Nitzan Pelman is a social entrepreneur at heart and cares deeply about finding solutions for breaking the cycle of poverty through education and workforce development. Nitzan launched Climb Hire, a new upskilling organization, that helps overlooked and hidden talent prepare for “new collar” jobs related to Salesforce. Prior to Climb Hire, Nitzan founded ReUp Education […]
Pedro Góes is currently the CEO of InEvent. InEvent is a Y Combinator venture backed company providing an event, marketing and sales platform for Forbes 2000 Global companies, including Amazon, Coca-Cola, KPMG, Santander, Unilever, Boeing, Embraer and Citibank. Previously Pedro started a company in college where he had more than 10,000 monthly active paying users. […]
Adam is currently a Founding Member of Keiretsu Forum, the world’s Largest Angel Investment group, serving as COO/Head of Global-partnerships. In addition, Adam is an advisor to the Keiretsu Capital real estate fund. Adam has spent his career at the intersection of Real Estate and Technology. He has been an early investor, board member, founder, […]
Allen Taylor is part of the global leadership team at Endeavor, a mission-driven organization focused on supporting high-growth companies in emerging and under-served markets. He leads Endeavor Catalyst, Endeavor’s innovative co-investment fund that has been recognized as one of the most active global venture investors in markets like Latin America and the Middle East. Since […]
Chon Tang is an experienced entrepreneur, computer scientist, venture investor, and fund manager. Currently a founding partner at UC Berkeley SkyDeck Fund, he is is leading the effort to transform UC Berkeley into a global nexus for entrepreneurship, with the support of private venture capital. Get inspired by the startup stories of founders and investors […]
Tim Bucher is currently CEO of Agtonomy, a company with a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist platform for agriculture vehicles. Tim is a high-tech serial entrepreneur who has created several successful companies over the last 3 decades, taking one of them public and selling six others to tech giants like Microsoft, Apple, Dell, and Seagate. Get […]
Maria Salamanca is a Partner at Unshackled Ventures, where she invests in the ideas of immigrant entrepreneurs. She is also President and founding member of LatinxVC and on the Board of Director at SwingLeft (where she was inaugural COO in 2016). Maria was the first Latina named Forbes 30 Under 30 for Venture Capital; she […]
Michael Hurlston is President and Chief Executive Officer of Synaptics. Michael completed his MS in Electrical Engineering and MBA at UC Davis. Get inspired by the startup stories of founders and investors in the UC Davis Student Startup Center community. Learn what got them going and what keeps them motivated. Collect tips to make your […]
Matt Kaufman is Chief Systems Officer at Roblox. He was previously President and Head of Operations at Crunchbase. He has led engineering and product development at a number of firms, including one he co-founded. Get inspired by the startup stories of founders and investors in the UC Davis Student Startup Center community. Learn what got […]
Lisa Morales-Hellebo is Co-Founder and General Partner at REFASHIOND Ventures. She is also Co-Founder of The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation and a member of several advisory boards. Lisa started her career in digital design and later founded a FashionTech startup. Get inspired by the startup stories of founders and investors in the UC Davis Student […]