kapor Capital

Shirin Oreizy
Founder & CEO, Next Step

Deidre Paknad
Co-founder & CEO, WorkBoard

Dheeraj Pandey
CEO & Cofounder, DevRev

Ursheet Parikh
Partner, Mayfield Fund

Annie Pearl
Chief Product Officer, Calendly

Roxanne Petraeus
CEO & Cofounder, Ethena

Vieje Piauwasdy
Senior Director, Equity Strategy, Secfi

Archana Prasad
VP of Product Management, Marqeta

Erin Price-Wright
Partner, Index Ventures

Chelsea Puckett
SVP of Strategic Payments Systems, Stride Bank

Connie Qian
Vice President, Forgepoint Capital

Katie Rae
Founder, CEO & Managing Partner, The Engine

Kamini Ramani
CMO, Mayfield

Alison Rapaport Stillman
Founding & Managing Partner, Serena Ventures

Alexandre Robicquet
Co-Founder & CEO, Crossing Minds

Jeremiah Robison
Founder and CEO, CIONIC

Adriana Roche
Chief People Officer, MURAL

Robert Roman
President & Co-founder, HartBeat Ventures

Aaron Ronquillo
Cofounder, Investor, Advisor, Nakoshi

Andy Rooks
Founder, Price Theory

Christina Ross
CEO & Cofounder, Cube

Thomas Rouffiac
Co-founder and COO, Natrion

Sophie Ruddock
VP & GM of North America, Multiverse

Gyanda Sachdeva
VP, Product Management, LinkedIn

Maryanna Saenko
Co-founder & CEO, Future Ventures

Andrej Safundzic
CEO and Co-founder, Lumos

Dave Samuel
Founding Managing Partner, Freestyle VC

RJ Scaringe
Founder & CEO, Rivian

Geoff Schmidt
CEO, Apollo GraphQL

Aydin Senkut
Founder & Managing Partner, Felicis

Manuela Seve
CEO, alphaa.io

Mahesh Shah
EVP and Chief Product and Technology Officer, CDK Global

Shaival Shah
Co-founder and CEO, Ribbon

Deena Shakir
Partner, Lux Capital

Erin Sharoni
Chief Product Officer, FOXO Technologies

Emmalyn Shaw
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Flourish Ventures

Cuy Sheffield
VP & Global Head, Crypto, Visa, Inc.

Ash Shehryar
Founder, Chief Design Officer, Pronto Media Group

Robert Siegel
Lecturer in Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Yat Siu
Co-founder & Executive Chairman, Animoca Brands

Gefen Skolnick
Founder, Couplet Coffee

Christine Spang
Co-founder and CTO, Nylas

Maddie Stone
Security Researcher, Project Zero, Google

Sam Stone
Director of Product Management, Pricing & Data, Opendoor

Alain Sylvain
Founder & CEO, SYLVAIN

Emir Talu
Co-founder & Partner, Pentas Ventures

Clarence Tan
Co-founder, Boddle Learning

Adam Tesan
Chief Revenue Officer, Chargeebee

David Tisch
Managing Partner, BoxGroup

Lo Toney
Founding Managing Partner, Plexo Capital

Kelvin Umechukwu
CEO & Cofounder, Bumpa

Mike Verdu
Vice President, Games, Netflix

Lucy Wang
Managing Director, Equity Capital Markets

Parilee Wang
Head of Product, Alloy

Milo Werner
General Partner, The Engine

Ted Westhelle
Senior Manager, North American Digital Sales, Mambu

Serena Williams
Founding & Managing Partner, Serena Ventures

Rich Wong
Partner, Accel

Sam Wong
CEO Coach, Fundable Startups

Pae Wu
General Partner, SOSV & CTO, IndieBio, SOSV

Stephane Wyper
SVP Venture Investments, FIS Impact Ventures, FIS

Anatoly Yakovenko
Co-founder, Solana

Dmitriy Yakubov
Head of Partnerships, Checkout.com

Emil Yeargin
Vice President, Talent, Gusto

Elizabeth Yin
Co-founder & General Partner, Hustle Fund

Guled Yousef
Web3 Angel Investor & Product Lead, Defi Pulse

Adewale Yusuf
CEO & Co-Founder, Altschool

Kathy Zhou
CTO and Co-founder, Queenly

John Zimmer
Co-founder &President, Lyft

Eric Zimmerman
Principal, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Amazon Web Services, AWS

2022 Sponsors

PLATINUM:
• The Aerospace Corporation
• Apollo GraphQL
• AT&T
• Brex
• Capital Connect by JP Morgan
• CDK Global
• Cloudinary
• Connection
• Dell for Startups
• DevRev
• Extreme Tech Challenge
• FIS
• Fivetran
• Foursquare
• FOXO Technologies
• General Catalyst
• Google Cloud
• hub.brussels
• J.P. Morgan
• Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency
• LinkedIn Ads
• Mayfield
• Polygon
• Q-CTRL
• Samsung Next
• TuSimple
• VOSKER
• Xsolla

GOLD:
• AdTonos
• Amazon Web Services
• Blackstone LaunchPad
• Calendly
• Chargebee
• Dolby.io
• Dropbox
• Infobip
• InterSystems
• JTV
• JETRO Japan Pavilion
• Mambu
• Mercury
• Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
• MoneyGram
• Shoplazza
• Skyflow
• Terra.do
• Toptal
• Unibui
• Virtual Gurus
• Wells Fargo
• Worthix

SILVER:
• Allo
• AnchorZ
• Apply Consulting
• AppMaster
• Coda
• Codahead
• CodeNOW
• Corporate eWaste Solutions
• DuploCloud
• EAT THE CODE
• ECM PCB Stator Technology
• Egon Zehnder
• Fast Forward Venture Studio
• JetBrains
• JustIdea
• Justworks
• Kapstan
• IDA Ireland
• iMerit
• iSIZE
• Lob
• Locastic
• Nano Nuclear Energy Inc.
• NeoSOFT
• Otter.ai
• Remote
• Remotebase
• SDH Labs Sp. z o.o.
• Secfi
• Singapore Global Network
• SuperSmart
• Turn
• Web Spiders Group India