Founder X Investor Speed Dating

​Friday morning you will arrive at your destination, a charming beach house in Venice, just blocks from the ocean. There you will spend a few wistful morning hours meeting investors and founders.

​Meet your panelists:

​Triet Nguyen is currently a Venture Associate at MicroVentures as a generalist focusing on pre-seed through Series A. Prior to MicroVentures, he was at Capital Factory running venture programs, Bob's Containers as a growth advisor, Co-Founder & CEO of Cheese Plug, and VC Scout at Sweater Ventures. You can follow him on twitter @triet_14

​Jessica O'Leary is a Vice President @Midas Brands (Austin, Texas). You can follow her on twitter @schmafia

​Cat Orman is the cofounder of Flyby Robotics, a drone delivery automation stack, and scouts for Genius Ventures, an LA-based pre seed fund. She was born and raised in Texas and is currently on leave from Yale College. You can follow her on twitter @catorman1

​Kayla Kavanaugh is an investor at Afore Capital where she focuses on investments in pre-seed tech companies. Prior to joining Afore, she spent several years investing in early stage B2B SaaS companies at Grand Ventures and held operating roles at both Capital Innovators and Venture for America. You can follow her on twitter @kaylakav

​Illeana Gonzalez Prior to Techstars, Ileana was a Sr. Venture Associate at Capital Factory where she drove deal flow to Capital Factory Ventures (CFV) and pitched her startups to the Partners. Ileana managed Capital Factory's most important relationships throughout Texas with accelerators, venture funds, universities, and other ecosystem partners. Ileana received her BBA in Entrepreneurship from The University of Texas at San Antonio where she served as Student Body President and Ms. UTSA. You can follow her on twitter @