Los Angeles Venture Association

If you aren't a LAVA Member yet, you can now apply to register for Monday's Breakfast via Luma. #LATechWeek #LAVA #CelebrityInvestors #CelebrityVC #VentureCapital #LongLA

INVESTORS APPLY NOW! Its BACK AGAIN even better! Our 3rd Annual LA Tech Week Celebrity Investor Kickoff Breakfast. This year the celebs represent themselves. Including fireside chats with: Metta World Peace (NBA) who has assembled a high caliber team to begin his journey, and Marcellus Wiley (NFL) who has been killing it as an investor for years. HUGE THANKS TO: Kenji (Ken) Funahashi @ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati for his support. Invitation or Approval Only for active HNW/UHNW investors, Family office/Family Business owners, LPs and VCs currently deploying. APPLY HERE: https://lnkd.in/gsSDdW7T #LATechWeek #CelebrityVC #LAVA #LongLA Michael McClune Laura Nix Gerson Frank Mastronuzzi Sharon Rehbinder Amy Wood Kathryne Cooper, MBA Caroline Cherkassky Mark Wald Vasiliki Anest,Ph.D Lee Bailey Nnamdi Dillon Iwu Grace Park Evan Tsang Stephanie Hurst Eric Lin Mark Siegfried Drew "Murph" Busbee Bryce T Rahul Singh Carl Wong Marc Patterson Allison Dollar Edmond Wong Deron Quon, CFA Bridget Kilroy Kathleen Tepley Brian Rabinovitz Brett M. Brown Jerome Fogel Ryan Tomlinson Keith W. Abell Alan Murray David Teten Brad LaConte, CFA Greg Licciardi Steve Tichenor

Since we all want to live longer. LAVA is proud to offer our community a 15% discount code (LAVA15) or simply use this link to sign up for Healthspan Summit! https://lnkd.in/gTqY5vV4 This weekend Oct 5th/6th, we are also excited to announce we will be hosting a VIP LAVA Lounge in one of the Summit's beautiful spaces at the UCLA South Bay Campus in Palos Verdes for investors and VIPs. Investors DM for more info. #Healthspan #Longevity #LongLA #LAVABio Dan Chen John Chiang Kelly Chen Dave Whelan Scott Michael Jensen Gabrielle Darbyshire Keith Hoffman, PhD Min-Yi Shih Minnie Ingersoll Ryan Witt Sherwin Kuo, MD MBA Catlin Tran Doris Lin Ivy Arias Tracy Takeyama Tapiero, LEED AP Lorana Quintero PE, MBA Trisha Murakawa Phoebe Van Tran Colette Brooks Daniella Gutierrez Leo Gestetner Ryan Tomlinson Kimberly Salzer Kimberly Kovacs Kimberly King-Burns Raychel Espiritu Stephanie Hsieh Dana Staggs Brett M. Brown Chelsea Chrisman Bridget Kilroy Kathleen Tepley Kathryn Arnold Jean Huang Sharon Rehbinder Xandra Laskowski Krisztina (Z) Holly George Aninwene II, PhD. Tho Trefz - The Financial Future Strategist - ❤️ FIRE 🔥Martha Lawrence

If you are interested in learning more about any of these AI companies, but can’t make it in person, I’ve now learned there are online opportunities to join throughout the day on Friday. Click the link to signup and select the online scheduling option!!

LAVA brings you special access to a Silicon Valley partner B2B event showcasing innovative AI solutions in SaaS, healthcare, HR tech, edtech, foodtech, IOT, manufacturing, logistics and more. Friday Sept 27th in Santa Clara. VCs, AI Buyers, Procurement, Purchasing and Supplier Diversity Departments and other interested buyers apply to attend now! #AI #Venture #VC #Procurement #LongLA #Korea Nuleep Yousun Do Grace Park Yiwen Li Alvin Tay Patricia Moss Pablo Lugones Cecilia Magana Jaime Reyes Chet Pallach Li Chen Chris Duffie Maria Spampinato James Chang James Chang Jesse Huggins Sheila (Chun Chun) Yu Li Liang Oliver Coria Mory Ware Mike DeGroat Michael Chidlowsky Simon Eckart Athiff Shaik Renee Gonzales Virginia Vanga Karen Roenau Jojo Garcia Renu Chandel Lynne Lee Ming Tedijanto Annie Hu Jolly Nijjar Ryan T. Yokogawa Diana Yoritate Thao Nguyen Vincent Curoso Kara Byean Robert Crouch Hannah Wiser

