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Giora Engel is the co-founder and CEO of Neosec. Prior to starting his second cybersecurity company, Giora was VP of Product Management at Palo Alto Networks after it acquired his company, LightCyber, which covered the field of network & endpoint behavioral analytics. For nearly a decade, he served as an officer in the elite technological unit in the Israel Defense Forces, where he pioneered the development of cyber technologies. Giora is a recognized innovator in cybersecurity, cyber warfare, and behavioral analytics, and he holds several patents.

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Rebecca Clyde is the co-founder and CEO of Botco.ai, which helps businesses converts content into conversations. Using the AI chat cloud, businesses can personalize conversations, engage their customers and gain better insights. Rebecca accomplished entrepreneur with fundraising experience, having raised nearly $5M for her company in venture capital. Prior to Botco.ai, Ms. Clyde co-founded and directed Ideas Collide, an Inc. 5000 marketing automation agency now in its 17th year serving Fortune 500 companies. Ms. Clyde began her career at Intel and holds an MBA from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Ms. Clyde is the most recent recipient of the prestigious Spirit of Enterprise Award bestowed by Arizona State University and the Economic Club of Phoenix. 

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Pierre Brunelle is the CEO and Co-Founder of Noteable, a collaborative data notebook that enables data-driven teams to use and visualize data, together. Pierre led Amazon’s notebook initiatives both for internal use as well as for SageMaker. He also worked on many open-source initiatives including a standard for Data Quality work and an open-source collaboration between Amazon and UC Berkeley to advance AI and machine learning. Pierre helped launch the first Amazon online car leasing store in Europe. At Amazon Pierre also launched a Price Elasticity Service and pushed investments in Probabilistic Programming Frameworks. And Pierre represented Amazon on many occasions to teach Machine Learning or at conferences such as NeurIPS. Pierre also writes about Time in Organization Studies. Pierre holds an MS in Building Engineering from ESTP Paris and an MRes in Decision Sciences and Risk Management from Arts et Métiers ParisTech.

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Paul is the founder and CEO of OpStart, a full-stack accounting and finance solution for startups. Founded in 2020, OpStart currently serves over 60 venture-backed startups and recently raised a $2M seed round.

Paul is also a co-founder and board member of Puente, a non-profit tech company that powers data-driven community development in nine countries. His prior experience includes stints as a VC at Adams Street Partners and investment banker at William Blair.

Paul lives in his hometown of South Bend Indiana with his fiance, Morgan. He holds a finance degree from Notre Dame.

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Jonathan B Fishbeck is the Founder and CEO of EstateSpace, a platform to simplify estate management. EstateSpace helps our clients simplify how they manage operations, communicate and share information. With families, family offices, a network of service providers on our platform, and a commitment to transparency and equality in estate management – we are breaking the mold on how estates operate.  

Before devoting his work full-time to EstateSpace, Jonathan Fishbeck served as the Founder and CEO at a design-build firm whose focus was advising, developing, and operationalizing sizable estate properties for Ultra-High Net Worth families and family offices. It’s this experience and expertise, combined with a background in technology that was the genesis for EstateSpace.

In addition, Jonathan serves a number of philanthropic organizations where his passion for helping veterans, children, and blood cancer research shines through. These positions and organizations include Chairman, Fisher House Foundation, Board Member, Children’s Voice International, and Board Member, There Goes My Hero, respectively.

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Chao Cheng Shorland is the co-founder and CEO of ShelterZoom, a leading blockchain-based, smart-document SaaS provider. She was interviewed by The New York Times about ShelterZoom's blockchain technology that was used by a Vatican library to preserve manuscripts.

Their latest product, Document GPS is an extension that enables users to track their email attachments and revoke access, even after a recipient has opened the email. Chao was named Female Innovator of the Year in 2019 by the Women World Awards. Under her leadership, ShelterZoom won a Top 50 Startup award at the WorldFestival 2021 Innovation Awards. Besides that, the company has been accepted into the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative, United Nations Global Compact.

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Antoine Castel, Co-Founder of MetaEngine, a blockchain-based platform where developers can choose blockchain features to fit their games. Antoine is a seasoned entrepreneur with a strong background in finance & crypto as a tokenomics expert & portfolio manager. He has former investment banking experience and has created and sold several companies. He is a serial gamer who wants cooler games, better stories, and smarter game economies and has been part of the gaming industry for 12 years.

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Dallas Griffin has a long track record of successfully advising upstream and natural resources clients on a wide array of assignments, including acquisitions & divestitures, mergers & acquisitions, public and private capital raise, and strategic alternatives reviews. Prior to co-founding Anode Labs (the team behind the React network) Griffin worked for Piper Sandler since 2009, where he held the position of managing director. 

He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with bachelor’s degrees in business honors and finance, as well as an MBA degree. Griffin was ESPN The Magazine's First Team Academic All-American and a four-time First Team Academic All-Big 12 pick while he was a 4-year Academic All-American on the university's Division I football team. He is also a member of the Texas Friar Society.

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The React Network is building the world’s biggest decentralized crypto network to unlock a new energy source, allowing participants to contribute their energy resources in exchange for value accrual in the network. The U.S. is struggling to modernize the electric grid, and needs the grid to become more flexible to prevent power outages from the effects of climate change. Anode is creating opportunities for everyday homeowners to earn compensation while supporting the energy grid and combating climate change at the same time.

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Maika is the CEO of Webacy - the protection layer for self-custody. Webacy develops tools and services to make self-custody safer and easier. Webacy is strictly non-custodial and no-access (no seed phrases, private keys, or passwords). Webacy is hella venture-backed.

Maika is also a former professional acrobat and performer for the Cirque Du Soleil brand of shows. She attended Stanford University and specialized in Artificial Intelligence. Maika was most recently a Cybersecurity Engineer for Microsoft. She is a Forbes 30 Under 30 lister.

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Ashley is a Principal at VamosVentures. She started her career at Morgan Stanley in Capital Markets and moved into strategic roles at Shoptiques.com, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Estee Lauder, focused on the intersection of consumers and technology. She was previously an investor at Brand Foundry Ventures, Founders Factory, and Dorm Room Fund. Ashley holds a BA from Brown University and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

VamosVentures invests in diverse founding teams and mission-oriented companies across FinTech, Sustainability, Future of Work, Commerce, and Health and Wellness. 100% of their portfolio is diverse led and over 87% of their portfolio companies are Latinx led. 100% of their investment team is also diverse.

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