Webinar Series Archive
VC Speaker Series with Anderee Berengian
January 15, 2021
Our first VC Speaker Series of 2021 is a conversation with Anderee Berengian, co-founder and CEO of CIE Digital Labs (an innovation lab for prominent global brands) and RezVen Partners (a seed and early stage venture capital firm). Through these organizations and his role on public company boards and as a prominent economic think tank, Anderee has unique insights and perspectives on many different areas of Southern California innovation and technology investing.
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Making Waves: Entrepreneur Conversations with Leen Kawas
December 1st, 2020
Join us for a conversation with Richard Sudek, executive director at Beall Applied Innovation and chief innovation officer at UCI and Leen Kawas, chief executive officer and member of the board of directors of Athira Pharma.
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VC Speaker Series with Kwame Ulmer
November 13th, 2020
Join us for a conversation with Kwame Ulmer from Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health. We will discuss the effects of the pandemic on their businesses and investment thesis. We will also address the issue of equity and equality in the venture and startup industries.
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VC Speaker Series with Sanjay Reddy
October 16th, 2020
Join us for a conversation with Sanjay Reddy from Unlock Ventures. We will discuss the firm’s focus on seed-stage entrepreneurs in the Southern California and Seattle markets.
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VC Speaker Series with Brian Mesic
October 2nd, 2020
Join us for a conversation with Brian Mesic from Ankona Capital. We will discuss the Ankona’s strategy, why Brian focuses on growth stage companies and the Southern California growth stage ecosystem.
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VC Speaker Series with Bruce Hallett and Sherman Atkinson
September 18th, 2020
Join us for a conversation with Bruce Hallett and Sherman Atkinson from Miramar Digital Ventures. Now on their third fund, this Orange County firm has the longest track record of any OC-based VC firm.
We will discuss the fund’s strategy, its portfolio and how venture capital has changed in Orange County over the last 18 years.
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VC Speaker Series with Paul Voois
August 28th, 2020
A conversation with Paul Voois from Cove Fund, which has quickly become the most active local investor based on number of OC-based portfolio companies. We will discuss the fund’s strategy, its operations and how it leverages the expertise of its members.
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VC Speaker Series with Morgan Mahlock
August 7th, 2020
This webinar was not recorded due to a mutual agreement with our guest. Please know we can’t guarantee recordings for each event, so please be sure to join our webinars live so you don’t miss any of the interesting conversations.
VC Speaker Series with Tracie Rotter
July 24th, 2020
This webinar was not recorded due to a mutual agreement with our guest. Please know we can’t guarantee recordings for each event, so please be sure to join our webinars live so you don’t miss any of the interesting conversations.
VC Speaker Series with Saurabh Suri
July 17th, 2020
Join us for a conversation with Saurabh Suri from CerraCap Ventures, an Orange County investment firm with Fortune 500 experience. This event is sponsored by Knobbe Martens.
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VC Speaker Series with Michael Beaudoin
June 12th, 2020
Join us for a conversation with Michael Beaudoin from Mark IV Capital. We’ll discuss family office investing, as well as engaging and maximizing corporate innovation programs and insights. This event is sponsored by Knobbe Martens.
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VC Speaker Series with Hallie Kuhn from Alexandria Venture Investments
May 21st, 2020
The recorded version of this event is not available due to proprietary content owned by Alexandria Venture Investments. Please know we can’t guarantee recordings for each event and every attempt should be made to watch all events live.
VC Speaker Series with Jeff Bocan from Okapi Venture Capital
May 8th, 2020
Join us for a conversation with Jeff Bocan, partner at Okapi Venture Capital. We’ll discuss Okapi’s short-term and long-term outlook for seed and Series A technology investments and startups. This event is sponsored by Knobbe Martens.
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Challenges and Opportunities for the OC Tech Startup Ecosystem
May 1st, 2020
Very few people have spent more time thinking about the Orange County tech startup ecosystem than our guest. We’ll discuss how his experiences and vision for OC led him to create OC4 Venture Studio.
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Investing in University Startups and Implications from COVID-19
April 24th, 2020
Join us for a conversation with Alex Andrianopoulos, chief research and development officer at Kairos Ventures.
We’ll cover how research institutions will respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how the economic repercussions will affect the commercialization of these and other vital technologies.
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How Startups and Angel Investors Can Survive the COVID-19 Economic Crisis
April 17th, 2020
Information on surviving economically during and after COVID-19, with guest speaker Dan Rosen, Chair of the Alliance of Angels.
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Life Science - Investing for the Long Term, Featuring Jeffry Weinhuff from Visionary Ventures
April 9th, 2020
Q&A with Jeffry Weinhuff from Visionary Ventures on how life science investors view the current COVID-19 climate, what opportunities might arise and what health care innovations are more important now more than ever.
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Startup Growth Stage Marketing in Times of Crisis, Featuring John Yoon from Mercato Partners
April 2nd, 2020
Keeping business moving through the challenges, that is what startups do. To help the entrepreneurial ecosystem, we’re hosting a virtual event. John Yoon, vice president at Mercato Partners, will talk about key areas of focus for standing up a marketing practice for a new or rapidly growing company marketing during times of crisis.
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