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When: Tuesday, November 7th. From 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm PDT.
Where: Innovation Endeavors, 1845 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306.

Fundación LAB and the California Spain Chamber of Commerce invite you to join us in a wonderful Networking Evening.

The Innovation Program is the result of the CSCC and Foundation LAB working together to provide the best business experience to leading professionals from Spain, who will visiting Silicon Valley. As part of this Program that will take place in Silicon Valley from November 4 to 9, we are organizing this networking event that attracts international business professionals.

Come and mingle with entrepreneurs, VCs and a range of professionals involved in cross-border business in a relaxed and European atmosphere!

The event will be in Spanish

AGENDA:

  • 6:00 – 6:30 Registration
  • 6:30 – 7:30 Discussion Panel
    Moderator: Javier Cortes – CFO/COO at Lang.ai
    Panelists:

Cristina Bondolowki – Global CMO, MSCI inc

Ricardo Berrios – Addera Health, cofounder and CEO

Ignacio Martín-Bragado – Cruise, SW engineer tech lead

  • 7:30 – 8:00 Networking

TICKETS:

This event is sponsored by Fundación Lab. Please, use the code: FUNDACIONLAB to get your Free tickets.

  • Non-Members: $35
  • Member: $25
  • Students: $15
  • Day of the event: $45

 

 

The Power of Artificial Intelligence: A New Era of Innovation

 

When: Monday, June 5th. From 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm PDT.
Where: HP Welcome Customer Center, 1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304.

Artificial intelligence (AI) impact on various industries is becoming increasingly evident. As a result, we are witnessing a renaissance in the startup ecosystem, with AI-driven innovations taking center stage. The rapid advancements in AI technologies have paved the way for entrepreneurs and innovators to explore new frontiers and develop groundbreaking solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems.
This new era of innovation, fueled by artificial intelligence, holds immense promise for the future, and it is up to entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers to harness this potential and drive meaningful change.
Come and mingle with our community in a very relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere!

AGENDA:

  • 5:00 – 5:30 Registration
  • 5:30 – 6:00 Tour
  • 6:00 – 7:00 Discussion Panel
    Moderator: Sara Monedero (Business, Product & Data Analytics at Vyrill)
    Panelists:
    Jose Ignacio de Alvear (SJSURF Research Scholar collaborating with NASA Ames)
    Albert Orriols (Senior Engineer Manager at Google)
    Carolina Herrero (Master of Laws, Science and Technology (LL.M) at Stanford University)
    Nacho Martín-Bragado (Software and simulation engineer at Cruise)
  • 7:00 – 7:30 Networking

TICKETS:

  • Non-Members: $25 + taxes
  • Early birds: 15% discount until May 29th
  • Member: Free with a code that will receive by email
  • 50% discount using the code: YoungProfessionals

Venture Summit Virtual Connect
Where Innovation Meets Capital

 

When: March 16th – 18th 2021
Where: Online

We are pleased to announce its sponsorship and invite you to join us at Venture Summit Virtual Connect.

Special offer: Register Now & Save an extra 20% off the Early Bird Rates with discount code “CSCCVIP

* Call for Top Innovators Details below

Come meet, interact and network online with more than 1,500 VCs, Corporate VCs, angel investors, industry execs and founders of venture backed, emerging and early stage companies at the prestigious Venture Summit Virtual Connect being held virtually on March 16th-18th 2021.

Whether you’re a startup seeking capital and exposure, or an investor seeking new deals, Venture Summit Virtual Connect presented by youngStartup Ventures – is the event of the year you won’t want to miss.

A highly productive venture conference, Venture Summit Virtual Connect West will bring together over leading VCs, Corporate VCs, Angel Investors, ‎Industry executives and founders of venture backed, emerging and early stage companies; will feature ‎One-on-One networking (online), more than 150 VCs as speakers/ judges; Venture panels, startup workshops, presentations by more than 100 Top Innovators and ‎Keynotes.

