Venture with Grace

Alex Edelson is the Founder and General Partner of Slipstream Investors. Before starting Slipstream, he worked at QED Investors, a top fintech-focused venture capital firm with $4.3 billion in assets under management. Alex joined as Nigel Morris's Chief of Staff and became the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. He previously worked at a fintech startup and spent seven years practicing law. Alex holds a J.D. and B.A. from the University of Michigan.

Brady Broadbent joined Sorenson in 2008. As an investment partner and entrepreneurial mentor, he collaborates with enterprise entrepreneurs developing and scaling application, analytics, and vertical SaaS applications. Brady graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science in business management and an emphasis in entrepreneurship. He took a break from Sorenson in 2010 to attend Harvard Business School. There, he became involved with the Entrepreneurship Club, Private Equity Club, and Harvard i-lab, and launched an award-winning SaaS startup that offers technology and services to healthcare clinics.  Brady then returned to Sorenson and continued to partner with high-impact management teams to help them drive innovation through product investment and predictable go-to-market success.

Hooman Radfar is a computer scientist and founder dedicated to helping other founders. He's co-founder and CEO of Collective, Venture Partner at Expa, founder of 10e9, and co-founder of AddThis (acquired by Oracle).

Nick Moran is the founder and General Partner of New Stack Ventures. Prior to New Stack, Nick spent time as both an investor and an operator. He worked in M&A for Danaher, a science and technology conglomerate. Subsequently, Nick developed one of the most successful products in the company’s history, a novel way of testing compounds in drinking water.

Alan Cohen is a General Partner at DCVC, focusing on an array of AI-enabled health tech, energy, security, and enterprise oppor­tu­ni­ties trans­forming industries. In addition to his board roles, he works across our portfolio on product/market fit, go-to-market strategy, and executive leadership development, and led DCVC’s successful exits at Element AI, Evolv (Nasdaq: EVLV), and Caption Health.

John Gannon is the founder of Venture5 Media & GoingVC. Over the last decade+, he bootstrapped a series of VC media and education products and businesses alongside his 20K+ subscriber VC newsletter and blog which gets 1 million+ page views per year. Subscribers to his newsletter hail from startups, enterprises, and VC firms including household names like Scale Venture Partners, Greylock, and Bessemer.

Mark Goldberger, Head of Enterprise Sales at Ramp, is a driving force behind the fastest-growing corporate card and bill payment software in America. With Ramp recently being recognized as the Most Innovative Company in North America by Fast Company, Mark's expertise is invaluable. Prior to joining Ramp, he distinguished himself as the first enterprise representative at TripActions (now Navan), contributing to over $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and leading the sales team.

Oscar Höglund is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Epidemic Sound. Educated at the Stockholm School of Economics, Oscar has also studied at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, L’Institut Catholique de Paris, Södertörn University, and Stockholm University. Prior to Epidemic Sound, he was part of the management team at one of Sweden’s leading TV production companies, Zodiak Television, where he co-founded the subsidiary, 5th Element. Oscar also co-founded the number one multi-channel network in the Nordics, United Screens, has been a board member at the video game developer, Toca Boca, and an advisor at the podcast company, Perfect Day Media. Since Epidemic Sound’s inception in 2009, Oscar has led the company’s journey from start-up to scale-up to Unicorn.

Laura Kashiwase is a member of the executive talent team at Lightspeed Venture Partners, specializing in hiring for Product, Engineering, Data, and Design roles. Previously, she worked at Meta, where she led a team responsible for hiring Engineering Leadership positions globally for Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Reality Labs. She also has recruitment experience with Figma and Thumbtack.

Emily is a Partner at Primary, leading new investments in fintech and enterprise software companies. She loves going deep into unsexy industries and partnering with determined founders who are challenging the status quo.