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Serial entrepreneur turned VC looking to support to outstanding teams building great companies.

Cindy Padnos is founder/managing partner of Illuminate Ventures, an early stage VC firm focused on enterprise cloud and mobile computing. A prior founder herself, she is an entrepreneurial enthusiast!

Kate co-founded Scale Ventures & invests in software. Active in policies for start-ups, she chaired the IPO Task Force – the basis for the JOBS Act. Kate is also on the board of Silicon Valley Bank

Jennifer Lum is a mobile entrepreneur and investor. She is a co-founder of Adelphic Mobile and Apricot Capital and mentors at TechStars and 500 Startups. Twitter @jenniferlum.

Consumer software investor at Maven Ventures

Early stage company creation, Idealab, SoCal

Angel investor in pokitok, greenling, real food works, runa, zipongo, mentormob, Everest (aquired)

Twenty years of experience in VC, PE, M&A and IPOs.

I have done big venture deals for Intel Capital and Blueprint Ventures, and since 2011 am doing early stage seed deals with Portland Seed Fund. Looking for great founder teams who want to grow big businesses in the Pacific NW.

Mark J. Landay, Managing Director of Dynamic Synergy Executive Recruitment. Dynamic Synergy provides start up & growth companies with retained CxO recruitment. Approximately 33% of the companies Mark has consulted to have had positive exits!

Founder & former CEO @ Parse (acquired by Facebook for 85M). Founder @Scribd. Angel Investor in Reddit, @tilt, Optimizely, ZenPayroll, Lendup & 30 more.

I am high school student trying to learn all that I can about startups. I have worked at three different companies in a variety of roles and was one of the first to join a startup that is in the process of being sold for $20+ million.

I've spent the past 10 years building VC backed software start-ups.

Matt is CEO of FR8Star.com, the digital marketplace for flatbed and oversized truck freight. Bringing together 10 years starting Internet 1.0 companies and 10 years consulting for truck manufacturers to build a killer team to transform trucking.