Women’s Venture Capital Summit 2023 | Bizzabo | 7 February 2023 | The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, 1 Miramontes Point Rd, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019, USA

"Great content. Beautiful Setting. Phenomenal women."

That was just one of the stellar reviews from our inaugural Summit. After a hugely successful debut, we're returning to the luxurious high-level conference.

Now in our 2nd year, we expect to bring together an audience of over 400 leading women in the venture capital space. These accomplished women — made up of LPs, GPs, and advisors to the industry — attend the Summit to share information, initiate deals, and forge new relationships.

The Summit follows in our tradition of creating exclusive, retreat-style gatherings that are conducive to candid discussion, meaningful connections and helping women in investment reach their full potential.

A dedicated and focused outlook

Spun out from our highly-regarded Summit, the Summit is designed to provide leading women in the venture community an exclusive opportunity to come together for two days of in-depth insights, high-touch networking, and business exchanges.

After a record-setting 2021, the US venture capital ecosystem is showing signs of an imminent but healthy recalibration period. Public market slowdowns, rising interest rates, inflation and geopolitical uncertainty are leading to venture firms, at all stages, feeling the squeeze. But with these adjustments come new challenges and opportunities to be understood and overcome.

A robust agenda hosting an expert speaker roster

Building on last year’s success, our agenda will host a line-up of top tier industry speakers from North America’s largest venture firms, who will provide valuable insights from all angles of the venture cycle; from fundraising to deal sourcing, managing the portfolio and carrying out a successful exit.

Delivered in a variety of formats, keynote presentations, fireside chats, TINA Talks, breakout and panel discussions, you will be able to hear from your peers on a range of topical issues.

Coupled with unstructured and informal networking, allows you time to connect and build relationships with other powerful women who will be key to delivering your deals.

2023 Speakers

Nilima Achwal
Founder, The Female Founders Lab

Kapua Aiu-Yasuhara
Investment Associate, Kamehameha Schools

Ingrid Akay
Managing Partner, Hadean Ventures

Sophia Amoruso
Founder & General Partner, Trust Fund

Sarah Adams Anderson
Founding Partner, Vault Fund

Logan Ashcraft
Investor, Standard Investments

Lara Banks
Managing Director and Co-Head of Private Equity, Makena Capital Management, LLC

Jenny Barba
Managing Partner, Features Capital

Trier Bryant
President, 82VS

Stephanie Campbell
General Partner, The Artemis Fund

Lakesha Cash
General Partner, Impact America Fund

Rohini Chakravarthy
Managing Partner, NewBuild Venture Capital

Joanne Chen
General Partner, Foundation Capital

Regina Cho
Investment Director, Crewcial Partners

Stephanie Choo
Partner, Portage

Maddie Clarfield
Senior Associate and Chief of Staff to the CIO, Makena Capital

Betsy Cohen
Co-Founder & Chairman, Cohen Circle

Sara Deshpande
General Partner, Maven Ventures

Aoifinn Devitt
Chief Investment Officer, Moneta Group

Jin Dingmore
Investment Officer, Baylor University

Lisa Dolan
Managing Director, Link Ventures

Joanna Drake
Managing Partner, Magnify Ventures

Jennie Dvorak
Director of Product, Affinity.co

Ameena El-Bibany
Partner, ARTIS Ventures

Monica Brand Engel
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Quona Capital

Mariia Eroshin
Chief Financial Officer, Private Family Office

Colleen Fay
Partner, Withum

Julia Feldman
Managing Partner, SVB Capital

Kathryn Finney
Managing General Partner, Genius Guild

Shruti Gandhi
General Partner, Array Ventures

Jing (Jane) Ge
Managing Partner, Vectors Capital

Rashmi Gopinath
General Partner, B Capital

Elizabeth Gore
Co-founder & President, Hello Alice

Theresia Gouw
Founding Partner, Acrew Capital

Annette Grimaldi
Managing Director, BMO Capital Markets

Audrey Han
Senior Associate, Point Olema Capital Partners

Ali Hartman
Head of Responsible Investment, Tiger Global Management

Catherine Hatch
Investment Analyst, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

