Duncan Davidson, CoFounder/Managing Partner Bullpen Capital Bullpen Capital is the pioneer of Post Seed investing, an early A round setting up a super-sized round. Previously he was at VantagePoint Venture Partners, a mega-fund and one of the leaders in CleanTech. Prior to joining the dark side, he started or was involved with four startups: Covad and InterTrust, both multi-billion dollar IPOs in the ‘90s; SkyPilot, an outdoor WiFi mesh, and Xumii, one of the earliest mobile social networks. At Bullpen he is focusing on future technologies like AI, drones, IOT; as well as startups digitizing analog businesses. He is on the board of Illumeo, Verbling, Filament, Sourceeasy, Lumoid, and DoubleDutch, and an active advisor to Wag Walking, Betable and Twenty20.
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Michael Micheletti, Dir Corp Comms Unison #mortgagedisrupt
Michael Micheletti, Dir Corp Comms Unison where he manages the strategic direction of the company and consumer communications. He is a former reporter with extensive experience in managing media organizations, public, consumer and community relations. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Corporate Communications from California State University-East Bay and a Master’s degree in Integrated Communications from Golden Gate University.
Mark West, Head Product StreamLoan #mortgagedisrupt
Mark West, Head Product StreamLoan a SaaS/mobile digital mortgage platform that provides lenders with collaboration and workflow automation, simplifying residential home purchases. Prior to joining StreamLoan, Mark was in charge of product at Yagna, a CPQ SaaS platform utilized by Fortune 100 companies, as well as serving as EIR at NetApp, scouting emerging technologies and companies to identify joint development and strategic partnerships. Mark enjoys disrupting the mortgage industry space to help improve the home buying experience.
Dan Rosen, Founder/Partner Commerce Ventures #mortgagedisrupt
Dan Rosen, Founder/Partner Commerce Ventures, a venture firm focused on digital innovations in the FinTech, Payments and Commerce eco-systems. Commerce Ventures represents a broad, highly strategic set of investors and, thus far, the firm has invested in over forty portfolio companies since its launch, including Bill.com (SaaS Platform for B2B payments), Blooom (Digital Advice for Retirement Accounts), Covr (Insurance Distribution Platform for FIs and Advisors), Forter (Fraud Decisions-as-a-Service Platform), InAuth (Mobile Device Identification and Authentication), Marqeta (Next-generation Issuing Platform), MX (Saas Platform for Omnichannel Banking), Snapsheet (Auto Insurance Self-service Platform), Trizic (Enterprise Digital Wealth Platform for FIs and Advisors) and VestWell (Full Fiduciary Retirement Platform for SMBs). Prior to creating Commerce Ventures, Dan was a Principal at Highland Capital and invested primarily in mobile, payments and digital marketing companies. Dan received his BS in Economics (with Honors) from University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and his MBA (with Distinction) from Harvard.