Hilary is a partner at Insight Venture Partners, a growth-stage tech investor in NYC, investing globally. Hilary leads Insight Onsite, the firm's operations experts dedicated to helping companies scale Go-To-Market execution. Her focus is SaaS, data and information companies & online marketplaces. She teaches entrepreneurship at NYU Stern and is an active startup mentor.
Dan is responsible for ChatID’s award-winning product and network vision - to connect consumers to brands, from within the retail channel, whether in-store, at home or on-the-go. In 2011, Dan was named as one of Business Insider's 20 Under 25 in NY Tech. He also serves on the advisory board of Nomi, one of the world’s largest retail analytics companies.
Gerard Adams, co-founder of Elite Daily, is an experienced angel investor, visionary and social entrepreneur who overcame early adversity to become a self-made millionaire by the age of 24. Since then, he has built, backed or invested in nine businesses and trades across multiple industries that have all delivered over seven-figure profits.
Matt Ruby is the founder of Vooza.com, a video comic strip about the startup world that has been viewed millions of times. Mashable calls Vooza “the Spinal Tap of startups” and Forbes said it’s “comedic genius.” Also, he is a standup comedian. Previously, he was employee #1 at 37signals where he co-authored the books REWORK and Getting Real.
Laura is Constant Contact’s innovation program director. She managed the launch of the company’s internal innovation team as well as the Small Business Innovation Program, an accelerator for startups developing services for SMBs. Laura also has an extensive background in nonprofit management holds an MBA in Innovative Entrepreneurship and a BA in Physics.
Vasu Kulkarni is the founder and Chief Intern of Krossover, a sports analytics software company based in NYC. He is also the Founder Partner of Courtside Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm that invests in technology companies that have an application in sports.