Partial roster of over 220 VCs that participated at our recent summit.
Alia Abouchaar, Head of Business Development, Allied Investors Group | Jenny Abramson, Founder & Managing Partner, Rethink Impact | Bozena Adamczyk, Investment Director, Truffle | Coleman Adams, Partner, Clean Energy Venture Group | Susan Akbarpour, Partner, Candou Ventures | Navneet Alag, Vice-President, H.I.G. Capital | John Albright, Partner, Relay Ventures | Milad Alucozai, Venture Partner, Entrepreneur First | Sarah Applebaum, Partner, Pangaea Ventures | Mark Austin, Managing Director, Viridian Impact | Salman Azhar, Founding Partner & Managing Director, Azhar Private Equity | Afonso Babo, Co-managing director, COREangels Impact | Andres Baehr, Investment Director, Engie Factory | Eric Benhamou, Founder and General Partner, Benhamou Global Ventures | Jackie Bennett, Senior Associate, SJF Ventures | Tom Bennett, Partner, Advisor, Arc Capital Investors | Caroline Berchuck, Vice President, Winter Street Ventures | Irina Berkon, Angel Investor, Golden Seeds | Ashish Bhatia, Angel Investor | Gurdane Bhutani, Managing Partner, MBX Capital | Wade Bitaraf, Founder, Energy & Sustainability, Plug and Play | Jason Blumberg, CEO & Managing Director, Energy Foundry | Dimitri Boguslavsky, Co-Managing Partner, RTP Seed Ventures | Christopher Booker, Partner, Frist Cressey Ventures | Noreen Brar, Investor, Plug & Play | Gil Breiman, Partner | Co-Chair, Venture Capital & Emerging Companies, Burns & Levinson LLP | Hilla Brenner, Managing Director, Techstars | Pratik Budhdev, Global Investment Director, Volvo Cars Tech Fund | Dan Burstein, Managing Partner, Millennium Technology Value Partners | Adam Carson, Operating Partner, Point72 Ventures | Kathryn Cartini, Co-founder / Partner, Chloe Capital | Vincent Caruso, Associate, DBL Partners | Ugo Catry, Principal, Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures | Natalie Charney, Associate, Clocktower Technology Ventures | Eric Chiu, Vice President, Oak Hill Financial | Uzma Choudry, VC investor, Octopus Ventures | Robert Chow, Partner, Burns & Levinson LLP | Andrew Clapp, Managing Partner, Arc Capital Investors | Michael Cohen, Investment Director, SAIC Capital | Jillian Cohn, Partner, Mouro Capital | Danny Cotter, Principal, The Westly Group | Stefon Crawford, VC Analyst, GM Ventures | Jan Danisman, Executive Director, Bavaria U.S Offices, East | Joe Darcy, Principal, IDEA Fund Partners | Angelo Del Priore, Partner, HP Tech Ventures | Ajay Dharia, Principal, Med Tech Venture Partners | Robert Dickey, Investor, Edison Partners | Pascal Drouin, Partner, Cycle Capital Management | Tyler Durham, Principal, Schlumberger New Energy Ventures | Miriam Eaves, Head of Origination, BP LaunchPad | Jeffery Ebel, President, Midwest Wealth Ventures | Howard Edelman, Chairman of the Medical Device and Digital Health screening committee, Life Science Angels | Judith Erwin, Founding CEO, Grasshopper Bank | Kenneth Estes, GP, West Loop Ventures | Jeremy Falendysz, Director, UHY Corporate Finance | Michelle Fan, Founder, Wharton Alumni Angel Network | Chenoa Farnsworth, Managing Partner, Blue Startups | Andrew Felbinger, Senior Associate, Urban Innovation Fund | Linda Fingerle, Partner, Tappan Hill Ventures | Jon Fortt, Co-Anchor CNBC’S Squawk Alley, CNBC | Spencer Foust, Principal, Sozo Ventures | Lisa Frusztajer, Lead Investor, Portfolia Enterprise Fund | Will Fung, Investor, Samsung Catalyst Fund | Tarik Galijasevic, Managing Director, Allstate Strategic Ventures | Elena Gantvarg, Principal, Flint Capital | Nikhil Garg, General Partner, Spring Lane Capital | Gary Gershony, Founding General Partner, BayMed Venture Partners | Will Gibbs, Principal, Octopus Ventures | Norm Gitis, Managing Partner, Lymo Ventures | Kelly Goldstein, Senior Associate, Harlem Capital | Jacqueline Goodman, Senior Analyst, SJF Ventures | Michelle Gouveia, Associate, Sandbox Insurtech Ventures | Deepak Gupta, Managing Partner, Blue Bear Ventures | Chris Hagenbuch, Special Counsel, Troutman Pepper | Jake Harris, Associate, DBL Partners | Nabeel Hasnain, Principal, Chevron Technology Ventures | Bernard Hazard, VC, Energy Impact Partners | Yashwanth Hemaraj, Partner, Benhamou Global Ventures | Amy Henry, CEO, Eunike