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

Lightspeed

Brian Singerman

The Founders Fund

Emily Melton

Threshold

Miles Dieffenbach

Carnegie Mellon University

Sara Zulkosky

Recast Capital

Semil Shah

Haystack

Ted Karns

Private Clients

Trevor Oelschig

General Catalyst

Selection Committee

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

Aakar Vachhani
Fairview Capital Partners
Aileen Lee
Cowboy Ventures
Aram Verdiyan
Accolade Partners
Beezer Clarkson
National Venture Capital Association, OpenLP
Brian Singerman
The Founders Fund
Craig Thomas
UTIMCO
Daniel Lee
UF Investment Corporation
Emily Melton
Threshold Ventures
Evan MacQueen
Mango Loop
Gordon Ritter
Emergence Capital
Mamoon Hamid
Social Capital, Kleiner Perkins
Miles Dieffenbach
Carnegie Mellon University
Sara Zulkosky
Recast Capital
Stephen Bluestein
Adams Street Partners
Ted Karns
Private Clients

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

The Paak logoThe Paak logoThe Paak logoThe Paak logoThe Paak logoThe Paak logoThe Paak logo