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Neenah Jain is a Partner & Chief Financial Officer at Armory Square Ventures, where she serves as an Investment Committee Member while leading deals, serving on portfolio company boards and managing fund operations. With extensive experience in venture capital, she previously served as CFO at Radius Ventures, a healthcare venture fund previously based in New York. Neenah brings valuable operational leadership from her role as Senior Vice President of Finance at IPcelerate, where she guided the company from startup to profitability in under three years. Her career foundation includes serving as Fund Controller at Capital Analytics (now MUFG Investor Services) managing venture capital fund of funds, and in the assurance practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers. A CPA (inactive) with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Southern Methodist University, Neenah leverages her financial expertise to work closely with founders, provide strategic guidance, and drive portfolio growth. Outside of work, Neenah serves on the Board of Directors for Techpoint, a catalyst for the digital innovation economy in Indiana, and the Venture Club of Indiana, the first venture club in the US.

Sonam Velani is passionate about connecting the dots between cities, climate, and capital. She is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Streetlife Ventures, an early stage venture fund investing at the intersection of cities and climate. From New York to Barcelona to Mumbai, she has collaborated with businesses and governments to deploy multi-billion dollar investments in climate-smart infrastructure. With experience at Goldman Sachs, The World Bank, the New York City Mayor's Office, and Zipline, she is skilled at structuring financial transactions, operating large-scale projects, and leading public-private partnerships. Across her career, she has invested in cities and the infrastructure and technology that drives them forward. Sonam’s interest in urban development is rooted in her lived experience. Growing up in a working class family in Chicago, she understands how inadequate housing, transportation, and environmental protections limit upward mobility. The first in her family to attend college, Sonam received a full scholarship to Harvard University and earned a BA in Government, Economics, and Visual & Environmental Studies. She loves being active in her community and volunteers with the Girl Scouts, the Women’s Impact Alliance, and Climate Tech Cities. In her free time, Sonam enjoys Citibiking, museum-hopping, watching reruns of the West Wing, and getting lost in new cities and new conversations - 70 countries, thousands of people, and still counting on both fronts!

Empowering decisions with AI into actionable strategies that shape industries. Radhika has been working at Lightspeed Venture Partners for 3 years, combining technical expertise with strategic vision to change the world one model at a time. In her spare time, she enjoys going to the beach and drinking boba, sometimes together.

Erica Van is a Partner at Intel Capital, a global [US, UK, China, Israel] generalist multi-stage venture capital firm that has been investing in startups for 35+ years. Erica currently focuses on leading early-stage b2b software and AI/ML investments. Previously, Erica was an investor at CRV focusing on early-stage b2b software. Prior to that, Erica co-founded a Strategy organization at JPMorgan Chase & Co., previously worked in the office of the COO, and across investment banking, asset management, and treasury securities.