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Schedule of Sessions

September 23rd, 2021, Online

Keynote address

Ahmad Thomas

CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group

Networking Session

7:30 - 8:00 am 

Welcome: New Frontiers

8:00 - 8:10 am

Brad Barbeau

CSUMB Institute for Innovation
& Economic Development

Keynote Address

8:10 - 8:40 am

Ahmad Thomas

CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group

Venture Company Pitches

8:45 - 9:35 am
Moderator
Tom

Tom Armstrong

White Summers

Pitching Companies
The early warning system to prevent EV + renewable energy failures

infiniRel

Plumb is a new search engine. A (re)search engine. When a simple web search turns into research on the internet, Plumb is the fastest path to relevancy.

Plumb.one

AirSet is building DamperCTRL, an industry-first smart damper that provides unprecedented airflow monitoring and control designed specifically for healthcare settings.

AirSet

Community Company Pitches

9:40 - 10:30 am
Moderator
Susan

Susan Harker

CSUMB College of Business

Pitching Companies
A platform to connect visitors with indigenous hosts.

WAQAA

Monterey Bay Renewable Fuel 1 LLC (MBRF1) is a locally-based and operating, biorefinery facility.

Monterey Bay Renewable Fuels

Career Girls is founded on the dream that every girl around the world has access to diverse and accomplished women role models.

Career Girls

Breakout Networking Session

10:30 - 10:35 am

Panel: Women in Venture Capital

10:35 - 11:20 am
Moderator

Carrie Nikitin

PWI Connections

Panelists
Namrata

Namrata Banerjee

VentureBridge

Parna

Parna Sarkar-Basu

Brand and Buzz

Olivia Owens

Olivia Owens

IFundWomen of Color

Vandana Tolani

Convanto

Venture Company Pitches

11:25 am - 12:15 pm
Moderator
Jenny

Jennifer Kuan

CSUMB College of Business

Pitching Companies
We help restaurants sell their food on Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub, Yelp, Google, Facebook, and process their phone orders.

The Apptopus

Volur have created the first disruptive AI technology that optimize the value chain in the meat industry.

Volur

We are building an exchange on which investors can buy and sell shares of the listed artists' future recording revenue.

Phonichouse

Breakout Networking Session

12:15 - 12:25 pm

Panel: LatinX Entrepreneurs Large & Small

12:25 - 1:10 pm
Moderator
Rodrigo Báez

Rodrigo Báez

Macaw Business

Panelists
Michael

Michael Gay

Invest Puerto Rico

Pedro

Pedro David Espinoza

Silicon Valley Leadership Group

Cesar D'onofrio

Cesar D’Onofrio

Making Sense

Cris Madureira

FCJ USA

Bruno Diniz

Spiralem

Community Company Pitches

1:15 - 2:05 pm
Moderator
Amy

Amy Stocker

Slow Money Monterey Bay

Pitching Companies
Serendipity Farms is woman owned and operated organic farming business.

Serendipity Farms

CoCo Noir Wine Shop & Bar is POC, BIPOC, and Women retail wine shop, tasting room, and bistro.

Coco Noir

CCFO Global provides innovations in finance to create renewable and sustainable funding for social and existing projects.

CCFO

Breakout Networking Session

2:05 - 2:10 pm

Sources of Capital Panel: Community Capital

2:10 - 2:55 pm
Moderator
Cindy Merzon

Cindy Merzon

Cal Coastal SBDC

Panelists
Hillary

Hillary Talbot

Sail Community Capital

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Jeff Dion

Wefunder

Trevor

Trevor Parham

Oakstop

Venture Company Pitches

3:00 - 4:06 pm
Moderator
Fred

Fred Cohen

Angel to Exit

Pitching Companies
Leadership development is the #1 driver of success for individuals and organizations

LeaderJam

Helping farmers understand the root cause of their crop mortality rates and how to reduce them.

AgXactly

Launching a women’s lead, organic and fair-trade upmarket clothing company.

WVN

Designs, procures and distributes lightweight Structural Insulated Panel kits for ADU's & homes.

Barrier Structures

Breakout Networking Session

4:06 - 4:11 pm

Sources of Capital Panel: Venture Capital

4:11 - 4:56 pm
Moderator
Tom

Tom Armstrong

White Summers

Panelists
Kenneth

Kenneth Goodwin

Jeanensis Advisory

Marissa

Marissa Fayer

Assiduity Capital & HERhealthEQ

Chris Medina

Chris Medina

Tesserakt Ventures

Michael Rose

Better Food Ventures

Mike

Mike Rose

Montage Capital

Closing Remarks

4:56 - 5:05 pm

Brad Barbeau

CSUMB Institute for Innovation
& Economic Development

Networking Reception

5:05 - 5:30 pm