​We are thrilled to bring our flagship Women in CVC Summit to New York with HearstLab! This event is part of our Global Counter Series bringing together Counter Club members, the largest corporate venture community in the world.

​The origins of this event go back to Napa '23 where we hosted the first full-day gathering for women in in corporate venture.

​What to Expect from the Main Day Program: Curated topics in Investment Strategy, Portfolio Management, Team Makeup, and Career Growth with speakers from CVC, traditional VC, and other tech leaders. We will close the evening with a structured networking event and happy hour to connect founders and the corporate investors in attendance.

​More about Founder x CVC Matchmaking in Partnership with ServiceNow and AWS:

​Call it speed-dating, round-robin or matchmaking... We will break the room up into relevant sector pods where founders will be seated and corporate investors will rotate, giving a chance for 1:1 conversations.

​​Why is this important? This event will have the largest concentration of CVCs than any other NYC event. For founders, this enables the best access to customer + capital conversations. No other place where you can meet 10 of them in one evening.

​There is a set of registration questions specific to this portion of the event.

​Flow of Events

​Thursday, May 14th

​Key Times to be Aware of:

​11:00AM - Doors open for registration, coffee & networking
11:30AM - Opening Welcome
12:45PM - Lunch
3:30PM - Founder Check-in Begins
3:45PM - Keynote Session with Founders
4:30PM - Founder x CVC Matchmaking Begins
5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Evening Reception with Founders and Allies

​​Topics and speakers will include:

​More and the full program will be announced in the coming weeks

​Expect to Win: Owning Your Path and Presence
Carla Harris, Senior Client Advisor, Former Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Eve Burton, Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Hearst, Chairwoman, HearstLab

0 to 1 in Enterprise: What Actually Wins at Seed
Jessica Lin, Co-Founder & General Partner at Work-Bench
Tanvi Narain, Principal, Counterpart Ventures (moderator)

​Redefining Comcast Ventures in a New Age of CVC
Allison Goldberg, SVP & Managing Partner, Comcast Ventures and Startup Engagement
Beth Devin, Co-Lead & Investor, HearstLab (moderator)

​Crossing the Table: Lessons from CVC to VC
Beth Ferreira, General Partner, Serena Ventures, former FirstMark and WME Ventures

Breakout Session Speakers:

​Marie-Christine (MC) Razaire, Principal, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures

​Shuchi Rana, Head of WhiteSpace Intelligence, ServiceNow Ventures

Karen Hui-Ying Wang, Principal, Deutsche Bank Venture Capital

​The full agenda and session times will be announced in the coming weeks.

​Hosts

​Counterpart Ventures and Counter Club

​We are an SF-based VC fund investing in B2B SaaS startups at Seed & Series A. We help build companies by providing meaningful access to real customers and strategic partnerships via our corporate venture capital community called the Counter Club. If you are corporate investor, we request that you create an account (https://counterclub.vc/signup) to access all events, content, and networking opportunities with others in the ecosystem.

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​HearstLab

​HearstLab is a mission-focused corporate venture fund dedicated to closing the gender gap in VC by investing in early-stage women-led technology startups. In addition to strategic capital and hands-on support, HearstLab provides access to a global network of women executives. Hearst’s ecosystem of 360+ businesses includes iconic consumer media brands like Cosmopolitan, ESPN, and A+E, as well as a range of B2B software and data companies across healthcare, finance, and transportation industries including Fitch Ratings.

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​Partners:

​DLA Piper

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​Silicon Valley Bank

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​Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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ServiceNow Ventures