Ventures | Thomas Henry, Co-Founder COO, Eunike Ventures | Af Hernandez, Senior Associate, Ecosystem Integrity Fund | Ruben Hernandez, Managing Partner, Devlabs Ventures | Megan Hernbroth, Senior Healthcare Reporter, Business Insider | Jonathan Herpers, Manager, 7-Ventures | Shawn Hill, Partner, Moderne Ventures | Wei Hopeman, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Arbor Ventures | Galit Horovitz, Co-founder, Welltech1 | Wally Hunter, Managing Director, EnerTech Capital | Ben Jen, Investor, Ben Jen Holdings SLLC | Hari Joy, Senior Associate, Blue Haven Initiative | Lafayette Julius, Investor, Valor Ventures | Denis Kalyshkin, Principal, I2BF Global Ventures | Aaron Kern, Venture Investor, Allstate Strategic Ventures | George Khalife, VP Capital Formation, Toronto Stock Exchange | Najib Khouri-Haddad, General Partner, Sway Ventures | Roger King, Founder, Bay Angels | Harrison Kioko, Investor, Canapi Ventures | Jason Klein, Founder & CEO, On Grid Ventures | Yasemin Kliman, President, HBS Angels of Northern California | Toby Knight, Investment Associate, BP Launchpad | Howard Ko, Principal, Morpheus Ventures | Milan Koch, Managing Partner, MANTIS Venture Capital | Lasse Kohler, Senior Associate, Maersk Growth | Ryan Kole, Partner, VCapital | Elaine Kunda, Founder, Managing Partner, Disruption Ventures | Ricky Lai, Principal, Portag3 Ventures | Lisa Lambert, Founder & President, National Grid Partners | Randall LaVeau, Managing Partner, BOSS Capital Partners | Zachary Leach, Associate, Catalyst Health Ventures | James Lee, Director, Photonfund | Roberta Lee, Co-Chair Life Science Committee, Keiretsu Forum | Mike Leffer, Principal, Squadra Ventures | Ross Leimberg, Director, AbbVie Ventures | Sarah Leners, Senior Associate, Bull City Venture Partners | Robert Li, Associate, Draper Dragon | Ephraim Lindenbaum, Managing Director, Advance Ventures | Darwin Ling, Founder and General Partner, Good AI Capital | Morgan Livermore, Partner, Geodesic Capital | David Lofthouse, Venture Partner, Clocktower Technology Ventures | Steven London, Partner, Troutman Pepper | Patrick Lord, Partner, Truffle Capital | Edwin Loredo, Vice President, Core Innovation Capital | Georgia Lu, Partner, Magnet Ventures | Vincent Lui, Sr. Director Corporate Ventures, SK telecom Americas | Bob Ma, Investor, WIND Ventures | Eugene Malobrodsky, Partner, One Way Ventures | Jillian Manus, Managing Partner, Structure Capital | Kiana Mardi, Investment Director, Alstin Capital | Pauliina Martikainen, Investment Director, Maki.vc | John Masson, Senior Associate, New York Life Ventures | Alex Mayall, Associate, Anthemis Group | Andrew McClure, Principal, ForgePoint Capital | Melissa McCracken, Principal, Nextech Invest | David Meltzer, Co-Founder, Sports 1 Marketing | Pedro Mesquita, Investment Analyst, Mindset Ventures | Wouter Meuleman, Partner, Illumina Ventures | Sarah Millar, Principal, City Light Capital | David Miller, Managing Director, Clean Energy Ventures | Priyanka Mitra, Principal, M12 (Microsoft Ventures) | Elaine Mo, Vice President, Ascend Capital Partners | SC Moatti, Managing Partner, Mighty Capital | Mark Mullen, Managing Partner, Bonfire Ventures | Ben Narasin, Venture Partner, NEA | Jennifer Neundorfer, Co-Founder, General Partner, January Ventures | Ivan Nikkhoo, Managing Partner, Navigate Ventures | Mika Nishimura, Operational Partner, Gilde Healthcare | Brett Noyes, CEO/GP, UnVentures | Carlos Ochoa, Managing Partner, Alpha Impact 8 Ventures | Victor Orlovski, Managing Partner, Fort Ross Ventures | Karen Page, General Partner, B Capital Group | Robert Parker, Operating Partner – Cleantech, S CAP | Rachel Parlier, Senior Associate, Route 66 Ventures | Akhilesh Pathipati, Partner, MVM Partners | Vicki Peng, Principal, Omega Venture Partners | Damien Petty, Principal, Morpheus Ventures | Scott Pinizzotto, Senior Investment Director, ENGIE New Ventures | Stephen Plume, Managing Director, The Entrepreneurs’ Funds | Jean-Noel Poirier, Executive Managing Director, Clean Energy Venture Group | Filipe Portela, Managing Partner, COREangels Impact | Ingo Potthof, Managing Partner, UVC Partners | Dennis Purcell, Founder, Aisling Capital LLC | Lance Quek, Founding Managing Partner, Gamerforce