Don Stein

Itamar Novick (Founder & VC)

• General Partner at Recursive Ventures (~$70 Million Fund I + Fund II).
• Founder of Life360 (NASDAQ: LIF, $5 Billion).
• Investor in RapidAPI (Valuation ~$1 Billion).

Niko Bonatsos (VC)

• Managing Director of General Catalyst (~$40 Billion AUM).
• Investor in Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP; ~$24B IPO valuation).
• Investor in Discord Inc. (~$15B valuation).
• Investor in Livongo Health (Acquired by Teladoc, NYSE: TDOC; $18.5B deal).

Brandon Farwell (VC)

• General Partner at Xfund (~$120 Million Fund III).
• Investor in Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD).
• Investor in Matterport (NASDAQ: MTTR).
• Investor in Anduril ($30.5 Billion Valuation).

Gene Munster (VC)

• Managing Partner & Co-Founder of Deepwater Asset Management (100M+ AUM).
• Contributor to CNBC / Business Insider / Tech media on tech & markets.
• Named “Top Stock Picker” by Forbes and “Best on the Street” by The Wall Street Journal.

Peter Rojas (Founder & VC)

• Founder of Engadget (tens of millions of monthly readers; acquired by AOL).
• Founder of Gizmodo (Gawker Media; one of the largest tech blogs globally).
• Founding Partner at Betaworks Ventures (early fund behind GIPHY, Dots, Bitly).
• Former executive roles at Meta & Mozilla (new products).

Nanea Reeves (Founder & CEO)

• Founder & CEO of TRIPP, and advised Oculus in its early days.
• Veteran gaming executive with ~$1.6 Billion in combined exits.
• Former Chief Strategy Officer at Gaikai (acquired by Sony).
• Former COO at Machinima (acquired by Warner Bros.).

Shan Padda (CEO)

• Founder & CEO of Harvard MedTech. Serial entrepreneur who has sold 3 healthcare companies.
• Previously led a medical device company through a successful IPO on Nasdaq and strategic sale.
• Recognized in the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame and as KPMG High Tech Entrepreneur of the Year (Illinois).

Ryan Engle (Founder)

• Founder & CEO of GOLF+, the leading VR golf game on Meta Quest.
• Raised $6 Million+ from athlete investors including Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Mike Trout, and Ben Crenshaw.
• 700,000+ players using GOLF+ to practice and play golf in VR, PGA Tour partner.

Dave Haynes (VC)

• Founding Partner at FOV Ventures (~€25 Million specialist fund for AI, XR).
• Early team at SoundCloud, helping scale one of the world’s largest audio platforms.

Mark Linao (VC)

• Co-Founder & General Partner at Progression Fund (~$30 Million pre-seed / seed consumer fund).
• Backer of next-gen consumer brands including Drone Racing League, FaZe Clan, and Popshop Live.
• Previously led investments at AET Fund, a $50 Million consumer tech fund backed by Akatsuki.

Catalin Voss (Founder & CTO)

• Co-Founder & CTO of Ello, Stanford PhD in AI / Neurosciences focused on computer vision and behavior.
• Ello has raised ~$40M+ across multiple rounds, including a $15M Series A led by Goodwater Capital with angels like Reed Hastings (Netflix) and Jeff Weiner (LinkedIn).
• Previously founded machine learning startups in autism support and computer vision, both acquired.

Sam Cole (Founder & CEO)

• Co-Founder & CEO of FitXR, one of the leading VR fitness platforms on Meta Quest.
• FitXR has raised ~$20M+ in venture funding (incl. Series A led by Hiro Capital) to build immersive fitness studios in VR.
• FitXR has delivered millions of workouts globally across boxing, HIIT, and dance formats.

Richard White (Founder & CEO)

• Founder & CEO of Fathom, an AI meeting assistant used by thousands of teams.
• Fathom has raised ~$20M+ in funding, including a $17M+ Series A to scale its AI notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams.
• YC alum (Y Combinator W21) with prior founder experience in SaaS and productivity tools.

Bertrand Nepveu & JP Mintos (Founder & VC)

• Bertrand Nepveu is the Founder of VRvana, a mixed reality headset company acquired by Apple in a deal reported around ~$30M.
• JP Mintos is a Partner at Hartmann Capital, a frontier-tech firm managing roughly ~$40–50M across crypto and metaverse vehicles.

Jonathan Ovadia (Founder & CEO)

• Founder & CEO of AEXLAB, the VR studio behind competitive shooter VAIL VR.
• AEXLAB has raised $15M+ across equity crowdfunding and VC, including a $5M Series A led by Fuel Venture Capital.
• Generated $5.5M+ in revenue and reached 1M+ players.
• Miami-based founder helping position South Florida as a hub for competitive VR gaming and esports.

