Fintech Silicon Valley

Chip Hazard, Partner Flybridge Capital Chip's investment interests and experience broadly cover companies and technologies in the information technology sector. He is also an investment partner in XFactor Ventures, a Flybridge community fund focused on investing in female founders.  Before co-founding the firm in 2002, Chip was a General Partner with Greylock Partners, a leading venture capital firm he joined in 1994. While at Greylock, Chip led or participated in numerous successful investments in the enterprise information technology field. Prior to Greylock, he was with Company Assistance Limited, an investment and consulting firm in Warsaw Poland; and Bain and Company, an international management consulting firm. Chip received a BA with honors from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar and a Ford Scholar.

David Orban Founder/Managing Partner Network Society Ventures David is an investor, entrepreneur, author, blogger, keynote speaker, and thought leader of the global technology landscape. His entrepreneurial accomplishments span several companies founded and grown over more than twenty years. An early adopter of blockchain technologies and an active Bitcoin investor since 2010, he was the first to own Ether during the Ethereum launch in 2014. He also led the adoption of Bitcoin and blockchain in start-ups and is an advisor and investor in numerous blockchain companies and funds, such as Bitnation, Neuromation, Sun Exchange, Wealth Migrate, Blockchain Capital, Bancor, Swarm Fund, and others

Fred Destin Founder Stride.VC, a seed-stage fund focused operating in London and Paris, which he started with Harry Stebbings (a.k.a. the Twenty Minute VC) and Pia d'Iribarne. Prior to Stride, Fred was a General Partner at Accel and Accomplice (f.k.a. Atlas Venture). Of 17 investments he led, 10 have exited and 4 are active value drivers, including 5 companies in excess of $1BN in value (including Zoopla, Deliveroo and Pillpack). His portfolio has a total enterprise value of more than $10BN and he generated in excess of $700M in exit value to investors.

David Hornik is a General Partner at August Capital where he invests in consumer and enterprise software and services. He has worked closely with startups for the last 20 years. Prior to joining August, David was a litigator at Cravath Swaine & Moore, and corporate and licensing attorney at Venture Law Group and Perkins Coie. David is the author of the first venture capital blog, VentureBlog, and the first venture capital podcast, VentureCast. He is the founder and producer of The Lobby conferences, a series of events that gather the thought leaders in consumer and enterprise technology. David holds an AB in Computer Music from Stanford, an M.Phil in Criminology from Cambridge University, and a JD from Harvard Law School. David teaches entrepreneurship and venture capital at Harvard Law School and at Stanford Business School. Along with sitting on the boards of numerous technology startups, David also sits on the board of GLAAD.

Chris McCann General Partner @Proof of Capital; Adam Carson Operating Partner @Point72 Ventures; Michelle Killoran Principal @OMERS Ventures; David Blumberg Founder/Managing Partner @Blumberg Capital

Manish Joshi VP Product Management @MoneyLion; Shreyas Kumar Chief Information Security Officer @Deserve; Steve Kirsch CEO @M10; Ken Kruszka CEO @Snapcheck; Sara Nofeliyan Sr Manager Product Management @Varo;   @Jason Kumpf Dir Partnerships @OFX 

Women speak out about Opportunities & Issues in Blockchain @Emi Yoshikawa Senior Director Global Operations @Ripple @Betsabe Botaitis CoFounder/CFO @AIKON @Brynly LLyr General Counsel @Celo @Olga V Mack CEO @Parley Pro 

@Alexandre Lazarow Director @Cathay Innovation @Alex Todorov Product Lead Risk & Support Teams @Chime @John Doppke General Manager Lending @Varo @Brian Hamilton COO/CoFounder @SafeCorp Technology 

State of Tokens @Joshua Rivera General Counsel @Blockchain Capital @Andrea Lo Head Bus Dev @Harbor @Tegan Kline Head Int Bus Dev @Orchid @Mike Zajko Head Sales

Whats Hot in FinTech Investments? @Michael Sidgmore Partner @Broadhaven Ventures @Matthew Murphy Partner @Montage Ventures  @Nuno Goncalves Pedro Partner @Strive Capital @Arjuna Costa Managing Partner @Flourish Ventures #fintechinvesting

Scaling the Blockchain @Wayne Vaughan CEO @Tierion @Rosario Ingargiola CEO @OTCXN @Christian Ferri President/CEO @BlockStar @Locke Brown CoFounder/CEO @NuID

Learn about Credit Innovation @David Blumberg Founder/Managing Partner @Blumberg Capital @Vilash Poovala CoFounder/CEO @Oyster Financial Inc @Ashish Gupta Chief Credit Officer @Prosper Marketplace 

Learn everything you need to know about Digital Identity & how to protect it! #digitalidentity @Kevin Trilli CTO @Onfido @Phillip Shoemaker Executive Director @Identity.com @Pierre-R. Wolff Senior VP Bus Dev @InCountry @Nuno Goncalves Pedro Founder/Managing Partner @Strive Capital @Mark Straub CEO/CoFounder @Smile Identity 

Jeremy Almond CEO PayStand, Shouhei Ichimiya Principal Global Brain Corporation, Rahul Raina CoFounder/CTO TRM, Miko Matsumura Founder Evercoin, Phil Jeudy Journalist

Learn how to Protect yourself from Sim Swaps inspired via @Sean Coonce 'The Most Expensive Lesson Of My Life: Details of SIM port hack'  http://bit.ly/2NeGh1n panelists @Guido Appenzeller CPO @Yubico @Lance Vick Security Researcher @Michael Terpin CEO @BitAngels NOTE: wins legal battle with AT&T for $24m https://fin.sv/2LYHCb6  #simswapprotection

Learn about all the potential & challenges of Cannabis Business #cannabisbusiness @Erin Johnson Gore Founder/CEO @Garden Society @Jamie L. Pearson COO @Bhang Corporation @Isaac Dietrich Founder/Chairman/CEO @MassRoots Inc

What is the Future of Real Estate? #futurerealestate @Raghu Bala CoFounder @PropertyList @John Kang CEO @Reasi @Jason Kumpf @Accelerate Growth Partners @Mary Jean Koontz CEO @InclusiveInvesting

Learn about the possibilities of Blockchain for Music & Media @Tatiana Moroz Founder @Crypto Media Hub Advisor @Token.fm @Ryan Klaus CoCEO @Matter Music @Mike Johns Founder @Digital Mind State @B-Legit CoFounder @Sick with It Records 

 Gopi Rangan Founder/General Partner Sure Ventures;  Vivek Krishnamurthy Investor Commerce Ventures;  Simha Sadasiva CoFounder/CEO Ushur;  Sidd Gavirneni CEO/CoFounder Zeguro;  John Doppke VP Product Management Trov 

Learn about the new possibilities in Banking @Steve Kirsch CEO @Token @Jeremy Kaufman Principal @Scale VP @Ram Palaniappan CEO/Founder @Earnin @Addi Regev Product Leader @Varo Money