Prepare your startup for funding

02 - 03 October, 2024

13:00 - 15:00 (GMT-6)

  • Building @ AlleyCorp VC | GTM Strategy | Investor | HBS Alum

    Desiree Almodovar is a Chief Growth Officer and angel-investor. She works with Consumer Healthcare brands to plan and execute on their go-to-market strategy to accelerate growth.

    As the Founder of The Inlay, an NYC startup innovation lab, Desiree works at the intersection of product, marketing, strategy and operations. She has partnered with dozens of pre-seed to series A brands such as Getaway, Common Living, Veracity, Included Health and The Muse. Many have gone on to reach major fundraising milestones with notable VCs and investors such as L Catterton, Human, Silas Capital, 23andMe and more.

    In the Venture Capital world, I help startups and partners with investors to build, grow, fundraise, scale, & achieve through operations, partnership, fundraising, business development, and team leadership - for the USA, MENA, Dubai, KSA, South America, Denmark, S. Korea and some EC economies.

  • Impact VC | Global Strategy Architect & Ecosystem Innovator |.

    Jessica is a Senior Strategic Partnership Director with 16+ years of market expansion and business development experience in various sectors (clean tech, wine industry, global luxury, health, media & entertainment, edTech and fintech). Her professional focal points include strategic partnerships, investments, agreement negotiations, product strategy, team leadership, event management, and ecosystem design.

    Her French Polynesian roots made her who she is today: entrepreneur, volunteer addict, with a creative mindset. Jessica feels it is important to understand your roots and to not forget the place that gives you an identity. As a result, outside of her work, she represents the Transpac Tahiti sailing race, a fantastic bluewater race course organized every 4 years between Los Angeles and Tahiti. She also, serves on the board of the SF Chinese Culture Center, one of the leading and most prominent cultural and arts institutions in the city of San Francisco, dedicated to elevating underserved communities and giving voice to equality through education and contemporary art.

WORKSHOPS

The Venture Connect Summit 2024 will feature two online workshops designed to help participating startups structure key elements for presentations to venture capital investors.

Additionally, there will be a workshop for 20 regional businesspeople, providing them with a general overview of the opportunities and risks associated with investing in early-stage startups, as well as the financial and legal considerations involved.

How to become an Angel Investor

10 - 11 October, 2024

13:00 - 15:00 (GMT-6)

  • VC, Syndicate VC - Talks about #Investor, #VentureCaptial, #Startups, #Operations, #BizDevelopment, #syndicates , #Doinggood

    In the Venture Capital world, I help startups and partners with investors to build, grow, fundraise, scale, & achieve through operations, partnership, fundraising, business development, and team leadership - for the USA, MENA, Dubai, KSA, South America, Denmark, S. Korea and some EC economies.

  • Innovator and investor; Keynote Speaker, Idea Development, Incubation, Acceleration, Ecosystems.

    Gary has created, transformed, and launched innovation from combat vehicles to lifestyle apps. Gary Created GLJ Group in January 2005 to continue bringing advance tech to market and has since captured over $350M in new business for his clients. In 2010 Gary shifted his entire focus to the Startup community, creating South Valley Angels in 2011. He has worked directly with over 1000 start-ups and established global ecosystems.

INVESTORS & SPEAKERS

  • Peter has more than 20 years of experience representing startups, entrepreneurs, angel investors and venture capitalists.

  • Alysson Do has extensive work experience in various roles and sectors. Alysson is currently serving as the VP of Operations & Administration at Neural Propulsion Systems, Inc. Since joining the company in 2018. Alongside this, they are an advisor and investor at JAM Ventures since 2011. Alysson has also held advisory positions at Reality Center / Reality Mgmt Technologies, Actipulse Neuroscience ®, and BellaChoiMADE Productions LLC since 2021 and 2020 respectively.


  • Managing Partner at Longley Capital

  • Amir Khan is the founder and Managing Director of MARL 5G Accelerator. MARL 5G focuses on creating and connecting a vibrant community of early-stage investors, startup founders, and corporate venture teams in the space of Mobility, Autonomy, Robotics and Logistics as the market for 5G technology continues to grow. Prior to MARL, he worked as an investment specialist at US Capital Global where he sourced and vetted investment opportunities in FinTech while leading company due diligence processes.

  • Legal Advisor with over 10 years of experience in Venture Capital, Private Equity, Capital Markets, M&A, Corporate and Banking and Finance.

    Structure and set up a broad range of alternative investments vehicles including private equity, private debt, venture capital, growth equity and real estate funds.

    Specialized in startups and investors legal advisory. Implemented over 40 investments and secondary market VC transactions.

    Graduated with honors from Escuela Libre de Derecho and admitted to practice law in Mexico since 2015. Certified in Alternative Investments and Negotiation and Persuasion by Harvard Business School and hold a Master's Degree in Private Law (securities, financial, corporate) from Escuela Libre de Derecho.

    Member of the 2022 Innovation Experience Israel Program.