Venture with Grace

Tobi Coker is a Deal Partner on the Investment team at Felicis. He works with the investment team to source and evaluate investments, conduct diligence, and work with existing portfolio companies. Previously, Tobi was an investor at The Production Board (TPB), a Bay Area-based early-stage venture firm, where he helped found and seed six companies in life sciences and human health. Before TPB, Tobi started his career in the Investment Banking and Capital Markets division at Morgan Stanley, providing coverage to healthcare and biotechnology companies. Currently, he is a Kauffman Fellow, class of 28, and an active member of BLCK VC. Tobi received a B.S. degree in Biology, with a minor in Economics from Georgetown University.

Dr. Charles Roberts is the Chief Investment Strategist of ARK Investment Management LLC (ARK Invest). As Chief Investment Strategist, Charles is responsible for providing inputs into research and strategies on both public and private markets, with a particular focus on AI and multiomics. In addition, Charles plays a key role in the strategy and execution of ARK’s venture capital efforts. Charles joined ARK in 2023.

Ryan Floyd is a founding Managing Director of Storm Ventures. He focuses on early stage enterprise SaaS and has primarily invested in applications and cloud/infrastructure related companies. Ryan is active and works with Code2040, a nonprofit organization that creates pathways to educational, professional, and entrepreneurial success in technology for underrepresented minorities.

Quaid Walker is the Co-Founder and CEO at Bezel, a 100% authenticated, tech-first marketplace for buying and selling luxury watches. Backed by BoxGroup, Courtside Ventures, Shrug Capital, Abstract Ventures, Operator Partners, Kevin Hart, John Legend, J Balvin, Michael Rubin, Kyle Kuzma, Michael Ovitz, Steve Aoki, and execs + investors from Google, Snapchat, Accel, A16Z, Index, Gradient, QED, and more. Previously, he was a design lead at Google and a founding member of the Google TV team.

Ullas Naik is the Founder and General Partner at Streamlined Ventures. At Streamlined, Ullas has led seed investments in almost 20 companies valued at over $1Bn, including iconic companies such as Doordash (IPO), Applovin (IPO), Rappi, Forge (IPO), EasyPost, OpenGov (acquisition), FLYR Labs, Rescale, Flip, Speechify, Medable, Bolt, and TubiTV (acquisition).

Adam Coccari is the Managing Director of Intuit Ventures, Intuit’s Venture Capital team responsible for overseeing Intuit’s investment in startups around the world. Prior to Intuit, Adam spent 8 years at Microsoft where he was most recently a Partner at M12 – Microsoft’s Venture Fund.

Rob Schutz is the co-founder of Ro, the DTC health company that was last valued at $7B, and employee #7 + former VP of Growth at Bark (box), where he helped grow the company from $0 to $100M in run rate. Now he is the founder of Snagged, where he helps entrepreneurs, startups, and established businesses acquire premium domain names.

Adam Besvinick is the Founder and Managing Partner at Looking Glass Capital, a pre-seed venture firm. Previously, he invested in Series A and later companies at Anchorage Capital Group, and before that, he was a pre-seed and seed investor at Deep Fork Capital. Prior to joining Deep Fork, Besvinick was the first business hire at Wanelo, leading partnership and monetization efforts. Before starting at Wanelo, he graduated from Harvard Business School, during which he worked part-time for Lowercase Capital, Gumroad, and a couple other early stage companies. He also used to co-lead By/Association, an angel investor group, which made three investments, including Transfix.io. Prior to entering business school, Besvinick was a telecom investment banker at Jefferies and graduated cum laude from Duke University in 2009.

Keith is a Partner at Pear. Previously, Keith was an early-stage investor at Bessemer Venture Partners and a consultant at BCG, where he advised B2B, consumer, and energy companies on growth, strategy, and M&A. At Pear, Keith focuses on B2B applications including vertical software, enterprise software, and marketplaces. Additionally, he leads Pear’s roadmap on emerging XR/AR/VR and spatial computing platforms. Keith is originally from Arizona and is based in Palo Alto. He holds a BA in English from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Daniel Faierman is a partner at Habitat Partners, an early stage venture capital firm based in New York that focuses on Pre-Seed to Series A investments in consumer and software companies. After playing division one tennis at Yale, Daniel gained deep operating experience at multinational consumer brand enterprises such as PepsiCo and AB InBev across finance, brand strategy, and innovation. With a major passion for health and wellness, Daniel's VC journey commenced at Selva Ventures. He later attended the Stanford GSB, where he launched his own investing entity, Vitality Ventures, building it to over 400 LPs and still actively deploying today. Prior to joining Habitat Partners, Daniel led finance at GSB-founded startup Forum Brands. Daniel splits most of his time at Habitat between CPG and B2B SaaS with a focus on commerce enablement and marketing/advertising technology.