Another WINNER!! Ikram Guerd of Aspivix  won Session 4 of LAVA's ELEVATOR PITCH event this week! HUGE THANKS to sponsors Marissa Ross and Drew Rule from TriNet and Mark Siegfried of CBIZ, and our venue host Kenji (Ken) Funahashi of Wilson Sonsini. And many thanks to our many judges Nikita Gaurav, Marshall Smith, Richard Gonda, Caden Moskowitz, Roy Dequina 🇵🇭🇺🇸 and official show judge Jonathan Hung for selecting Ikram and her fellow day finalists: Helene Cornell of Aris Hydronics, and Dennis Maliani, MBA-IT of Apotheka from a diverse group of semifinalists:  Manu Bhagatjee, Myron V. Cotton, Brandon Howard, Joanna Boey, Michael Shields #LongLA Michael McClune Sharon Rehbinder Frank Mastronuzzi Laura Nix Gerson Jake Bobek Amy Wood Vasiliki Anest,Ph.D Kathryne Cooper, MBA Nnamdi Dillon Iwu Mark Wald Caroline Cherkassky Stephanie Hsieh Matthew Savary Lena Samigoullina Deron Quon, CFA Jaeson Ma Theodore Kee Jong Choi Dave Whelan Scott Brovsky Steve Gilison Brian Mac Mahon 

Another WINNER!! Nicolas Khonaysser, MBA of Vently won Session 3 of LAVA's ELEVATOR PITCH event last week! HUGE THANKS to sponsors Marissa Ross and Drew Rule from TriNet and Mark Siegfried of CBIZ, and our venue host SpaceWERX and Drew "Murph" Busbee. Judges Krisztina (Z) Holly, Caden Moskowitz and official show judge Jonathan Hung selected Nick and his fellow finalists @Brittany Evans of SassyMouth Straws, Ihsan Salleh of Scenario and Julia Perederiy of OmBiome from a diverse group of semifinalists: Chelsea Van de Kamp (Cole), Philip Sell, Dante W., Colton Telford, Steven Barge-Siever, Esq., To APPLY TO PITCH use this Link: https://lnkd.in/gR3d-cgM (later stage companies use the chance of the TV-show for marketing) Final Pitch Opportunity: Aug 28 https://lnkd.in/gsyWPmD8 #LongLA Michael McClune Sharon Rehbinder Frank Mastronuzzi Laura Nix Gerson Jake Bobek Amy Wood Vasiliki Anest,Ph.D Kathryne Cooper, MBA Nnamdi Dillon Iwu Mark Wald Caroline Cherkassky Stephanie Hsieh Matthew Savary Lena Samigoullina Kenji (Ken) Funahashi Deron Quon, CFA Jaeson Ma Theodore Kee Jong Choi Dave Whelan Scott Brovsky Steve Gilison Garrett Gilbertson

Another WINNER!! Hamilton Perkinsof Hamilton Perkins Session 2 of LAVA's ELEVATOR PITCH event last week! HUGE THANKS to sponsors Marissa Ross from TriNet and Mark Siegfried of CBIZ, and our venue host Johnny Lam of ScaleHealth Judges Garrett Gilbertson, Evan Tsang and official show judge Jonathan Hung selected Hamilton and his fellow finalists Thierno Mamadou Diallo of TechProSoccer and David Scieszka Vertical Longevity Pharma from a diverse group of semifinalists: Reagan Kelly, Katie Vander Ark, Christopher Carew, Milly Ng To APPLY TO PITCH use this Link: https://lnkd.in/gR3d-cgM (later stage companies use the chance of the TV-show for marketing) Final Two Pitch Opportunities: Aug 13 and 28 https://lnkd.in/gCZmn8_a #LongLA Michael McClune Sharon Rehbinder Frank Mastronuzzi Laura Nix Gerson Jake Bobek Amy Wood Vasiliki Anest,Ph.D Kathryne Cooper, MBA Nnamdi Dillon Iwu Mark Wald Caroline Cherkassky Stephanie Hsieh Matthew Savary Lena Samigoullina Drew Rule Kenji (Ken) Funahashi Deron Quon, CFA Jaeson Ma Theodore Kee Jong Choi Dave Whelan Scott Brovsky Steve Gilison Brian Mac Mahon Isabelle Persson Cloud

"LAVA in Singapore" event success! Exactly one week ago today, Orvel Ventures hosted LAVA Ex Director Darren Eng in its offices in an event produced by Theodore Kee and promoted by Mandala Club and Singapore Business Federation. Among the 30 or registrants most were VCs, LPs, or FO reps; though two creative founders managed to get on the approved guest list. We learned funding is flowing in SE Asia and growth reports are positive. Found lots of interest in fintech, web3, healthtech, CPG, deeptech, & sports/entertainment sectors with even more interest in partnering on expansion. Thank you to all who showed up, supported or referred us to others. #LongLA #Singapore Su-San Yio Dr Terence Tan, MBBS, MSc, GDFM, GDOM A S. Sakeena Tan Gaurav Babbar Raphael Ng Mark Tan Michelle Phang Admet Akhter Adriel Yong 👋🏻 Jaeson Ma Jameson Muth Alvin Tay Akiko Taguchi Harshit Thareja Deron Quon, CFA John Kim Arjun Metre Derek Hu Teddy Wirianata Grace Park Raphael John Oriel Terry Mahony Andrew Chan Andy Hwang Subash G Gopinathan Michael McClune Sharon Rehbinder Frank Mastronuzzi Laura Nix Gerson Eric Lin Franky Hu Nnamdi Dillon Iwu Amy Wood Mark Siegfried Jonathan Hung

LAVA’s in Singapore next week!