Ventures | Gayathri Radhakrishnan, Director – Venture Capital, Micron Ventures | Negar Rajabi, Investor | Mark Ralph, Executive Director, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund | Krish Ramadurai, Principal, Neue Fund | Aruna Ramsamy, Ventures Principal, OGCI Climate Investments | Aneel Ranadive, Managing Partner, Soma Capital | Derek Rapp, Managing Director, RiverVest Venture Partners | Robert Ravanshenas, Senior Associate, Maven Ventures | Sameer Reddy, Partner, Energy Impact Partners | David Roos, Vice President, Core Innovation Capital | Bernard-Louis Roques, General Partner, Truffle Capital | Alexander Ross, Investment Director, Illuminate Financial | Vincent Ruinet, Investment Director, ENGIE New Ventures | Mario Ruiz, Investor, PayPal Ventures | Kerry Rupp, General Partner, True Wealth Ventures | Stephanie Sarelakos, VP, Investments, The Venture Collective (TVC) | Reese Schroeder, Investor, Allstate Strategic Ventures | Kristina Serafim, Managing Director, Verizon Ventures | Amit Shah, Investment Director, SR One | Ravi Shah, Associate, IA Capital Group | Simon Sharp, Principal, Global Ventures | Shrey Shetye, Investor, Flourish Ventures | Charles Sidman, Managing Partner, ECS Capital Partners | Sean Simpson, Director, WIND Ventures | Shounok Sinha, Principal, Venture Investing, Constellation Technology Ventures | Andrew Smith, Vice President, Golden Section Ventures | Steve Socolof, Managing Partner, Tech Council Ventures | Kenneth Soll, Investor, Spring Mountain Capital | Adam Spector, Angel Investor | Mahati Sridhar, Associate, Bull City Venture Partners | Alexander Starchenko, Managing Partner, First Imagine! Ventures | Isabel Steinhaus, Associate, NYCA Partners | Rachel Stillman, Associate, 7wireVentures | Jenny Q. Ta, Managing Director, VC Network .co | James Tan, Managing Partner, Quest Ventures | Maarten ter Keurst, Investment Director, PureTerra Ventures | Zoltan Tompa, Director, Cleantech Practice, BDC | Sam Toney, Analyst, Plexo Capital | Chisom Uche, Sr. Investment Associate, SixThirty Ventures | Claude Vachet, Managing Partner, Cycle Capital Management | Grant Van Cleve, Managing Partner, Hangar 75 Ventures | Jennifer Vancini, General Partner, Mighty Capital | Anuj Varma, Investor, BAM Ventures | Kutral Veerabadran, Principal, Flow Capital | Eze Vidra, Managing Partner, Remagine Ventures | Josef Volman, Partner | Co-Chair, Business Law, Burns & Levinson LLP | Jordan Wahbeh, Managing Partner, SV Venture Group | Brian Walsh, Head, WIND Ventures | Christian Weiss, Managing Partner, Heal Capital | Henry Wong, MD, Garage Technology Ventures | Chris Wu, Senior Associate, Impact Engine | Yating Xia, Investor, T Fund | Sue Xu, Managing Partner, Amino Capital | Russell Yue, Investor, H.I.G. Capital | Stephanie Zepeda, Principal, Arbor Ventures | Yanan Zhao, Partner, Magnet Ventures | Simin Zhou, Managing Director, UL Ventures and many more…

Special Offer:

California Spain Chamber of Commerce has made special arrangement for our network to receive an additional 20% off the Early Bird Rates with Discount Code “ARROWHEADVIP”. This conference will be attended by the best people in the industry. Please register early to avoid disappointment.

Register Today & Save Click here. (Use promo code “CSCCVIP”)

In addition to providing access to leading Investors, the conference will feature more than 100 pre-screened venture backed, emerging and early stage companies seeking capital, and hardcore networking.

Call for TOP INNOVATORS!

Get Noticed > Get Funded > Grow Faster

A select group of more than 100 Top Innovators from the Technology, Life Sciences/Healthcare, CleanTech and Fintech sectors will be chosen to present their breakthrough investment opportunities to an exclusive audience of Venture Capitalists, Corporate Investors, Private Investors, Investment Bankers, and Strategic Partners.

Apply to Present / Nominate a company:
For more information or to be considered for one of the Top Innovator slots click here.

Seed Pitchfest:
If you are a seed stage company seeking angel funding of less than $1M (and have raised less than $300,000) click here to apply for the Seed stage track.

 

We look forward to seeing you there.

 

California Spain Chamber