HX26: VC Roundtables

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  • What to expect

    Join a small group of fellow investors for an off-the-record conversation designed for real insights and valuable connections. Capacity is limited, so please select your preferred sessions and confirm only if you can attend.

  • COI Roundtables - Tuesday, April 7

  • 1pm - 1.40pm: Inside Microsoft’s Roadmap: Where the Next Startup Opportunities Will Emerge (Fatima Kardar, Microsoft)

    An inside look at where Microsoft is investing and building next, giving VCs insight into the ecosystem gaps and startup opportunities emerging around the platform.

    2pm - 2.40pm: Green Shoots + Innovation in Open Source AI (Mark Surman, Mozilla)

    The path to a different future for AI runs through open source, open models and new approaches to AI. In this roundtable Mark will welcome and hear from some of Mozilla's open source AI ventures investees. He will also learn from the audience what innovations and ideas they are seeing in the wider AI ecosystem, who is championing them, and what they could mean for the future of the internet.

    3pm - 3.40pm: Where ServiceNow Is Building Next: The Startup Opportunities Ahead (Amit Zavery, ServiceNow)

    A look at where ServiceNow is expanding its platform next, highlighting the areas where new startups and technologies can emerge within its ecosystem.

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  • VC Roundtables - Wednesday, April 8

  • 1pm - 1.40pm: Enterprise Intelligence in the Age of AI Agents (Sheila Gulati, Tola Capital)

    In this private roundtable, Sheila Gulati, Founder and Managing Director at Tola Capital, leads a discussion on the next evolution of enterprise intelligence. The group will explore how modern intelligence layers are being designed to understand business operations end to end, operate in real time, and collaborate with emerging AI agents and digital identities. The session will focus on the implications for enterprise software, security models, and how organizations turn intelligence into measurable business impact.

    2pm - 2.40pm: How to develop and nurture your unique ecosystem (Tiffany Luck, NEA)

    Your ecosystem is your moat. Tiffany Luck shares practical lessons on how VCs can cultivate networks, communities, and platform advantages that compound over time and create real strategic leverage.

    4pm - 4.40pm: From Builder to Backer: The Operator's Playbook for Venture Capital (Vanessa Larco, Premise VC)

    Vanessa hosts an off-the-record conversation for former engineers, product leaders, and founders now navigating their first years in venture. The group will explore how operating experience provides a real edge in sourcing, diligence, and portfolio support in ways pure finance backgrounds can't. The session will also cover where those instincts need recalibrating; what's genuinely new about the VC craft, how to ramp quickly, and how to build deal judgment and investor relationships when your rolodex is full of engineers, not GPs. Just as importantly, this is a room for new-to-venture operators to connect, compare notes on the transition, and start building their tribe.

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