Deep Tech Nexus - Spring Edition - March 11, 2024
Please join Omni Venture Labs, Bee Partners, Union Labs Ventures, Coolwater Capital, Revere and First Spark Ventures for an evening filled with bright minds and great conversations at the prestigious HPE Innovation Center in San Jose. This event is supported by the generosity of PNC Bank.
Venue and Agenda
This event is scheduled for March 11 at the Hewlett Packard Enterprise HQ in San Jose, home to the Silicon Valley Customer Innovation Center and HPE Innovation Hub.
5:30pm-6:30pm: Doors Open, networking and drinks
6:30pm-6:30pm: Special Feature: AI x Industrials Panel Discussion + Q&A
6:30pm-8:30pm: Dinner, drinks and Networking
Special Feature: AI x Industrials Panel
We are assembling a panel of top minds in the industry to talk about the intersection of industrials and AI. We are looking forward to interesting discussions with:
Monica Gille: Vice President Sales Enterprise and Global Accounts, responsible for Digital First Industries (Hybrid Cloud and on-prem AI) in North America. Board Member of several Startup Investment Funds, Accelerators and NGOs.
Chris Yeh: Investor, Author, Entrepreneur and Mentor. Founding Partner of Blitzscaling Ventures and Co-Author of "Blitzscaling" as well as NY Times Bestseller "The Alliance". Chris has been living and breathing emerging technologies.
Samantha Huang: Principal at BMW i Ventures with investments across AI and big data, automotive and Industry 4.0. Also serves as Board Director for the Emerging Venture Capitalists Association.
Sebastian Spitzer (Moderator): Venture Specialist at Schaeffler focusing on Industrial Deep Tech and AI. Previously built and scaled innovations as an Intrapreneur in multiple verticals, Startup and Fund Advisor.
About Deep Tech Nexus
Deep Tech Nexus is a Deep Tech community event that brings together top Deep Tech founders, VCs, and LPs.
This event is all about industrial applications of AI. We will discuss current trends, challenges and opportunities and look at differences between consumer and industrial applications.
About Omni Venture Labs
We are industrials engineers turned pre-seed deep tech VCs. We believe in supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs from the earliest possible stage. We write inception through seed checks and work with founders pioneering the digital transformation of industry in the Industrials and Manufacturing sectors.
About PNC Bank
From startup to IPO & beyond, PNC delivers relationship banking to power your company’s growth. PNC provides the stability and capabilities of a top-10 US bank, with an emphasis on founder development, community building and white glove service. Now offering 5% Startup Savings Account with no minimum balance requirement.
About Union Labs Ventures
Union Labs Ventures is at the intersection of what is and what could be, investing in pre-seed and seed deeptech founders tackling significant global challenges. Co-founded by Nate Williams and Chris Kim, the firm emerged from an incubation at Kleiner Perkins with backing from Google Ventures, focusing on creating a smarter world through applied deeptech innovations
About Bee Partners
Bee Partners stands as a leading pre-seed venture capital firm in the United States, with a mission to back founders creating the machines of tomorrow. Michael Berolzheimer leads the firm with a vision for a future dominated by machines in repetitive, mundane, and complex tasks, while humans excel in creative and intuitive roles. Their recent closure of a $50 million fund underscores their commitment to disruptive deep tech innovations across AI, robotics, and synthetic biology
About Coolwater Capital
Coolwater Capital aims to redefine the venture capital landscape with a novel approach focused on launching, building, and scaling emerging fund managers. They present themselves as innovation's rising tide, committed to creating impactful growth opportunities within the investment community
About Revere
Revere provides venture capital data and portfolio management solutions to help asset allocators save time and make informed investment decisions. Leveraging over 30 years of experience, Revere brings transparency and accessibility to private alternatives.
About First Spark Ventures
First Spark Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on deep tech startups across sectors like advanced computing, digital biology & biotech, and cyber-physical systems. They target startups that possess fundamental technological insights, looking for teams with stellar capabilities, large accessible markets, and significant sustainable differentiation