The New York Angels Education Committee arranges monthly presentations by prominent principles and thought leaders in the domestic and international venture investment arena. The Committee also provides resources and tools to our investor members, prospective members, and entrepreneurs in the NYC Startup Community.
INVESTMENT INSIGHT SERIES SPEAKERS
2021
January 27th - Clete Brewer, Managing Partner and Cofounder, Christopher Ladd, Partner and Managing Director, and Tracy Black, Operating Partner, New Road Capital Partners February 24th - Massimo Sterpi, Partner, Gianni & Origoni and Pietro Mondini, Vice President of New Verticals, Kellify
March 24th - Johnny Price, Director of Fundraising, Wefunder
April 21st - Liam Lynch, Founder & Managing Partner and Joseph Coyne, Managing Partner, Studio VC
May 19th - Matthew Leibowitz, General Partner, Plaza Ventures
June 16th - Michael Kriak, Managing Operating Partner, ConsenSys Mesh
July 21st - J. Skyler Fernandes, Founder & General Partner, Vu Venture Partners
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2020
January 29th - Lisa Placanica Ph.D., Managing Director, Mount Sinai Innovation Partners February 26th - Susan Lyne, Managing Partner, BBG Ventures
March 25th - Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partner, Harlem Capital
April 29th - Matthew Hartman, Partner, Betaworks Ventures
May 27th - Joe Apprendi, Founder/General Partner, Revel Partners June 24th - Jared Newman, Analyst, Canaan
July 29th - Maya Baratz Jordan, CEO & Partner, Founders Factory New York
September 30th - Baruch Gindin, CEO, Comset and Gabby Czertok, Founder & CEO, The Builders
October 21st - Lorine Pendleton, Lead Investor, Portfolia Rising America Fund
November 18th - Ryan Sommerville, Director, Growth + Portfolio, Antler
December 16th - Melissa Bradley, Managing Partner, 1863 Ventures
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2019
January 30th - Charlie Federman, Partner, SilverTech Ventures February 27th - Carol Lee, Partner, and David Silverman, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers March 27th - David Coats, Founder and Manging Director, Correlation Ventures April 24th - Matt Turck, Managing Director, FirstMark Capital May 22nd - Dr. Howard Morgan, Co-Founder, First Round Capital June 26th - Steve Barsh, Managing Partner, Dreamit Ventures July 31st - Karim Motani, Managing Director, ESW Capital September 25th - Jade Mandel, Vice President, Goldman Sachs, Principal Strategic Investments October 23rd - John Ason, Angel Investor November 20th - Heather Hartnett, CEO and Founding Partner, Human Ventures December 18th - Gayatri Sarkar, Managing Partner, HYPE Sports Innovation
2018
January 31st - Jeffrey Silverman & David Arcara, Laconia Capital, Managing Directors February 21st - Justin Hendrix, Executive Director, NYC Media Lab March 21st - David Shrier, Futurist, MIT Media Labs; Associate Fellow, Oxford Said Business School April 25th - Doug Chambers, Vice President, WeWork May 23rd- Owen Davis, General Partner, Contour Venture Partners June 27th - Joanna Stone Herman, Partner, Oaklins, De Silva + Phillips September 26th - Nathalie Molina Nino, CEO, Brava Investments, and Katharine Wilkinson, Senior Writer, Project Drawdown October 24th - Hambleton Lord & Christopher Mirabile, Managing Directors, Launchpad Ventures November 14th - Jim Robinson, Co-Founder and Managing Director, RRE December 19th - Orin Herskowitz, Executive Director, Columbia Technology Ventures
2017
January 25th - Jenny Lawton, COO, Techstars February 22nd - Nnamdi Okike, Partner, 645 Ventures March 29th - Carter Weiss & Frank Lin, Partners, Silas Capital April 26th - Urs Cete, Managing Partner, BDMI - Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Inc. May 31st - Beth Ferreira, Managing Partner, WME Venture Partners June 28th - Jessica Peltz-Zatulove, Partner, MDC Ventures July 26th - Izthak Fisher, Founder and Chairman, Pereg Ventures September 27th - Andrew Romans, Partner, Rubicon Venture Capital - Karen Neuman, Partner, Goodwin October 25th - Susan Bihler, Principal, Catalyst Investors November 15th - Claire Fauquier, Principal, Corigin Ventures December 13th - David Horowitz & Jack Taylor, Touchdown Ventures
2016
January 27th - Sheila Spence, SVP of Corporate Development, WPP February 24th - Dayna Grayson, Partner, NEA March 23rd - Hilary Gosher, Managing Director, Insight Venture Partners April 27th - Fran Hauser, Partner, Rothenberg Ventures May 25th - Steven Krein, Co-Founder and CEO, Startup Health June 29th - Ryan Feit, Co-Founder and CEO, SeedInvest July 27th - David Galvin, Investment Strategy Leader, Watson Ecosystem Ventures September 28th - Lylan Masterman, Principal, White Star Capital October 26th - Annemarie Tierney, Vice President, Nasdaq Private Market November 15th - Evan Nisselson, General Partner, LDV Capital December 14th - Jenny Fielding, Managing Director, Techstars
2015
January 28th - Colin Beirne, Managing Director, Two Sigma Investments February 25th - Michael Rubenstein, President, AppNexus April 22nd - Kay Koplovitz, Founder, USA Network and Co-Founder, Springboard Enterprises May 20th - John Burns, Chief Investment Officer, Breakaway Innovation June 24th - William Skelley, Founder, Chairman and CEO, iFunding July 29th - Esther Dyson, Chairman, EDventure Holdings, and Founder, HICCup September 30th - Hadley Harris, Founding General Partner, Eniac Ventures October 28th - Maria Gotsch, President and CEO, Partnership Fund for New York City November 18th - Rebecca Kaden, Partner, Maveron December 16th - Ken Seiff, Managing Director, Beanstalk Ventures
2014
January 29th - Lou Kerner, Founder, Social Internet Fund February 26th - Alpesh Chokshi, President, International Payment Options, American Express March 26th - Bob Rice, Managing Partner, Tangent Capital April 23rd - Andrew Yang, Entrepreneur, Founder of Venture for America and Author of "Smart People Should Build Things" June 25th - Alex Iskold, Managing Director, Techstars July 30th - Matt Harris, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures September 24th - Brian Mulvey, Partner and Co-Founder, PeakSpan Capital October 22nd - Steve Cohen, Deputy Commissioner, Small Business Services and Community Economic Development, Empire State Development November 19th - Joanne Wilson, Founder of Gotham Gal Ventures, Blogger, Co-Founder of Women Entrepreneurs Festival December 17th- Sheila Dharmarajan, Head of Business Development, Zelnick Media
2013
January 30 - John Frankel, Partner, FF Venture Capital February 27 - Charlie O’Donnell, Partner, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures March 27 - Brad Harrison, Managing Partner, BHV March 27 - Sim Blaustein, Principal, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments April 24 - Frank Meehan, Investor, Entrepreneur, Spotify Board of Directors May 22 - Rory Eakin / Ryan Caldbeck, Circle Up July 31st – Matthew Christensen, Rose Park Advisors – On Disruptive Innovation September - Scott Levine, Managing Director, Time Warner Investments October 23rd - Laura Deming, The Longevity Venture Fund November 20th - Jalak Jobanputra, Managing Partner at FuturePerfect Ventures