150+
Founding GPs
150+
Limited Partners
$100B+
Capital Represented

2026 Speakers

The investors shaping the future of venture.

Aileen Lee

Cowboy Ventures

Ann Miura-Ko

FLOODGATE

Aram Verdiyan

Accolade Partners

Arif Janmohamed

Duration Ventures

Emily Melton

Threshold

Miles Dieffenbach

Carnegie Mellon University

Sara Zulkosky

Recast Capital

Semil Shah

Haystack

Serena Williams

Serena Ventures

Ted Karns

Private Clients,
Formerly PRINCO

Trevor Oelschig

Duration Ventures

Selection Committee

As part of our community-driven selection process, attendee applications are reviewed by a selection committee of leading LPs and GPs.

Fairview Capital Partners
645 Ventures
Cowboy Ventures
Slipstream Investors
Verdis Investment Management
MANTIS Venture Capital
Inspired Capital
FLOODGATE
Accolade Partners
LGT Capital Partners
Ballast Equity Partners
Bain Capital Ventures
UF Investment Corporation
HFI Advisors
Threshold Ventures
Mango Loop
Emergence Capital
Spring Creek Investment Management
Kindred Ventures
Waycrosse
Acrew Capital
Screendoor
Kleiner Perkins
Carnegie Mellon University
Eniac Ventures
Pomifer Capital
Amkan Ventures
Recast Capital
Haystack
ELC Capital
February Capital
Adams Street Partners
Private Clients,
Formerly PRINCO

Select Prior Speakers

Joel Cutler
General Catalyst
Mamoon Hamid
Social Capital, Kleiner Perkins
Andy Golden
PRINCO
Annie Lamont
Oak HC-FT
Fred Wilson
USV
David York
Top Tier Capital Partners
Gordon Ritter
Emergence Capital
Roger Ehrenberg
IA Ventures
Mar Hershenson
Pear
Craig Thomas
UTIMCO
Sara Zulkosky
Recast
Aakar Vachhani
Fairview
Alex Pall
Mantis VC
The Chainsmokers
Nico Rosberg
Rosberg Ventures
F1 World Champion
Garry Tan
Initialized Capital
Y Combinator

Thank you to our partners

Prospective sponsors can reach out to emc@equal.vc

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