Hera Venture Summit
FOR ENTREPRENEURS & INVESTORS
September 16, 2017
Presented by:
Hera Hub, Hera Labs and Hera Fund
THE HERA VENTURE SUMMIT WILL FEATURE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, QUALITY PANELS, & INTERACTIVE DISCUSSIONS
Our Summit will bring together EXPERTS from both sides of the investment table to share best practices, essential tips and lessons learned. Binational, local and global resources will be shared and discussed along with trends and hot topics around gender investing.
One-day intensive event aimed at equipping and connecting female founders and female funders.
When
Saturday, September 16, 2017
7:30 AM to 7:00 PM (PDT)
Where
University of San Diego
5998 Alcalá Park
Mother Rosalie Hill Hall
School of Leadership & Education Sciences
San Diego, CA 92110-2492
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Schedule
7:30-8:30 AM
REGISTRATION
8:00-8:30 AM
LIGHT REFRESHMENTS & NETWORKING
8:30-9:00 AM
WELCOME
Welcome to Hera Venture Summit: Silvia Mah, Founder Hera Labs, Hera Angels & She Invests
Welcome to San Diego: TBD
Welcome to USD: Michael Lawless, Professor & leader of entrepreneurship initiatives at the School of Business Administration
Welcome from our MCs:
Sarah Bacerra, Community Director of Learning and Engagement, Hera Hub
9:00 – 9:30 AM
KEYNOTE
Vicki Saunders, Founder SheEO
Vicki Saunders, angel investor, entrepreneur, and global impact investor, founder of SheEO, in Canada, will be our opening, morning keynote, inspiring women to activate their capital to fund new innovations. WHITE PAPER on “Radically Generous Women Creating a New Economic Model” here.
9:30 – 10:30 AM
PANEL I :: SD INNOVATES!
MODERATOR:
Vidya Dinamani, Co-founder & Principal at Product Rebels
PANELISTS:
Audrey Jacobs, Partner, OurCrowd
Lea Freeman, Senior Associate, Qualcomm Ventures
Susie Harborth, General Partner and CFO at BioInnovation Capital
Carla Holland, Director, South San Diego SBDC
10:30 – 11:00 AM
BREAK :: INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM SHOWCASE
11:00 – 12:00 PM
PANEL II :: THE FUTURE IS FEMALE
MODERATOR:
Valentina Vitols, Member of Hera Angels, Alliance of Angels, Pipeline Angels, Co-founder of Seattle Women’s Impact Fund
PANELISTS:
Terri Mead, Vice President Sand Hill Angels
Kim Folsom, Co-founder of Founders First Capital Partners & Founder/CEO of LIFT Development Enterprises
Mindy Tucker Fletcher, Partner at Crux Partners
12:00 – 1:00 PM
LUNCH & INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM SHOWCASE
SPONSOR: OUR LADY OF PEACE
1:00 – 1:30 PM
KEYNOTE
Andrea Guendelman, CEO BeVisible LatinX
Andrea Guendelman, entrepreneur and global media maven, co-founder & CEO of Be Visible, a latina-empowering professional career network. Andrea will speak about the LATAM startup scene and how latino/a entrepreneurs and investors are impacting the global economy.
1:30 – 2:00 PM
KEYNOTE
Elissa Freiha, Co-founder of Womena, female angel group in the UAE
Elissa Freiha is an entrepreneur, investor, public speaker, women’s rights advocate and co-founder of WOMENA a Dubai-based angel investment platform that empowers and educates women to invest in tech startups in the Middle East.
2:00 – 2:15 PM
Set-up for pitches and short bio break
2:15 – 3:45 PM
INTERACTIVE SESSION
MODERATORS:
Silvia Mah, Founder Hera Labs, Hera Angels, Hera Fund and CEO of She Invests, podcast highlighting female angels & VCs
Briana Weisinger, Startup advocate, UCSD Office of Innovation and Commercialization
Suzanne Andrews, Angel investor, author of Impact with Wings, Founding member of WingPact
a. Fast Pitch by 5 San Diego startups ~~~ TBD
b. Fast Due Diligence in audience teams ~~~ Due diligence packages distributed, fast due diligence intro, discussion amongst teams (teams act like an early-stage investment fund and team leads will facilitate discussion), and funds named.
c. Fast Funding ~~~ All teams have $1M monopoly money to decide how their fund will distribute to the 3 pitching startups.
