Venture with Grace

Rajive Keshup is a Partner at Cathay Innovation, based out of the Singapore office. Prior to joining Cathay, Rajive played instrumental roles in scaling a number of Southeast Asian startups. Before moving to Singapore, Rajive was a Managing Director at PwC Strategy (formerly Booz & Co.) in New York City where he led the TMT sector for the firm’s Private Equity practice. Rajive started his career at AT&T doing corporate strategy & development in Dallas, Texas. He is also a former-founder having built, scaled and successfully exited a US-based startup in the pet services space. Rajive earned an MBA from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and a Bachelor of Science from Bentley University in Waltham, MA. 

Victor Yip is a global technology and interactive entertainment executive with over 20 years of business development and general management experience with Activision Blizzard, Disney, NBA, and 20th Century Fox in gaming, streaming video, and sports. Victor has been at the forefront of leveraging technology to enable new ways to consume entertainment and games, and has led large, global teams across diverse business models including free-to-play (F2P), licensing/co-development, ad-supported, and subscriptions. Victor is passionate about scaling interactive entertainment businesses, and is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Mucker Capital's tech accelerator and a mentor at Techstars. For his contributions to the tech and entertainment industries, Victor was awarded The Wharton School's inaugural 40 Under 40 distinction.

Jesse's venture career has been marked by a series of notable successes, a number of misses, and a deep commitment to supporting early-stage companies. After his tenure as a founding team member at WeWork, where he played a crucial role in the company's expansion, Jesse made a transition to venture capital. As a General Partner at Flybridge, a seed-stage venture capital firm for ambitious founders leveraging the power of community, he has become a trusted investor and board member to numerous startups around the world.

Travis Chen is a Gen Z change-maker dedicated to making an impact on this world. He was the co-founder of Sound Mind. SoundMind is a venture-backed music therapy platform designed for students and gen-z to support their mental health and well-being. Right now, there’s a lack of understanding of youth emotions in current products. SoundMind is here to change that. They recognize the unique challenges students face in today's school environment, and believe that music therapy can be a powerful tool for addressing those challenges and improving student retention. With over 100,000 users in 50+ schools/orgs, their comprehensive wellness program helps administrators keep a constant pulse on students' mental health, so that no one slips through the cracks of the system and every student feels supported. SoundMind assists students in developing the skills they need to manage their emotions and build resilience, two fundamental pieces when it comes to positive mental health outcomes. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, and raised in Arcadia, California, Travis is recognized across the world as a tech enthusiast and champion for mental health, and has been named to the LinkedIn Top Voice program and Forbes “30 Under 30” list.

Lior is an investor, entrepreneur, and the Founder and Managing Partner of Eclipse Ventures. He is passionate about building groundbreaking technology companies.

Longtime investor and entrepreneur Ronald Diamond is the Founder and Chairman of Diamond Wealth. He invests alongside 100 Family Offices ranging in size from $250 million to $30 billion. Diamond Wealth invests in private markets (private equity, venture capital, real estate). In addition, Diamond Wealth has divisions that focus on philanthropy, wealth transfer, investment banking, social impact, and governance.

Collin Wallace has over 20 years of experience as an engineer, inventor, operator, and investor. Before joining Lobby Capital, he was the Managing Director for Techstars Silicon Valley, where he launched the first two Techstars accelerator programs in the Bay Area in partnership with JP Morgan and eBay.

Jason Fiedler is a Managing Partner at Left Lane Capital, a Venture Capital and Growth Equity firm focused on investing high-growth, digital-first consumer and internet technology businesses that are fundamental to the human condition and spirit. Prior to Left Lane, Jason was a principal at Red Sea Ventures, an early stage venture firm based in New York City. In two years at the firm, he’s worked on fundraising and hiring for its second fund as well as with companies including Allbirds, Outdoor Voices and Universal Standard. Jason sourced FIGS, The Farmer’s Dog, Imperfect Produce and Candid. The former Insight Venture Partners analyst and early Uber employee also cofounded VC TableTalk, a monthly dinner series. Jason was on the Forbes 30 under 30 VC category in 2018.

Karthik Krishnan is the Founder/CEO of Concentric AI. He is a veteran of the security industry, having held leadership position for over 20 years at diverse cybersecurity companies such as Symantec, Juniper Networks, HPE, and PGP Corporation. He holds a Bachelors in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India and an MBA with distinction from the Kellogg School of Management, where he was an F.C. Austin Scholar. He has been featured in articles from leading publications such as eWeek, Dark Reading, Security Today, is a featured speaker at industry leading conferences such as RSAC, and is a member of the Forbes Tech Council.

Jeetu Patel is Cisco’s Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration. He leverages a diverse set of capabilities to lead the strategy and development for these businesses and also owns P&L responsibility for this multibillion-dollar portfolio. Jeetu combines a bold vision, steeped in product design and development expertise, operational rigor and innate market understanding to create high growth Software as a Service (SaaS) businesses.