Session Details
Date:
10:30 AM
Where:
Levi's Club, North - Main Stage
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Join us for the "Elevating Women in Tech" breakfast and panel discussion at M&A Tech Connect 2024!
9:00-9:30am Breakfast
9:30-10:30am Live Podcast Panel Discussion
This event is about celebrating and empowering female leaders in the technology industry. Kickstart your day with inspiring discussions, insights, and opportunities to shape the future of tech alongside a group of trailblazing women. We’re thrilled to feature a live podcast recording by Nick Larson, Host & Founder of Silicon Zombies Podcast, diving into the latest trends and challenges in tech.
Sponsored by Dentons Global Venture Technology, this event is a must-attend for anyone looking to expand their network, gain wisdom from industry leaders, or simply be part of a supportive community. Let’s unite to share stories, foster collaboration, and ignite the next wave of innovation.
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Speaker Bios:
Ayori Selassie, Sr. Manager, Product Marketing, Platform, Heroku Einstein (AI) @ Salesforce
Ayori “Selfpreneur®” Selassie is a visionary innovator, venture capitalist, and advocate for ethical AI. At Salesforce, Ayori launched Salesforce Einstein and led Product Marketing for the Salesforce Platform and Heroku portfolio. Ayori has a proven track record of driving innovation, inclusion, and transformative change. Her thought leadership extends across entrepreneurship, AI, and the future of work.
She also leads Life Model Ventures, an investment syndicate focused on ethical AI and data-driven companies. As a patented inventor of the Life Model® Canvas and creator of the Life Model Design® framework, Ayori empowers individuals and organizations to design better lives and futures through AI. She mentors and advises founders and startups through Black Ambition and teaches a course on investing with SPVs at the Material Change Institute.
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Belinda Ephraim, Managing GP @ Tenseur VC
Nigerian-born Belinda Ephraim transforms industrial and deep tech innovations into market success stories through her dual role as Managing GP at TENSEUR. The firm guides high-growth startups through successful exits while providing seed funding to founders pioneering frontier technologies in AI, biotech, semiconductors, cybersecurity, defense tech, and more.
Drawing on her hands-on experience as a former startup founder and manufacturer, Belinda brings 20+ years of progressive advisory experience and unique operational insights to her investment decisions. Belinda's multicultural journey has shaped her unique ability to connect deeply with founders on both personal and strategic levels. Her first-principles approach to problem-solving, combined with empathetic leadership, helps her uncover hidden opportunities that others easily miss. This makes her a trusted advisor to founders and boards navigating critical inflection points - whether it's pioneering new markets, scaling operations, or executing transformative deals.
A highly accomplished Wall Street investment banker in diversified industrials and technology sectors, Belinda has structured over $37B in complex capital raising transactions. She has guided industry giants like King Pharmaceuticals, Jabil, and L3 Harris through strategic M&A transactions while helping private equity firms such as Fortress and KKR execute successful leveraged buyouts.
As host of NextGen Industrialists, a video and podcast series, Belinda explores industrial tech trends with founders, scientists, and corporate leaders. Her impact recently earned her recognition from the Los Angeles Business Journal as a Leader of Influence in both Women in Finance and Investment Banking for 2024. She holds an MBA from Babson Graduate School of Business and a BS in Finance from the University of Florida.
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Eileen Treanor, CFO @ LeoLabs, Inc.
Eileen Treanor currently serves as the CFO of LeoLabs Inc., the leading provider of integrated space solutions in Lower Earth Orbit via their proprietary global network of terrestrial radars. Treanor has decades of experience including 20 years in Silicon Valley. She has helped multiple companies including Yahoo! Virgin America and Lever with their exponential growth in dynamic fast paced environments and over the past 20 years she has also helped raise nearly $400m in growth capital.
Eileen has an MBA from UC Berkeley.
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Nick Larson, Founder @ Silicon Zombies - Moderator
Nick Larson, a Bay Area native, is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for people, innovation, and surfing. He co-founded Willow, an AI-driven social media platform valued at $200M+ (investors in by Google, Green Park Ventures), and co-founded OnePiece Work, a co-working space with 12 locations (invested in by UpHonest Capital). Named one of PRWeek’s 25 most influential people in communications tech in 2021, Nick also hosts Silicon Zombies, a top 5% podcast on Spotify, reaching 200k+ monthly views in 70+ countries. His angel investments include Skunklock, SidePocket, Agrisonix, and Palmia. Nick is honored as a LinkedIn "Top Voice."
