Venture Summit West, March 23rd, 24th, 2019

When and where is it on?

Venture Summit West is March 23rd & 24th, 2019 at the Santa Clara Conference Center, Silicon Valley

How many years has it been going?

YoungStartup Ventures has been going for 20 years. This is the 8th Annual Venture Summit West.

What was the inspiration to start it?

We understand how important it is to meet the right people and network with like-minded individuals. Venture Summit West promotes equality and diversity, breaking down barriers to innovation and enterprise and connects the most innovative, promising venture backed, emerging growth and early stage companies with active Investors, Investment bankers, advisors and corporate professionals.

What exciting things can people look forward to?

This year people can look forward to over 1,300 participants including over 150VCs speaking and judging and over 100 Top Innovators presenting.

What opportunities are on offer for those attending?

Startups will hugely benefit from the high-level networking with Angels and early stage VCs as well as the opportunity to find prestigious VCs to join their advisory board.

Who will be speaking?

VCs for the 2019 event will be listed on the event site here:  https://www.youngstartup.com/west2020/index.php#speakers-sec

Lineup of over 150 VCs and Angels that spoke and judged at VSW19 includes:

Ben Abadi, Managing Director, Energy Innovation Capital | Navid Alipour, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Analytics Ventures | Logan Allin, General Partner & Founder, Fin Venture Capital | Kareem Aly, Principal, Thomvest Ventures | Magdi Amin, Investment Partner, Omidyar Network | Ash Archibald, Deal Principal, Wharton Angels | Jennifer Azapian, Partner , Mighty Capital | Carlos S. Baradello, General Partner, Alaya Capital Partners | Scott Beechuk, Partner, Norwest Venture Partners |

Marcus Behrendt, Partner, BMW i Ventures | Lisha Bell, Dealflow Lead, Pipeline Angels | Ashish Bhatia, Angel Investor | Sunny Bia, Associate, CRCM Ventures | Mike Biddle, Managing Director, Evok Innovations | Alexa Binns, Associate, Maven Ventures | Wade Bitaraf, Founder, Energy & Sustainability, Plug & Play Tech Center |

Tico Blumenthal, Co-chair of the Medical Device Screening Committee, Life Science Angels | Greg Bohlen, Managing Director, Union Grove Venture Partners | Will Borthwick, Senior Associate, Bold Capital Partners | Eric Breese, Investment Manager, Evonik Venture Capital |

Maxx Bricklin, Founding Principal, Bold Capital Partners | Pratik Budhdev, Investment Director, Volvo Cars Tech Fund | Edouard Bulteau, Investment Manager, Total Energy Ventures | Andy Cao, Principal, Comcast Ventures | Packey Carrier, Investment Manager, American Express Ventures |

Jeffrey Carter, General Partner, West Loop Ventures | Matthew Chavez, Associate, New Enterprise Associates | Joy Chen, Chief Investment Officer, TAL Education Group | Kelly Chen, Principal, Data Collective | Keting Chu, Venture Partner, LYFE Capital | Jackson Cummings, Investor, Salesforce Ventures |

Michael D’Aurizio, Investment Manager, Centrica Innovations | Ned Daoro, Senior Associate, Clocktower Technology Ventures Associate, Sandbox Industries | Eduardo Laiter, Sr Investment Analyst, Kapor Capital | Severine Lalande, Investment Manager, Total Energy Ventures | Javaughn Lawrence, Investor, Eniac Ventures | Lindsay Lee, Managing Kathleen Siswanto, Investor, Propel Venture Partners | Ira Smith, Director of Venture Investments, Pandect BioVentures | Tanya Soman, Venture Partner, 500 Startups

What tips would you give to people attending to get the most out of it?

VCs are looking for startups that believe in themselves, believe in what they do and have the confidence to go out there and do it.

How can people book tickets / when does it usually sell out?

Registration is via our website http://bit.ly/2PBgC2j. Our last few events sold out a week before registration closed.

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