Founder of LAUNCH Accelerator and host of 'This Week in Startups.' Early investor in Uber, Robinhood, Calm, and Thumbtack. Author of 'Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups.'

Founding chairman of New York Angels. Built Gust, the global platform connecting startups with investors. Author of 'The Startup Checklist' and 'Angel Investing.'

GP at RareBreed Ventures, backing exceptional pre-seed founders in underestimated cities. One of the most transparent voices in early-stage venture capital.

Built Backstage Capital while homeless. Backed 200+ startups led by underrepresented founders. One of venture's most cited voices on access and equitable capital.

ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT, STARTUP EXECUTION, PRECISION INNOVATION My goal is to establish sustainable ecosystems that can create, fund and commercialize ideas anywhere.

🎭 US Marine Turned Venture Capitalist 🎭 Running an early-stage VC firm and operating a Full-Stack Venture Platform

The thought leadership engine of Smart Capital Network, spotlighting strategies, psychology, and relationships behind modern capital across five flagship podcast series.

IP strategist helping founders build defensible moats, capture patents, and convert intellectual property into fundraising leverage and enterprise trust.

Shelisa Demuth is a strategic communications executive and founder of LAUREL, an agency that specializes in earned media strategy and public narrative development.

Global Trade. Federal Compliance. Technology Commercialization.

Investment banker and impact finance executive. CEO of Conscious Markets Group. Former Citigroup, First Republic, and Cetera Financial. Series 7 and Series 63 licensed.

15+ years helping organizations transform and innovate. Building AI-driven B2B solutions at Naware with product principles and agile development.

Technology, strategy, and research leader with 20+ years creating environments of connection in philanthropy. Experienced across public, private, and social sectors.

Hue Seth is a dynamic entrepreneur and ecosystem builder

Entrepreneur, Advisory Board Member

US Funding Strategy and Investor Readiness, Go-To-Market Strategy, Corporate Innovation, Investor, Advisor

Venture Capital, Business Management & Strategy, Product Management, Banking & Capital Markets

Amit is an fund manager and serial entrepreneur.

Farouk is an investor and the Chief Executive Officer of Premium Africa Holdings.

Oliver is a fund manager - CEO of Helion Ventures

Bayo Okusanya is an angel investor and serial entrepreneur

Osayi is a fund manager - Founder of Ripple VC: Hypernova

Bertany Mounkela is an investor - founder of Elevate Capital

Elie B. Akili is an international business strategist

Joshua Hawley Partner & Managing Director