🏆 Fremont Tech Week Day 3: Startups & Venture
​Fremont Tech Week 2026 🏆
​The first-of-its-kind annual civic tech event in Fremont — officially recognized with a proclamation from Mayor Raj Salwan.
​Innovate Bay is proud to bring Fremont Tech Week to the happiest city in the US — uniting founders, industry leaders, educators, policymakers, and the broader community for a week of innovation, collaboration, and momentum.
​Join us as we showcase the people, ideas, and industries shaping the future of Fremont and beyond.
​Wednesday — Startups & Venture 🚀
​Focus: Innovation, Capital, Supply Chain, Intellectual Property
​A day for builders and backers. Founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders come together to explore what it takes to launch and scale—from fundraising and venture trends to supply chain innovation and IP strategy.
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​🏆 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Registration & Networking
​💰 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM The Operator’s Advantage: Moving from "Big Tech" to "Untapped" Value with Rohan Brown of Innovate Bay, Mica Mayo and Felicia Mayo of Untapped Investing
​Mica Eades Mayo is a GTM leader who helped scale ServiceNow to $10B ARR and is Co-Founder of Untapped Investing, backing underrepresented founders.
​Felicia Mayo is a former Chief People Officer at Block, Nike, and Tesla, and Co-Founder of Untapped Investing and The Executive Crew.
​Rohan Brown is Founder and Managing Director of Innovate Bay, supporting founders and investors through community, capital, and ecosystem building.
​This session explores applying big-company playbooks to early-stage startups—and unlocking opportunity in overlooked markets.
​💻 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM The New Industrial Revolution: Scaling AI Factories with Silicon Valley's Hardware Giants with Tara Chaliha of Supermicro
​Tara Chaliha is a technology leader at Supermicro, driving AI infrastructure through high-performance, NVIDIA-powered systems and sustainable, liquid-cooled data center innovation.
​This session explores how modern data centers are evolving into AI Factories — highlighting the infrastructure, cooling, and hardware strategies needed to power next-generation intelligence at scale.
​💻 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Employed and Empowered with Channon Kennedy of Silicon Valley Bank and The Morgan Square
​Channon Kennedy is Founder & CEO of Morgan Square and a commercial banking executive with 28+ years of experience. Recognized as a Top 100 Woman of Influence, she bridges corporate leadership and entrepreneurship.
​This session explores balancing a full-time career while building a business—covering financial strategy, setting boundaries, and leveraging community support.
​💻 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Brainstorming Tomorrow: The Future of Biotech with David Kiewlich of Tomorrow Biotech and Jessica Radley of Nectome
​Jessica Radley is CEO of Nectome, leading the commercialization of breakthrough neuroscience and longevity technologies.
​Dr. David Kiewlich is a serial biotech founder and CEO of Tomorrow Biotech, supporting early-stage startups through incubation, funding, and scientific leadership.
​This session explores brain preservation, neuroscience innovation, and the future of memory, identity, and longevity.
​💻 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM The New Alma Mater: How University Incubators are Rewiring Silicon Valley
​Eli Finn is Interim Director of the SpartUp Incubator at San José State University, supporting student founders through programs, events, and innovation initiatives.
​Michael Kovalich is an advisor at Santa Clara University’s Bronco Ventures and a seasoned CFO, guiding startups and organizations across finance, strategy, and growth.
​Rohan Brown is Founder and Managing Director of Innovate Bay, supporting founders and investors through community, capital, and ecosystem building.
​This session explores how university incubators are building the next generation of founders — driving real traction, funding, and startup success from within the classroom.
​💻 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Commercializing the Impossible: From the Lab Bench to the Moonshot with Farah Daou of Moonshots Capital and Robin Wong of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
​Farah Daou is an investor at Moonshots Capital, bringing experience across investment banking, venture, and entrepreneurship to support high-growth founders.
​Robin Wong is a systems leader focused on solving large-scale challenges through infrastructure, policy, and public-private partnerships.
​This session explores tech transfer—turning breakthrough technologies into venture-backed companies—and unlocking innovation from national labs to market.
​💻 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Startup Law Decoded: Building, Protecting, and Scaling Global Ventures
​David Sheen is an immigration attorney with 20+ years of experience advising global talent, founders, and investors on U.S. visas and cross-border mobility.
​James Huie is a partner at Paul Hastings, advising startups and investors on corporate law, M&A, and venture financing.
​Daniel Xu is a registered patent attorney with 20+ years of experience advising startups, research institutions, and global companies on intellectual property strategy across AI, biotech, medical devices, and software.
​Gloria Qiao is General Counsel at Pebble, leading legal, people, and strategic initiatives for high-growth tech companies.
​This session covers the legal foundations for startups—corporate structure, IP protection, immigration pathways, and fundraising—helping founders scale with confidence.
​🎤 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Innovate Bay Demo Day
​VIPTwin: A privacy-first "AI Digital Twin" that functions as a secure, long-term memory and decision-support layer for an individual’s personal data.
​Quiche, Inc.: An AI-first marketplace that simplifies the ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit) buying journey, matching homeowners to the right builders in seconds.
​MindMunch: An AI-powered, emotionally intelligent screen-time coach that transforms distracting scrolling into productive study time for Gen Z students.
​SpaceTime Robotics: Building an autonomous, real-time monitoring and response layer to protect critical maritime infrastructure, starting with subsea cables.
​Immergo Labs: An immersive, clinician-led telehealth platform for physical therapy that uses AI biomechanics to enable real-time movement evaluation and coaching in a shared virtual room.
​Connect with Innovate Bay’s First Cohort:
​​Honorebel S. Walker (SpaceTime Robotics)
​​Daniel Ko (Quiche, Inc.)
​​Anh (Tom) Nguyen (Quiche, Inc.)
​​Viplav Dodeja (VIPTwin)
​​Mya Swaby (MindMunch)
​​Angel Chuang (MindMunch)
​​Michael Powell (Immergo Labs)
​​Ash Robbins (Immergo Labs)
​​Aviv Elor (Immergo Labs)
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