Alex Shirazi

USVP has partnered with entrepreneurs to grow their ideas into companies. USVP has invested in over 400 companies spanning three decades, including: Box, Castlight Health, Check Point Software, Concur, GoPro, Guidewire Software, Hellosign, Heartflow, HotelTonight, Imperva, InsideSales.com, Inspire Medical, Intersect ENT, Omada Health, Prevoty, SanDisk, Sun Microsystems, Trunk Club, Threatmetrix, Trusteer, Yammer, and ZertoZerto.

RA Capital Management is a venture capital and private equity firm investing in public and private healthcare and life science companies that is headquartered in BostonBoston, Massachusetts and was founded in 2004 by Richard Aldrich.

Baird Capital is a venture capital and private equity firm headquartered in Chicago, IllinoisIllinois, with operations in the United Kingdom and China. The firm was established in 1989. As of August 2019, Baird Capital is managing a portfolio of 50 active companies and has sold off its shares in 177 companies. It invests in companies operating in diverse sectors, from early to growth stage.

Leher is a video discussion platform that helps users share and learn with the world. Users can create a discussion topic and get video responses. Users can also record videos with the Leher Opinion Video Maker and download it for use across Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, WhatsAppWhatsApp and other social networks.

Global IoT Technology Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in TokyoTokyo, Japan. It was founded in February, 2016 by Go Kinoshita. The firm makes capital investments in the digital technology industry. It has targeted investments in the internet of things, artificial intelligence, logistics, cyber security, software, robotics, financial technology sectors, as well as the agricultural technology and food sector. It invests in companies located in Japan, the United States, Israel, and India.

The BDC Women in Technology Fund (WIT) is a venture capital fund headquartered in Montreal, CanadaCanada. It was launched in 2017 by the state owned Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). The fund invests specifically in technology companies developed and led by women. It also invests in other technology focused venture capital funds with at least one female partner.

Heritas Capital Management is a venture capital and private equity firmprivate equity firm that is interested in early-stage, late-stage, and private equity venture opportunities. The firm was founded in Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, and operates in the Asia-Pacific region.

Public Design Lab (formerly Global User Experience Designers) is a professional design network founded in Berlin in 2014. Public Design Lab utilizes Meetup.com as a way to bring the design and software development community together. Each city chapter (originally labeled as Berlin User Experience Designers and San Francisco User Experience Designers, respectively) is run by local organizers.

Public Design Lab has collaborated with companies such as GoDaddy, Adobe, TikTok, TripAdvisor, GoodPatch, Udemy, Envoy, and many others to host design related events.

The largest chapters include San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Berlin, London, New York City, and Tokyo. Currently, Public Design lab operates over 20 chapters throughout the globe.

SVCMS is the parent organization of the Cultured Meat Symposium, the Cultured Meat and Future Food Show, and the Global Life Science Professionals Network.

The Cultured Meat Symposium (CMS) is a conference covering the culturedcell-cultured meat and cellular agriculture industry. The first CMS event is beingwas held on November 1st, 2018 in San Francisco at Bespoke Events.CMSEvents. The second event took place on November 14th and 15th 2019, also in San Francisco. The 2020 event is taking place on October 29-30 in Downtown San Francisco. CMS is hosted by SVCMS, LLC, a San Francisco-basedCalifornia-based company focused on media and, networking, and investments surrounding cell-based meat, cellular agriculture, and future foods. The conference features speakers from the industry including scientists, researchers, key industry experts, writers, and investors.

• Sartorius Stedim Biotech
• Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Cultured Meat and Future Food Podcast is a short-form podcast series that covers topics in future food technology.