NonPanelists Summer 2014

  • Chris Yeh, CEO PBworks
    Chris Yeh, CEO PBworks Chris Yeh has been building Internet businesses since 1995. He is the VP Marketing for PBworks, which provides highly vertical collaboration solutions that help businesses work more efficiently and effectively. Its products serve markets such as advertising and marketing agencies, law firms, and education, as well as the broader business […]
  • Carey Lai, Intel Capital
    Carey Lai, Intel Capital Carey Lai joined Intel Capital in July 2011 and has over ten years of venture capital and technology experience. He focuses on Internet-Enabled Consumer and Marketing Services, Digital Media, Technology-Enabled Cloud Services and Virally-Adopted Software. His currently portfolio include 500Friends, Box, BrightEdge, Nexmo, Sprinklr, SweetLabs, and UUCUN.  Prior to Intel […]
  • Bruce Schechter, Band of Angels
    Bruce Schechter, Band of Angels Bruce Schechter is an active advisor, consultant or investor in a variety of technology startups, including Life360, Proformative, TreasuryCurve, and Simplure. He is a member of the Band of Angels, Silicon Valley’s oldest organized Angel investor organization. Bruce began his career at Intel Corporation in 1980 and there he served […]
  • Billy Draper, Draper Associates
    Billy Draper, Draper Associates Billy Draper is a 4th-generation venture capitalist working at Draper Associates, a Silicon Valley-based firm with a focus on seed-stage companies. He looks for early-stage companies, both consumer and enterprise, that provide transparency and clarity to industries that are historically very slow-moving and inefficient. He is excited about the current […]
  • Bill Tai, Partner Charles River Ventures
    Bill Tai, Partner Charles River Ventures Bill is Chairman of Maxthon, Board Member of Glyde and Scribd, and seed investor in Ark.com, SoundTracking, StackMob, and Wish.com representing CRV as a partner in several funds. He is also an active ‘super angel’ funding US based startups such as Tango, Zoom.us and Voxer (Board) and Treasure Data (Chairman); Tweetdeck/Twitter, Lulu in the UK; Canva, […]
  • Ben Bayat, Senior Associate Illuminate Ventures
    Ben Bayat, Senior Associate Illuminate Ventures Ben Bayat brings more than a dozen years of experience in high-tech product design, engineering management, business development, and sales to his role as Senior Associate with Illuminate. Ben focuses on originating, evaluating, and managing Illuminate’s enterprise SaaS investments. Prior to joining Illuminate, Ben was the head of West Coast […]
  • Andrew Romans, CoFounder Georgetown Angels
    Andrew Romans, CoFounder Georgetown Angels Andrew Romans is the co-founder and general partner of Georgetown Angels, a VC fund and angel group. Romans is also a director at investment bank Rainmaker Securities (broker-dealer FINRA / SIPC member) focused on providing liquidity solutions for founders, investors & employees. Romans also founded The Founders Club, a venture capital […]
  • Amber Fowler, Partner/Chief of Staff EchoVC
    Amber Fowler, Partner/Chief of Staff EchoVC Amber is a Partner and Chief of Staff (overseeing fund operations and portfolio development). Prior to EchoVC, Amber was Vice President, Finance at Founders Fund, a venture capital firm with over $1B under management. Before this, she consulted for 14 years on accounting, systems integrations, financial planning & reporting, and […]