StartOut New York presents Meet the Money

Meet the Money LGBTQ+ Startups Pitch Leading New York Investors StartOut NY is delighted to present “Meet the Money”, part of our access to capital program, generously sponsored by Lowenstein Sandler LLP. Starting with investor panelists, we will explore the latest trends in funding followed by an intrepid group of LGBTQ+ led startups, half by women, who will pitch top New York VCs and Angel investors. Join us on April 18, 2017 at Lowenstein Sandler LLP between 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm for an exciting event. Register today to meet New York Angels, VCs investors including: Catalina Daniels, Gaingels Rachael Foo, Stripes Group Brandon Maier, Quake Capital Vanessa Pestritto, Lattice Ventures Lorenzo Thione, Gaingels Chris Young, Revel Partners .... and see the following intrepid entrepreneurs in action: Meghan Carreau, Tuckrbox, farm to lunchbox meal delivery https://www.tuckrbox.com Talonya Geary, spiire, cultivating the next generation of LGBTQ thought leaders https://www.spiire.org Rachel Kimelman, LGBTQutie, real people, real relationships https://www.lgbtqutie.com Dr. Vansh Langer, BBy, Baby milk network distribution http://bby.care Suma Reddy, Circle Optics, the world’s first 360° parallax-free camera https://www.circleoptics.com Adam Berlinsky-Schine, Nommery, a social dining network https://www.nommery.com Wayne Strobel, GEOcruiter, mobile recruiting for Retail/QSRhttps://www.geocruiter.com/ Philip Parrotta, Swoup, intelligent personal savings assistant http://www.swoup.com/ James Felton Keith, Slay TV, the Global Queer Network encompassing an Ad Agency, Production Studio, & TV Streaming App. http://www.slaytv.com Schedule: 6:00-7:00 pm — Registration, drinks, hors d'oeuvres & networking 7:00-7:30 pm — Angel & VC Panel moderated by Ed Zimmerman 7:30-8:15 pm — Startup pitches and Q&A 8:15-9:00 pm — Drinks & networking Meet our host and moderator — Ed Zimmerman, Chair, Tech Group at Lowenstein Sandler LLP Ed represents startups and growth companies, as well as the venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) funds that invest in them. Ed has worked at Lowenstein Sandler since joining the firm as a summer associate in 1991. He co-founded Lowenstein’s Tech Group in 1998. In 2013, Dow Jones ranked Lowenstein among the five most active law firms in America for venture capital and private equity deals. Ed has been an Adjunct Professor of Venture Capital at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business since 2005. He has personally invested as an angel investor in more than 50 startups and more than 20 venture funds. Ed has published more than 75 columns on tech startups and growth companies (and sometimes wine), mostly on the Accelerators page of the Wall Street Journal, where he currently serves as a WSJ Expert Panelist. Ed cares deeply about and advocates on issues concerning the LGBTQ community and women. In February of 2014, Ed co-organized a summit of LGBTQ leaders in the Tech community at the White House, and has done other advocacy work for the LGBTQ community. In the Spring of 2014 at VentureCrushNY, Ed announced a personal pledge against Gender Bias in Tech, which he later published on the Wall Street Journal’s Accelerators page and which was subsequently covered in Fortune Magazine. Investor Bios: Rachael Foo, Stripes Group Rachael is responsible for the day to day sourcing in the consumer and tech sectors, with a particular interest in marketplace, B2C internet and data services businesses. Besides discovering new and interesting companies, she assists the team in conducting industry research and analysis and provides support for Stripes Group’s portfolio companies. Prior to joining Stripes Group, Rachael worked at Credit Suisse’s investment banking division in Hong Kong with the Equity and Debt Capital Markets Groups to support companies in their equity and debt financing plans. Previously, she also worked at IvyGate, an education startup in Hong Kong, as well as at Volition Capital, where she was responsible for supporting their efforts in sourcing B2B internet and SaaS companies. Rachael played rugby competitively for all 4 years of college, and loves watching a rowdy match on the pitch every now and then. She also enjoys hiking, cycling, and drinking an unreasonable amount of coffee. Rachael holds a B.A.: Government, Minor: Computer Science, Harvard University Brandon Maier, Managing Partner, Quake Capital Brandon is a graduate of NYU and a well-known member of New York’s entrepreneurship community. He has past experience in finance, marketing and entrepreneurship. His most recent startup endeavor, Jozii.com is a student based job matching service which amassed over 100,000 student users in the US. Past experience includes serving as a Financial Controller for a Bitcoin Exchange as well as a