Jaclyn Hester
Partner, Foundry

Michelle Hopfner
Senior Business Development Manager, Carta

Rachael Horwitz
Chief Marketing Officer, Haun Ventures

Ching-Yu Hu
Partner, Next47

Diana Hull
Associate, HF Capital

Mary Kay Huse
Co-Founder & CEO, Mandolin

Mildred (Mimi) Idada
Founder, Open Web Collective

Anastasia Istratova
Principal, Fifth Wall

Lacey Johnson
Investment Director, Grinnell College

Amy Jupe
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Jessica Karr
Founder, General Partner, Coyote Ventures

Laura Kasper
Executive Psychologist

Jen Kha
Operating Partner, Head of Investor Relations, Andreessen Horowitz

Eurie Kim
Partner, Forerunner Ventures

Laura Kinder
President, Daversa Partners

Gina King
Co-founder, Partner & CCO, Supernode Global

Jordan Kong
Principal, Atomic

Sarah Kunst
Managing Director, Cleo Capital

Lindsay Larsen
Managing Director, University of Virginia Investment Management Company

Jacqueline LeSage
Managing General Partner, Munich Re Ventures

Abby Miller Levy
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Primetime Partners

Samantha Lewis
Principal, Mercury Fund

Helen Liang
Founder & Managing Partner, FoundersX Ventures

Zhenni Liu
General Partner, MaC Venture Capital

Holly Maloney
Managing Director, General Catalyst

Courtney McCrea
Managing Partner, Recast Capital

Elisa Miller-Out
Managing Partner, Chloe Capital

Marissa Moore
Investor, OMERS Ventures

Kira Noodleman
Partner, Bee Partners

Vicki Odette
Partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP

Cindy Padnos
Founder & Managing Partner, Illuminate Ventures

Shelly Porges
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Beyond the Billion

Meghan Reynolds
Partner, Altimeter Capital Management

Katherine Rice
Partner, GingerBread Capital

Amy Ridge
Partner, Mercer Alternatives

Tali Sealman
Partner, White & Case

Yangge Seaman
Head of Private Investments, Children's Health

Catherine Shiang
Managing Director, Asia Capital Advisor Ltd

Elizabeth Sipes
Attorney - Partner, Perkins Coie

Pocket Sun
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, SoGal Ventures

Stephanie Thomas
Partner, Morrison Foerster

Christine Tsai
CEO & Founding Partner, 500 Global

Roxanne Tully
Principal, Piva Capital

Ya Tung
Chief Investment Officer, Jefferies Family Office

Consuelo Valverde
Founder & Managing Partner, SVLC

Anarghya Vardhana
General Partner, Maveron

Monica Varman
Partner, G2 Venture Partners

Lisa Vazquez
Portfolio Manager, Mass General Brigham Investment Office

Geeta Vemuri
Founder, Agent Capital

Caitlin Vorlicek
Vice President, Sageview Capital

Elizabeth Weil
Founder and Managing Partner, Scribble Ventures

Cack Wilhelm
General Partner, IVP

Ching Wu
Partner, Investor Relations & Marketing, 137 Ventures

Yuanling Yuan
Principal, SignalFire

Charlotte Zhang
Director of Investments, Group Health Foundation

Lu Zhang
Founder and Managing Partner, Fusion Fund

Emily Zhen
Investor, NEA

2023 Sponsors and Partners

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Daversa Partners
• Launch With GS
• Morrison & Foerster
• SVB Capital

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Affinity
• Agent Capital
• Haynes Boone
• White and Case
• Withum

LOUNGE SPONSORS:
• Asset Class
• Comerica Bank
• Foley Hoag
• Union Square Advisors
• United Healthcare

SPECIALITY SPONSORS:
• Carta
• Cooley
• Horizon Technology Finance
• First Republic Bank
• Pacific Western Bank
• Perkins Coie
• PIVA
• Proskauer
• Ropers and Gray
• SPMB Executive Search
• Tiger Iron Capital

PARTNERS:
• Chick Mission
• GPCA
• NAIC
• Savvy Investor
• WAVE