Jeremy Kaufmann Principal Scale Venture Partners Jeremy focuses on companies adding machine intelligence to business and vertical software, especially industries untouched by the first decade of SaaS . As well, he is excited about frontier technologies including drones, robotics, and novel applications of AI across the IOT stack and his efforts have contributed to investments in KeepTruckin, Solvvy, Cognata, and TechSee. Prior to joining ScaleVP, Jeremy worked on the Sales Strategy and Business Operations team at Salesforce, where he served as a strategy lead for the SMB business. Additionally, he has worked as a data scientist at Analysis Group, focused on health economics and drug pricing and as a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, with a concentration on consumer credit and loan accumulation.
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Michael Gilroy Partner Canaan Partners #futureregtech
Michael Gilroy Partner Canaan Partners Michael invests in entrepreneurs building enterprise software and fintech companies. He is interested in talking to founders building the next generation enterprise tools and fintechs solving the structural issues in finance. Deeply passionate about building the entrepreneurial community in fintech, Michael launched Canaan’s FinTech Central in 2015, a quarterly event series covering trends in fintech. Previously, Michael advised technology companies with GCA Savvian and Matrix Capital. He received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Blockchain Competitive Advantage A 2019 Thought Experiment
Matthew Le Merle, CoFounder Fifth Era & Managing Partner Keiretsu Capital, the world’s largest angel network and most active US venture investor. Matthew is a sought-after speaker and innovation consultant having worked at McKinsey, A.T. Kearney, Monitor, Booz and Gap. Matthew has degrees from Christ Church, Oxford (MA/BA) and Stanford (MBA). He was born in London, UK and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Alison Davis, and their five children.
Guest Post by Matthew Le Merle, Managing Partner Keiretsu Capital
Security Tokens Disrupting Venture Capital
DISCUSSION: Miko Matsumura, Founder Evercoin; Kendrick Nguyen, Co-Founder/CEO Republic; David Blumberg, Founder/Managing Partner Blumberg Capital; Ben Narasin, Venture Partner NEA; MODERATOR: Silicon Valley journalist Mark Albertson
There is currently a lot of confusion about the differences between Security Tokens and Utility Tokens. A group of investment experts came together on a foggy San Francisco evening, for an enlightening discussion about how Security Tokens are disrupting the Venture Capital World.