Sam Wen Venture Partner Green Visor Capital & helps the Green Visor team assess emerging technologies, works as an adviser to portfolio companies, and mentors young engineers within the group. Before joining Green Visor, Sam was a founding team member and senior engineer of Square, the revolutionary mobile commerce platform and point-of-sale system for small merchants and individuals. Among his many achievements at Square, Sam was responsible for creating the software algorithm that enables the card reading capabilities of all Square devices on iOS and Android phones and tablets. Sam’s efforts helped lead to 7 issued patents and one patent pending. Prior to Square, Sam worked for Boeing as a munitions systems engineer. Sam holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and is a member of the Founder’s 50.
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FinTech Investors #fintechinvestment
DISCUSSION: Bart Stephens Founder/Managing Partner Blockchain Capital; Michael Walsh General Partner Green Visor Capital; Sam Wen Venture Partner Green Visor Capital; Joe Guzel Crosslink Capital; Adam Draper Founder/Managing Director Boost VC; MODERATOR: Phil Jeudy Director Baywatch Lab
Alyse Killeen, Partner Stillmark Co #blockchaininnovation
Alyse Killeen Venture Capital Investor with seed stage to pre-IPO investment experience in enterprise and consumer technologies, now Managing Partner at StillMark Co., a venture capital investment and advisory firm. Alyse is a member of the Satoshi Roundtable, an annual retreat for the top 50 thought leaders in blockchain technology, and in 2015, the UN Foundation named her a Top 70 Bay Area Digital Leader. An international speaker on blockchain, sharing economy, and IoT, Alyse has presented at events including the IMF SKBI Conference 2016 and TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing 2015. Featured in publications including Forbes and Bloomberg, in 2015 Alyse authored a book chapter in the award-winning Handbook of Digital Currency. Alyse is a Mentor at Plug and Play Tech Center Accelerator and the Alchemist Accelerator, and a member of New York Fashion Tech Lab’s Expert Network. She is a Venture Partner at Vinetta Project, the largest organization serving women founders, and a member of the Board of Directors at BitGive, a startup NGO modernizing the nonprofit ecosystem using blockchain technology.
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DISCUSSION: Aldo Carrascoso Founder/COO / CTO Align Commerce; Derek Au Principal, Startup Investment Orange; Alyse Killeen Managing Partner StillMark Co; Duncan Davidson CoFounder/Managing Partner Bullpen Capital: Mason Borda; MODERATOR: Mark Albertson Silicon Valley journalist
