David Blumberg Founder/Managing Partner Blumberg Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund based in San Francisco. David is an authority on early stage investing with David is the founder and managing partner of Blumberg Capital. David is an authority on early stage investing with decades of experience. He founded Blumberg Capital in the early 1990s and launched its first venture-backed fund in 2001. Prior to Blumberg Capital, David managed international investments with the Bronfman Family Office, Adler & Co, APAX Partners and at T. Rowe Price. He also launched business development for Check Point Software Technologies as one of its top four executives. David earned his A.B. in Government, cum laude, from Harvard College and his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and INSEAD. David speaks French and is proficient in Hebrew and Spanish. David serves on the boards of Apester, Credorax, Deep Instinct, DoubleVerify, EarnUp, EasKnock, FeeX, IntSights, Jassby, Lendio, SigOpt, SupplyPike, Roam, Trulioo and Wunder.
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Pierre-R. Wolff Senior VP Bus Dev InCountry #digitalsecurity
Pierre R Wolff, Senior VP Business Development, InCountry. InCountry offers a data residency-as-a-service platform to help multi-national and SaaS companies with the growing problem of needing to locally store regulated data in jurisdictions requiring such. By connecting to the InCountry platform once, companies greatly reduce the time and effort needed to become compliant with regulations in over 60 countries including Russia, Germany, China, India, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Philippines.
Phillip Shoemaker Executive Director Identity.com #digitalidentity
Phillip Shoemaker Executive Director Identity.com He is leading the charge for the New Identity Economy, leveraging our identity ecosystem, we aim to ensure that digital identifications are available to everyone. Before Identity.com, Phillip helped build the Apple App Store including building the review operations team to over 300 people, writing the guidelines with Steve Jobs, and testifying with global government authorities.
Nuno Goncalves Pedro Founder/Managing Partner Strive Capital #digitalidentiy
Nuno Goncalves Pedro Founder/Managing Partner Strive Capital. Nuno is Grishin Robotics’ Venture Partner. Grishin Robotics is a series A and B Sand Hill Rd firm focused on Smart Hardware with investments in companies such as Zume Pizza, Starship, Zipline, Spin, Yellow, Ring, eero and others. He is also the Managing Partner & Founder of Strive Capital, the San Francisco Bay area’s first quant micro-VC firm, now focused on “deep” AI and Blockchain, with investments in companies like AppAnnie, KeepSafe, Gusto and Rubrik. He has had a 22 year career in Tech as a Product Manager, Operator, Investor and Board member in the Bay area, Europe and Asia, and was previously a Senior Expert and member of the Asia-Pacific leadership team at McKinsey & Co, based in Beijing.