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Lunch: Private Companies Driving $100M+ Revenue in Gen AI
Join us for an exclusive lunch, where we’ll share insights from our unique perspective on the venture capital landscape, from seed stage to growth stage. We invite you to join a select group of investors to explore sectors and companies rapidly scaling revenue in the wave of AI innovation.
12:00 PM: Welcome & Networking
12:30 PM: Insights: Revenue and Profit Growth in AI + Q&A
1:15 PM: Lunch & Conversation
Special Guest: Ed Sim, Boldstart VC
Ed Sim is the founder and General Partner of Boldstart Ventures, specializing in early-stage investments in enterprise technology startups. Ed has led investments in companies such as Clay, Snyk, BigID, Blockdaemon, Protect AI, and Tessl. Before Boldstart, Ed co-founded Dawntreader Ventures, leading early investments in Greenplum, GoToMeeting, and LivePerson. He began his career at J.P. Morgan, developing quantitative trading models.
Hosted by: Adam Marchick, Managing Director of Seed Strategy at Akkadian Ventures
Adam has leadership experience at all levels of the Venture Capital ecosystem: engineer, Founder, CEO, GP, and LP. Adam was a developer at Oracle, early on the Monetization team at Facebook, founded an AI company that he sold to Headspace, was backed by Sequoia Capital, invested in the A rounds of companies that went public at Menlo Ventures and Bain Capital Ventures, and managed the Venture book at Emory’s endowment.
Akkadian Ventures is a multi-strategy venture firm based in San Francisco with $875M+ AUM. Over the past 15 years, the firm has completed 750 transactions and invested in over 90 companies.
Over the past year, our team has invested substantial time and resources in gaining a deeper understanding of the AI ecosystem at its earlier stages. We have focused on dedicated AI practitioners — many with years of hands-on experience in the field. Through this effort, we have reviewed 450 fund managers and assessed over 100 companies, ensuring we stay at the forefront of AI innovation.