Lunch & Learn: "Building California Resilience Post Wildfires"
The LA Wildfires now rival Florida Hurricanes as a natural disaster with the biggest economic impact on a region. To advance as a civil society, we must build back better.
Learn how two VCs analyze startups that can build global resilience in the climate, finance, and insurance sectors.
Agenda:
11:00 - 11:15 AM: Check-In
11:15 - 11:30 AM: Opening Remarks by hosts & sponsor
11:30 - 11:50 AM: Panel Discussion by David Gritz and Karen Sheffield, moderated by Marcos Fernandez
11:50 - 12:00 PM: Break
12:00 - 12:30 PM: Founder Presentations (5 minutes each followed by 5 minutes Q&A)
Anurag Kamal, CEO and Co-Founder at ElectricFish
Ivan O'Neill, CEO and Co-Founder at Wuuii
Sanjeev Chaudhry, Founder/CEO at Gigaforce
12:30 - 1:00 PM: Networking & closing remarks
Meet your hosts:
David Gritz is the Co-Founder & Managing Director at InsurTech NY, where he accelerates and invests in early-stage InsurTech companies. InsurTech NY accelerator has supported more than 150 InsurTechs collectively raising over $1B post-program.
Karen Sheffield is the Founder & Managing Partner at Pachamama Ventures, where she invests in pre-seed and seed stage B2B climate tech companies.
Marcos Fernandez is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Fiat Ventures, where he is focused on investing in the next generation of market leading companies in the Fintech space.
Special thanks to our sponsors at SVB!