IWe're organizing a dinner for experienced roboticist, AI, data science, or data engineering practitioners exploring starting a company. We’re calling it "make the jump" dinner. This intimate gathering will bring together a hand-picked group of like-minded professionals where you can receive feedback on your ideas from early-stage VCs and fellow practitioners, connect with potential co-founders, gain valuable advice on launching your startup, and connect with peers.
Village Global is a network-native VC firm with ~$500 million AUM, chaired by Reid Hoffman and backed by tech luminaries like Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Anne Wojcicki. We lead pre-seed and seed rounds across all categories.
Cortical Ventures is an early-stage AI-focused venture fund that invents, incubates, and invests in the companies leading the AI revolution.
ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) brings together the global data science community to facilitate the exchange of innovative ideas and promote the growth of open source software.
Amrit is General Partner at Village Global. Previously, he was Co-Founder and CEO of Made & Modern Furniture, a VC-backed startup that used AI and advanced manufacturing to make custom furniture at unparalleled value, speed, and scale. Prior to launching Made & Modern, he spent more than a decade as an investor at affiliates of Starboard Value, Tiger Management, T. Rowe Price, and Golden Gate Capital.
Anne is General Partner at Village Global. She's a former tech company founder, venture-backed CEO, and public company executive. 20 years’ experience managing P&Ls, rapidly scaling operations from startup through IPO, building high performance teams, and creating services valued by tens of millions of users. Led 2 companies to acquisition by Monster and Chegg. Identified and integrated 6+ acquisitions. P&L responsibility before/after Chegg’s IPO, valued at $1B+.
Igor is a founder and General Partner of Cortical Ventures. Previously, Igor was an early investor and SVP of Corporate Development at DataRobot where he was responsible for defining DataRobot’s growth strategy, fundraising, managing the sourcing and execution of mergers and acquisitions, and strategic partnerships. He raised >$500M in growth capital and executed multiple M&A transactions and partnerships.
Sheamus is the founder of ODSC (The Open Data Science Conference). He is also a software architect, data engineer, and AI expert. He started his career in finance by building stock and bond trading systems and risk assessment platforms and has worked for numerous financial institutions and quant hedge funds. Over the last decade, Sheamus has consulted with dozens of companies and startups to build leading-edge data-driven applications in finance, healthcare, eCommerce, and venture capital.