Renji Bijoy (Founder & CEO)

• Founder & CEO of Immersed, a leading XR hardware platform.
• Raised $20M+ from investors including a top crowdfund campaign.

Luke Wilson (Founder & CEO)

• Founder & CEO of ManageXR, and Stanford-educated engineer.
• ManageXR has raised ~$4M+ in seed funding to power large-scale XR deployments in schools, hospitals, and enterprises.
• Platform manages tens of thousands of headsets across hundreds of organizations worldwide.

Angelo Del Priore (VC)

• Founding Partner at HP Tech Ventures, the corporate VC arm of HP Inc.
• Led deals in companies like Mobalytics, Parsec, Mojo Vision, Owl Labs, and other frontier-tech startups.
• Former VP of Business Development & Strategy at Couchsurfing, helping raise ~$23M and scale to 5M+ members.

Ryan Engle (Founder – Part 1)

• Founder & CEO of GOLF+, the leading VR golf simulator on Meta Quest.
• Raised $6M+ from athletes like Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Mike Trout, and Ben Crenshaw.
• GOLF+ is the Official VR Golf Game of the PGA TOUR, with 700K+ players worldwide.

Nanea Reeves (Founder & CEO – Part 1)

• Founder & CEO of TRIPP, wellness platform blending psychedelics-inspired design with AI.
• TRIPP has raised ~$26M+ from investors including Mayfield, BITKRAFT Ventures, Amazon Alexa Fund.
• 30+ year veteran of gaming / media with executive roles at Gaikai (acq by Sony) and Machinima (acq by Warner Bros.).

Esteban Castaño (Founder)

• Co-Founder & CEO of TRM Labs.
• Raised $150M+ in funding from Tiger Global, Thoma Bravo, JPMorgan, PayPal Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and others.
• TRM Labs is used by hundreds of institutions to monitor crypto risk, AML and fraud across thousands of digital assets.

Leen Segers (VC)

• Managing Director at ForsVC, an early-stage games & immersive tech fund (~€20M+).
• Founder of LucidWeb, a WebVR / WebXR platform used by European broadcasters and festivals.
• Co-Founder of Women in Immersive Tech, a community supporting 3,000+ XR professionals across Europe.

Moritz Baier-Lentz (VC)

• Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, leading gaming & interactive media investing (~$29 Billion AUM).
• Former Vice President at Goldman Sachs, where he built and led the global gaming investment banking practice.
• Investor in category-defining companies across games, AI and consumer platforms.

Ross Finman (Founder)

• Founder & CEO of Augmodo, building large-scale augmented reality infrastructure.
• Previously Co-Founder & CEO of Escher Reality (YC S17), acquired by Niantic (makers of Pokémon GO).
• MIT-trained roboticist and long-time AR pioneer, with multiple AR startups and exits.

Jack Soslow (VC)

• Partner on the Games team at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z, $35B+ AUM), focused on next-gen games & infrastructure.
• Leads investments across AR/VR, AI-native games, creator tools and gaming platforms.
• Previously investor at TPG and in tech investment banking at Qatalyst Partners.

Arian Ghashghai (VC)

• Founder & General Partner at Earthling VC, backing pre-seed frontier tech founders in AI, AR/VR and robotics.
• Former Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Meta Reality Labs (Oculus), working on next-gen spatial computing.
• Engineer-turned-investor focused on technical founding teams building “post-smartphone” products.

Danny Freed (Founder)

• Founder & CEO of Blueprint, a measurement-based mental health platform for therapists and health systems.
• Blueprint helps thousands of clinicians track outcomes and personalize care using data and digital tools.
• Serial founder at the intersection of software and mental health, building tech that scales care quality.

Arian Ghashghai (VC, Pt 2)

• Expands Earthling VC’s thesis around “human-first AI,” spatial interfaces and ambient computing.
• Backer of early-stage founders building tools for creators, engineers and knowledge workers in XR / AI.
• Combines deep ML engineering background with hands-on support around product and go-to-market.

Greg Castle (VC)

• Founder & Managing Partner at Anorak Ventures, an early-stage fund focused on VR/AR, robotics and frontier tech.
• Early angel investor in Oculus VR (acquired by Facebook / Meta for ~$2 Billion).
• Seed investor in Anduril Industries, a defense tech company valued at $30B+.

Paola Origel (VC)

• Co-Founder & CEO of Hyla, a platform connecting allocators with top-tier crypto and digital asset funds.
• Former General Partner at ChainLink Capital, a crypto fund-of-funds ranked #1 globally in 2021 performance tables.
• Has overseen allocations into dozens of leading crypto funds and managers worldwide.

Jack Saba (Founder)

• Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Bequall, building modular Single Family Studios™ to accelerate ADU housing supply.
• Second-time founder with experience in venture capital, web3 and real estate development.
• Previously Managing Partner of Day One Investments and CEO / Co-Founder of Ledger Atlas (blockchain infrastructure).

