A high level overview discussion of the LA tech & startup ecosystem, the challenges ahead & what trends and opportunities to watch for.
Join us on Tuesday August 4th as we discuss questions and more at our Future of Los Angeles Tech & Startups | Inside Silicon Beach Tech virtual summit. Our panel of experts from across the local tech community in Los Angeles will share their knowledge, expertise and experience on a variety of issues relevant not only to startups, corporations and investors based in LA, but mentors and organizations who wish to partner with or start their own tech & startup ventures in Los Angeles.
Among the topics we’ll cover through our one hour Future of Los Angeles Tech & Startups discussion are:
How has COVID-19 affected LA's viability as a global leader in tech?
What are Los Angeles based startups doing to adapt to today's socially distant world?
What role will tech-driven innovation play in reopening and re-imagining Los Angeles?
How would today's tech leaders "sell" Los Angeles as a destination for early and growth stage startups in this "new normal"?
SPEAKERS:
Anuj Varma, Investor, BAM Ventures
Anuj Varma is an investor at BAM Ventures where he focuses on seed stage investments in consumer products, technology, and services.
Prior to BAM, he worked as an investor at RLH Equity, a Los Angeles based private equity firm, and in the technology investment banking division of Jefferies & Company in Silicon Valley, where he focused on mergers, acquisitions and capital raising transactions for consumer technology companies globally. He began his career as a management consultant in the technology, media and telecom group at Deloitte Consulting in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley.
Anuj holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he was a Deutschman Fellow.
Espree Devora, Podcast Producer & Host, Women in Tech show & Community Manager, WeAreLATech.com
Espree Devora is known as “the Girl who Gets it Done” She has provided seminars in interactive content and social media to many corporations and universities including Disney, CBS, International Association of Skateboard Companies, USC Executive MBA and Georgetown MBA. She co-produced the panel “WHERE’S WALDO? Finding Social Influencers & Decreasing Your Costs” which brought in over 11,500 viewers in under an hour via live stream, making it the highest viewed independent panel at the time. She started her first online company at the start of college and fell in love with the start up culture.
She created WeAreLATech.com which hosts the 1st podcast focused on LA Startups (hit #2 on iTunes across all categories in New & Noteworthy), the most comprehensive community calendar of all LA Startup events and a job board exclusively for LA Startups. WeAreLATech is a hub for entrepreneurs to connect to resources in the Silicon Beach community, similar to the likes of a city tourist office for any traveller. Recenlty she was featured on Santa Monica Daily Press ‘Faces of Silicon Beach’.
Miki Reynolds, Executive Director, Grid 110
Miki Reynolds is the Executive Director of Grid110, an early stage startup accelerator and community development non-profit she co-founded in 2014. She has 15 years of experience working in tech, ranging from digital marketing and creative services to software development and e-commerce. After managing digital projects at global entertainment corporations like MGM Studios and 20th Century Fox, and heading up operations/product for a software development startup, she launched the Downtown LA location for tech education company General Assembly. Miki's current role at Grid110 focuses on activating the startup ecosystem in Los Angeles, fostering community, and connecting the dots for entrepreneurs through access to mentoring and critical resources.
Miki has accepted commendations from Mayor Eric Garcetti on behalf of General Assembly and Grid110, has been recognized by LA Biz Journal as a Woman of Influence, was named to Techweek’s #Techweek100 and sits on advisory councils for two of the Mayor's diversity inclusion initiatives: PledgeLA and WiSTEM LA.
Raychel Espiritu, Senior Director of Development, Toolbox LA
Raychel Espiritu is a digital marketer who’s passionate about building community. This Los Angeles native obtained her Bachelor’s Degree from California State University, Northridge, and has over 10 years of experience working in the LA tech and startup scene.
Currently, she is the Senior Director of Development at Toolbox LA, Southern California’s largest innovation hub. The facility also serves as the headquarters for MiLA Capital, a venture fund investing in tech you can touch. Toolbox LA won the Small Business of the Year Award in June 2019 and is home to over 80+ startup companies.
In her spare time, she loves to dance and enhance her meditation practice.
Register for this FREE event here!