marketing consultant for companies building out on campus brand marketing campaigns. In addition to launching his own successful startups, Brandon has taken time to participate in various accelerator programs, including NYU’s Summer Launchpad. Through that process, Brandon has immersed himself in the University Entrepreneurship community, regularly speaking on Entrepreneurship as a guest lecturer at NYU, Pace, Princeton, Penn State, HOBY as well as serving as a judge for Princeton's Tiger Launch national venture competition. As a member of the Quake team, Brandon handles University Relations, Deal Flow Generation, Quake Social Media, and Sponsorship Outreach. To date, Brandon has been able to connect with over 80 University Entrepreneurship Directors across the country including Columbia, MIT, Babson and other top tier institutions. Vanessa Pestritto, Partner, Lattice Ventures Pestritto was the former Executive Director of New York Angels. Reviewing over 5000 companies, she sourced and managed deal flow and the growing investor network. Her previous experiences include technology management consulting in product development as a business lead for a government contract. She then worked for small businesses where she restructured operations, marketing and managed sales. She has a BS in Economics and International Business from NYU Stern. Pestritto writes about tech, angel investing, networking and career. iamvp.com | Vanessa Alexandra Pestritto Lorenzo Thione, Gaingels, Co-Founder, StartOut and CEO, The Social Edge Lorenzo Thione is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for the intersection of technology, art, design, communication and social value. He is a Tony-Nominated Broadway producer (Catch Me If You Can, American Idiot, Elling) and the co-creator and lead producer of Allegiance (a new Broadway-bound musical starring George Takei and Lea Salonga) for which he spearheaded social-media viral strategies that led to astounding growth and unprecedented awareness and audience engagement for a Broadway show in its development phase, and to the founding of The Social Edge, where he serves as Chief Executive. He previously co-founded startups Powerset (acquired by Microsoft in 2008) and Artify.it he is an investor and advisor for startups such as Crowdflower, CrowdMed, Famo.us, Etacts (now Salesforce), ChoicePass (now Salesforce), Gobble, and Lucid Charts. Lorenzo is the co-founder and board chair emeritus of StartOut, the leading non-profit dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship within the LGBT community. He’s an outspoken LGBT advocate and was named one of the most influential LGBT people in tech in 2014 by Business Insider. Chris Young, Managing General Partner, Revel Partners Chris is Managing General Partner at Revel. He is a serial entrepreneur and 16-year veteran of the digital video advertising space. Chris serves on the board of directors of Collective, Zype, Believe Entertainment and is a board observer at Staq. He formerly sat on the board of Vidible, sold to AOL at the end of 2014. Chris also serves as an adviser to Wider Wake, a digital consultancy. In 2013, Chris sold Digital Broadcasting Group (DBG), of which he was CEO, to Alloy Digital. Founded in 2008, DBG emerged as content production and video content syndication platform and was at the forefront of creating digital-first content. Prior to starting DBG, Chris co-founded online video advertising and management solutions company Klipmart in 1999 and grew it into the nation’s largest video rich media vendor taking advertiser’s TV commercials and putting them online. In 2006, under Chris’ leadership, Klipmart was sold to now Google-owned DoubleClick. Chris assumed the role of Executive Vice President of Rich Media and Emerging at DoubleClick. Catalina Daniels, Gaingels Catalina is a CEO / entrepreneur / advisor with a passion for media and impact investing. She has a solid and diverse business background, with a deep understanding of corporate and entrepreneurial environments. She was a Partner at McKinsey & Company where she worked around the globe and built a strong reputation for long-lasting impact at her clients. After McKinsey, she invested in and became CEO of a start-up and subsequently CEO of the Special Olympics European Summer Games. More recently and before moving to NY, she launched her own venture which aspires to set society in motion around relevant societal issues. She sits on the advisory board of and is an advisor to several start-ups in Belgium and the US. She is also an advisor to the Robin Hood Foundation in NY. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an engineering degree from the Free University of Brussels. Catalina is married with children and currently lives in NY. She loves traveling, skiing, swimming, photography, and long distance running. She ran 5 marathons to date.