Leen Segers (VC, Pt 1)

• Managing Director at ForsVC, backing early-stage games, esports and immersive entertainment founders.
• Built LucidWeb into a pan-European WebXR distribution platform before focusing full-time on investing.
• Prominent ecosystem builder in European XR, mentoring and backing dozens of founders.

Anand Dass (Product & Partnerships)

• Former Director of XR / Oculus content and app partnerships at Meta, helping scale the VR ecosystem.
• Previously led strategic partnerships across startups, developers and major IP holders in gaming and entertainment.
• Now building at the intersection of AI, spatial computing and developer platforms.

Michael Rucker (Founder)

• Co-Founder & CEO of Omnivirt, a VR / 360° advertising platform acquired by Meta.
• Former Product Manager at Google, working on ads and monetization products.
• Stanford MBA with a decade+ of experience in immersive media and adtech.

Andrew Steinwold (VC)

• Managing Partner at Sfermion, an investment firm focused on NFTs and the immersive internet.
• Early investor in leading NFT and Web3 projects such as OpenSea, SuperRare, Art Blocks and others.
• Host of the “Zima Red” podcast and one of the earliest institutional investors in NFT infrastructure.

Daniel Landau (Artist & Founder)

• Immersive artist, researcher and entrepreneur working at the intersection of VR, performance and identity.
• Creator of critically acclaimed VR installations exploring embodiment, presence and human–machine boundaries.
• Founder of XR initiatives that bring together artists, technologists and researchers around virtual embodiment.

Tony Parisi (Founder)

• XR / metaverse pioneer and co-creator of VRML, one of the first 3D standards for the web.
• Former Head of AR/VR Ad Strategy at Unity Technologies, helping define immersive advertising.
• Author of multiple O’Reilly books on VR/AR and long-time advocate for open metaverse standards.

Larry Braitman (Angel Investor)

• Co-Founder of Flycast Communications, an early online ad network that IPO’d in 1999 and was acquired by CMGI for ~$2.3 Billion.
• Co-Founder of Adify, an ad platform acquired by Cox Enterprises for ~$300 Million.
• Top angel investor with early checks into Udemy, Carbon Health, TRM, Flixster and other breakout companies.

Bing Gordon (VC)

• Chief Creative Officer at Electronic Arts (EA) from 1998-2008; early executive and founding marketer from EA’s launch in 1982.
• Joined Kleiner Perkins as Partner in 2008.
• Served on Boards of Amazon (2003-2017), Zynga (IPO 2011).

Don Stein (Founder & Investor)

• Raised ~$11M from top VCs including General Catalyst, Betaworks Ventures, and Lightspeed Scout Fund.
• Invested in 30+ startups from his fund, built a leading AngelList syndicate and has operated a 20-person company as CEO in London.
• Core life lesson: “Put yourself out there. Don’t be afraid to get embarrassed.”

Adam Draper, Andrea Wang & Ben Taft (VC Panel)

• Adam Draper: Managing Director at Boost VC (~$300M AUM; 400+ deep-tech startups backed, including Coinbase).
• Andrea Wang: Partner at SV Angel.
• Ben Taft: Founder Genius Ventures, and Mira. Raised ~$20M from Sequoia, Founders Fund & Benioff. Acquired by Apple.

Anand Dass (Exec) Part 1

• Former senior leader at Meta Reality Labs and Workplace by Facebook, focused on VR/AR applications and platform partnerships.
• Helped grow Workplace to ~7M paying enterprise subscribers, partnering with companies like Cisco and Microsoft.

Sophie Thompson (Founder)

• Co-Founder & CEO of VirtualSpeech, an award-winning VR + AI platform for soft-skills training (public speaking, sales, leadership).
• VirtualSpeech has trained 550,000+ learners across 125–130+ countries and works with Fortune 500 companies and top universities.

Inga Petryaevskaya (Founder)

• Founder & CEO of ShapesXR, an award-winning spatial design and collaboration platform for building VR/AR/MR products.
• Former Siemens Corporate Technology, focused on emerging tech and innovation.
• Previously Director of New Business Development at Dell EMC, where she led M&A within the Office of the CTO.

Ori Inbar (Founder)

• Co-Founder of Augmented World Expo (AWE), the world’s largest AR/VR conference (7,000+ attendees and 250+ exhibitors by its 10th year).
• Founder of Super Ventures, the first early-stage venture fund dedicated solely to augmented reality.

Dean Takahashi & Ben Lang (Media)

• Dean Takahashi – Editorial Director for GamesBeat; tech journalist since the late 1980s and lead games writer since 2008, author of “Opening the Xbox” and “The Xbox 360 Uncloaked.”
• Ben Lang – Co-Founder & Executive Editor of Road to VR, the leading independent XR news site founded in 2011; has written 3,000+ articles on VR/AR over more than a decade.