3:45 – 4:00 PM
COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK
NEXT 4 PANELS – 2 CONCURRENT TRACKS:: ANGEL INVESTORS (a) AND ENTREPRENEURS (e)
4:00 – 5:00 PM
PANEL IV (a) :: SHARING BEST PRACTICES AROUND THE VENTURE TABLE
Angels, VCs and fund managers, bring 3 of your best practices to share in a very interactive session
MODERATOR:
Suzanne Andrews, Angel investor, author of Impact with Wings, Founding member of WingPact
PANELISTS:
Katherine Zacharias, Founding member, Hera Angels & Insurance Ninja
Xandra Laskowski, Co-Founder of OSEA Angel Investors
Angel Track
PANEL IV (e) :: FINANCING THE DREAM, NOT JUST FROM VCS
Briana Wesinger, Startup Advocate, UCSD
PANELISTS:
Felena Hanson, Founder & CEO Hera Hub = Licensing
Jeff (J.D.) Davids, CEO & Founder SmartMoney Startups = Angel Investing
Jennifer (Beall) Saxton, CEO & Founder TotSquad = Franchising
Tim Owens, Founder of Life Lounge San Diego = Community-building
Entrepreneur Track
5:00 – 6:00 PM
PANEL V (a) :: MANAGING YOUR PORTFOLIO LIKE A QUEEN
Angel Track
PANEL V (e) :: BEING A STORYTELLER IS KEY
PANELISTS:
Nichole MacDonald, Founder & CEO of Sash
Harry Duran, Founder of Full Cast
Martina Montalva, Business Development / Commercilization Mentor at Hera Labs, CONNECT Springboard and SDSU
Samantha Urban, Founder & CEO of Urban Translations
Dr. Samantha Madhosingh, Founder & CEO of ElevateHER, LLC
Entrepreneur Track
6:00 – 6:15 PM
CLOSING KEYNOTE: BE YOUR “BEAMING” SELF
Lisa Odenweller, Founder of Beaming
Lisa Odenweller is the Founder of BEAMING, a local success story, a unique gourmet healthy fast casual experience, which is felt the moment you walk in the door of any of their multi-location cafés and even more so upon tasting anyone of their delicious juices, smoothies and foods. Lisa has taken the food-as-medicine movement to new heights since launching her organiz superfood café. SHe is a wellness visionary whose epipany sparked a quest to inspire people everywhere toward more vibrant health.
6:00 – 6:15 PM
CLOSE & FINAL REMARKS
1) Announcement of Winning HVS pitching startup
**#1 WINNING STARTUP Receives a FULL scholarship for SmartMoney Startup Sprint Program
**#2 and #3 STARTUPS Receive a FULL Scholarship for Hera Labs LAUNCH or SCALE intensive 12-week program
2) ACTIVATE YOUR WHY :: Silvia Mah, founder of She Invests, Hera Labs and Hera Angels, will challenge you to act on the stronger bridges obtained at the event. The rising tide lifts all boats!
6:30 – 7:00 PM
HAPPY HOUR :: WINE, WOMEN AND WISDOM
Organizers
Hera Labs
Hera Labs is a female-focused intensive business accelerator where entrepreneurs become equipped through intensive labs to launch, grow & sustain profitable businesses.
Labs, strategy sessions, & the female founders intensive are get-it-done, interactive offerings all having accountability groups attached for sustained support.
Hera Angels
Hera Angels is a female angel group actively funding female-focused startups.
It’s mission is to increase the number of female angel investors & fund more female entrepreneurs. To empower more women to consider angel investing, education is key through strategic partnership with Pipeline Angels, Rising Tide Fund, Female Founders & quarterly due diligence dinners.
Biweekly angel access hours & monthly Google Hangout discussions bring angels to the fingertips of female founders for candid conversations and mentoring.
Hera Hub
Hera Hub is a female-focused co-working space, an incubator of ideas and businesses, where members can create and collaborate in a professional, productive setting.
The platform gives them connections to other business experts, access to educational workshops, and visibility within the community, thus giving them the support they need to be prosperous.
There are 3 San Diego locations & through a franchise model, 1 franchise in Washington DC & 30 active prospects in pipeline.
Sponsors
LOCATION SPONSOR
University of San Diego
GOLD SPONSOR
Qualcomm
Our Lady of Peace
SEED San Diego
Rady School of Management
Leakakos Law
KIND
Partners
JLABS
EvoNexus
The Startup Garage
WOMENA
Women In Business
mystartupXX
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Contact Us
Phone: 858.603.2677
Location
The SoLES building, as it is known, is on the west end of campus. If you enter the west entrance it’s the first large building, at the top of the hill, on your left. (Across from the Peace & Justice Institute).
As you enter the campus you will need to pick up a FREE guest parking permit. Just let them know you’re attending an event. Underground parking can be found by turning left at the stop sign and circling around the backside of the building.
*** Important: only park in the unreserved spots around the perimeter of the underground parking lot. If this lot is full you may park around the perimeter spaces under the Peace & Justice building (across the way) or in the outdoor lots below (as you head back down the hill).