IBM, or International Business Machines Corporation, is a prominent American multinational technology company based in Armonk, New York. Established in 1911, IBM has played a significant role in the evolution of computing and information technology. The company is known for its pioneering contributions, including the introduction of the System/360 mainframe computers, which set the standard for business and scientific applications.

IBM offers a wide range of products and services, including mainframe computers, servers, storage systems, operating systems, enterprise software, and cloud-based solutions. The company also provides IT consulting, technology services, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and cybersecurity. With a strong focus on research and development, IBM operates 19 research facilities worldwide, exploring advanced technologies such as quantum computing and blockchain.



Former Chairman & CEO of Asia Pacific

ByteDance is a global incubator of platforms at the cutting edge of commerce, content, entertainment and enterprise services - over 2.5bn people interact with ByteDance products including TikTok.

Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. 

Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. We are committed to building a safe, healthy and positive online environment for all our users.

We have over 110,000 employees based in more than 30 countries globally. Join us.

Global Leader AI

Portage is a global fintech and financial services investment platform within Sagard ($33B AUM). Since 2016, Portage has invested in 200+ companies across 13 countries, from seed to growth stage, across key verticals including insurance, consumer finance, and wealth management. With offices in Toronto, Montreal, New York, Paris, London and Singapore, Portage provides portfolio companies with hands-on support through its dedicated value creation team and global ecosystem of investors, commercial partners and advisors.

 General Partner

Bain Capital, LP is an American private investment firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, with around $185 billion of assets under management.

Chief Information Security Officer

Visa Inc. is a global leader in digital payments, operating one of the largest electronic payment networks in the world. Founded in 1958, the company has grown to facilitate 276 billion transactions annually across more than 200 countries and territories, with a total payment volume of $15 trillion. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Visa collaborates with approximately 14,500 financial institutions and serves over 130 million merchant locations worldwide.

Visa offers a wide range of payment solutions, including debit, credit, and prepaid cards, as well as commercial payment systems tailored for businesses and government entities. The company emphasizes technological innovation through its VisaNet processing network, mobile payment integrations, and advanced cybersecurity measures. With over 3.5 billion Visa cards in circulation, Visa continues to expand its global presence and enhance transaction security, supporting consumers, merchants, and financial institutions alike.

Head of Visa Ventures

Okta Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Okta, partners with and invests in early-stage startups building identity-enabled platforms and security-focused solutions.

Head of Okta Ventures

YZi Labs is an investment firm that supports ventures in Web3, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and healthcare/biotech. Managed by the family office of CZ, the founder of Binance, YZi Labs focuses on innovative technologies and has rebranded from its previous identity as Binance Labs.

The firm invests in companies at all stages, from early startups to more established businesses, provided they demonstrate strong fundamentals in its target sectors. YZi Labs has a diverse portfolio that includes notable investments such as zkPass, LayerZero, Axelar, Dune, and StarryNift, which span various blockchain and AI projects. This wide-ranging approach allows YZi Labs to contribute to the growth of transformative technologies across different industries.

Investment Director

Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. As of June 30, 2023, the firm has over $80B in regulatory assets under management. Insight Partners has invested in more than 800 companies worldwide and has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve an IPO. Headquartered in New York City, Insight has offices in London, Tel Aviv, and the Bay Area. Insight's mission is to find, fund, and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with tailored, hands-on software expertise along their growth journey, from their first investment to IPO. For more information on Insight and all its investments, visit insightpartners.com or follow us on Twitter @insightpartners.

Managing Director

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit.

To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership.

At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

Data Engineering and Science

Index Ventures is a prominent venture capital firm founded in 1996 in Geneva, Switzerland. Co-founded by Neil Rimer, the firm has expanded its presence to London, San Francisco, and New York City, reflecting its global reach.

The firm offers investment services across various stages of company development, from seed funding to IPO. Its recent initiative, Index Origin, combines the focus of a dedicated seed fund with the resources of a multi-stage global firm, enabling it to support startups from their earliest stages. Index Ventures has collaborated with notable digital companies such as Figma, Wiz, Roblox, and Notion, and maintains a diverse portfolio of over 140 companies across different sectors and geographies.

Partner

Neo4j, the Graph Database & Analytics leader, helps organizations find hidden relationships and patterns across billions of data connections deeply, easily, and quickly. Customers leverage the structure of their connected data to reveal new ways of solving their most pressing business problems with Neo4j's full graph stack and a vibrant community of developers, data scientists, and architects across hundreds of Fortune 500 companies.

Aspire is a fintech company based in Singapore, founded in 2018 by Andrea and Gio. It offers a digital-first financial operating system designed for modern businesses globally. Aspire operates as a payment services provider, partnering with Tier 1 banks in Singapore to ensure the security of customer funds and compliance with regulations.

Co-Founder, CTO & President

Google Deepmind is a premier AI research lab merging Google Brain and DeepMind. It focuses on solving intelligence to accelerate scientific discovery, from protein folding to fusion energy.

Director, Applied AI

Yelp is a California-based online platform that publishes user reviews and recommendations on service providers in areas such as restaurants, beauty salons and contractors.

Engineering Manager - Applied Machine Learning

T. Rowe Price is a premiere global asset management organization, actively investing in opportunities to help people thrive in an evolving world. 

Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, we provide a broad range of investment solutions across equity, fixed income, and multi-asset capabilities for clients around the world—from individuals to advisors to institutions to retirement plan sponsors.

Our active, independent investing approach has guided how we do business for more than 85 years. Our professionals have diverse perspectives, but are united behind a commitment to rigorous research. They collaborate to identify market risks and opportunities that can give clients sharper insights and an investment edge.  We maintain a long-term view, aiming to deliver consistently strong performance in up and down markets.

 Tech Lead Private Growth Investor

Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations to build and forge long-standing companies. With more than 145 IPOs and 300 portfolio companies in the enterprise, consumer and healthcare spaces, Bessemer supports founders and CEOs from their early days through every stage of growth. Bessemer’s global portfolio has included Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, PagerDuty, DocuSign, Wix, Fiverr, and Toast and has more than $18 billion of assets under management. Bessemer has teams of investors and partners located in Tel Aviv, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York, London, Boston, and Bangalore. Born from innovations in steel more than a century ago, Bessemer’s storied history has afforded its partners the opportunity to celebrate and scrutinize its best investment decisions (see Memos) and also learn from its mistakes (see Anti-Portfolio).

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