True Wealth Ventures investor Abbie Strabla will be attending the 2024 Diverse Venture Capital Emerging Managers Conference held in San Francisco on September 12th, 2024. This event brings together the diverse emerging venture capitalist ecosystem in order to build a stronger community and discuss trends, challenges, & opportunities.
Agenda
9:30am – 10:30am: Fundraising in a Challenging Non-ZIRP Economy
Aakar Vacchani, Managing Partner at Fairview Capital
Daniele Viappiani, VC Investor and Portfolio Manager at GC1 Ventures
Jenny Fielding, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Everywhere (The Fund)
Moderator: Neil Devani, Founder & Managing Partner of Necessary Ventures
11:00am – 12:00pm: From Emerging to Established Venture Funds
Octavio Sandoval, Principal of Illumen Capital
Renata Arauz-DeStefano, Investor at Pivotal Ventures
Michelle Dhansinghani, VC Associate at Top Tier Capital Partners
Moderator: Jay Farber, Director of Sales, Venture Capital & Private Equity at Juniper Square
1:30pm – 2:30pm: Closing Your First Institutional LP
Trey Hart, Managing Director at 50 South Capital
Nate Leung, Partner at Sapphire Ventures
Pamela Pavkov, Managing Partner at TPG Next
Moderator: Sean Park, Managing Director at Citizens Private Bank
3:00pm – 4:00pm: VC Best Practices from the Institutional LP Perspective
David Aung, Investment Officer of San Jose Retirement
Rilwan Meeran, Head of Impact Investments of American Student Assistance
Matt Auran, Vice President of Adam Street Partners
Moderator: Shane Goudey, Partner & Venture Funds Practice Chair of Sidley Austin LLP
4:30pm – 5:30pm: Why LPs Invest in Emerging Managers
Rhett Jeppson, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Rudy Hobson, Senior Managing Director at The Colorado Health Foundation
Eric Cromwell, Cromwell Schmisseur LLC
Moderator: Tim Hsia, Founder & Managing Partner of Context Ventures
Sponsors
Thank you to all of our fantastic and awesome sponsors who are making this event happen.