Girls Into VC at Berkeley Summit

​We are excited to announce the Girls Into VC at Berkeley 2025 Summit, dedicated to empowering women in the fields of venture capital and entrepreneurship.

​Agenda

​10:00AM – 10:30AM — Check-In & Networking
10:30AM – 10:45AM — Opening Ceremony
10:45AM – 11:30AM — Erika Bahr: Tech Founder & Mother, Dreamer & Doer
11:30AM – 12:15PM — Fireside Chats
12:15PM – 1:30PM — Lunch & Networking
1:30PM – 2:30PM — Roundtables
2:30PM – 3:15PM — Liz Wessel: From Startup Founder to VC Partner
3:15PM – 4:30PM — Startup Pitch Competition
4:30PM – 5:00PM — Closing Remarks & Networking

​Keynote speakers: Erika Bahr – Founder & CEO of Daxe and Liz Wessel – Partner at First Round Capital

​Fireside chat speakers: Cheryl Edison – Silicon Valley strategist and U.S. State Department advisor, Jenny Xiao – Partner at Leonis Capital, Lan Fong – Life sciences exec turned founder of Avery Biopharma Consulting, and Katherine Suzuki – Corporate Associate at Morrison Foerster

​Roundtable hosts: Aravinda Seshadri – Founding Partner at Venturous Counsel. Amber Yang – Investor at CRV (Charles River Venture), Heather Casey – President & COO (fmr) of PartnerHero, and Ti Zhao – Investing Partner at Pack Ventures and Y Combinator alum

​Startup Pitch Competition Judges: Capella Kerst - CEO/Founder of geCKo Materials. Anastasiia Brovkina - Partner Success Manager at Plug and Play, Krupa Adusumilli - Investor at the Stanford GSB Impact Fund, and Summer Hua - Investor at Aramco Ventures

​We look forward to celebrating the next generation of female entrepreneurs and venture capitalists!

​We offer discounts for the tickets on a case by case basis so don’t hesitate to reach out to our President, Justine, at j.juillard@berkeley.edu.