Startup Cafe: Alternative Funding Models with Michael Gilvary
Join us for an engaging conversation and gain insights from Michael’s experience across entrepreneurship, innovation, and business development.
We'll touch on:
-Michael's journey from founder to investor
-Why alternative funding models are necessary in the current landscape
-Investor-decision making insights
-What's exciting in wellness, longevity, and health
Agenda
8:45 - 9:30 am • Coffee and Socialize
9:30- 10:30 am • Conversation in the Clubhouse, Brief Q&A
11:00 am • Space closes to public
August 12, 2026
Experienced entrepreneur and executive with a demonstrated history of working in healthcare, entertainment and consumer retail markets. Skilled in business strategy, management, wearables, technical product development, medical devices, sales and marketing strategies.
Strong business development professional with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance with a focus on Entrepreneurship from City University of New York-Baruch College and an Industrial and Systems Engineering Degree from Virginia Tech.
About: Chaya Carbery, Programs Director @ KINN
Phonetics: (CHĀY-uh)
Chaya is a systems thinker with more than a decade of expertise in operations centered on people, process, and efficiency. Chaya's experience spans startups to a Fortune 5 healthcare organization, and a global innovation consultancy in between.
Whether driving conscious business practices or reimagining the future of healthcare, Chaya brings a human-centered perspective to complex operational challenges, guided by the conviction that the most effective systems are designed with people at their core.
ABOUT The KINN
The KINN is a membership network, accelerator, and collaborative workspace for conscious entrepreneurs, based in Venice, CA. Running tailored inner development and business accelerator programs for startups, providing executive coaching, accountability, and access to a top-tier LA-based community of entrepreneurs, creatives, intrapreneurs, and investors. If you're interested in learning more about KINN Membership, please visit http://thekinn.co/apply
ABOUT Nerdstage
Communication training and high-impact events giving tomorrow a louder voice. Nerdstage hosts the Demo Day event series & the Nerdstage Podcast.
If you're a builder turning hard problems into progress, you might be a fit for the Nerdstage Pitch Accelerator.