| Page 3 | Kisaco Research
 

Selim Ucer

Co-Founder
Doktar

Selim Ucer

Co-Founder
Doktar

Selim Ucer

Co-Founder
Doktar
 

Lukas Gentele

CEO
Loftlabs

Lukas Gentele

CEO
Loftlabs

Lukas Gentele

CEO
Loftlabs

Founders at all stages, this is your opportunity to engage directly with investors during a relaxed breakfast focused on funding. Come prepared with your questions and leave with actionable insights tailored to your brand's growth journey

Investors attending:

Author:

Tina Bou-Saba

Co-Founder & Co-Managing Partner
Verity Venture Partners

Tina Henry Bou-Saba has actively invested in the consumer space since 2016 through CXT Investments, her personal investment vehicle. She enthusiastically champions purpose-driven entrepreneurs who are building the next generation of great consumer companies, including emerging brands and the technologies that enable them. An expert in beauty and wellness, Tina was an early investor in several of the most exciting brands in the category, including Dae, Kosas, Olive & June, and Saie. In 2021, she co-founded Verity Venture Partners, an early-stage consumer-focused investment firm. As a Managing Partner of VVP, Tina serves on the Board of Directors of Arrae, August, and Dae.

Tina is a trusted partner to entrepreneurs and company leaders. Her creative, collaborative, and supportive approach – in combination with sharp instincts for commercial opportunities and genuine passion for consumer products and trends – has made her one of the most respected investors in emerging brands.

... read more

Tina Bou-Saba

Co-Founder & Co-Managing Partner
Verity Venture Partners

Tina Henry Bou-Saba has actively invested in the consumer space since 2016 through CXT Investments, her personal investment vehicle. She enthusiastically champions purpose-driven entrepreneurs who are building the next generation of great consumer companies, including emerging brands and the technologies that enable them. An expert in beauty and wellness, Tina was an early investor in several of the most exciting brands in the category, including Dae, Kosas, Olive & June, and Saie. In 2021, she co-founded Verity Venture Partners, an early-stage consumer-focused investment firm. As a Managing Partner of VVP, Tina serves on the Board of Directors of Arrae, August, and Dae.

Tina is a trusted partner to entrepreneurs and company leaders. Her creative, collaborative, and supportive approach – in combination with sharp instincts for commercial opportunities and genuine passion for consumer products and trends – has made her one of the most respected investors in emerging brands.

Author:

Nick Giannuzzi

Managing Partner & Co-Founder
Humble Growth
... read more

Nick Giannuzzi

Managing Partner & Co-Founder
Humble Growth

Author:

George Song

Principal
Strand Equity
... read more

George Song

Principal
Strand Equity

Author:

Julianne Kur

Principal
Alliance Consumer Growth
... read more

Julianne Kur

Principal
Alliance Consumer Growth
Glossary
Glossary
 

Steven Carlini

Chief AI Advocate
Schneider Electric

Steven Carlini

Chief AI Advocate
Schneider Electric

Steven Carlini

Chief AI Advocate
Schneider Electric

As cyber threats grow more sophisticated and infrastructure complexity increases, traditional approaches fall short. In this briefing Axiado CEO Gopi Sirineni introduces a hardware-anchored, AI-driven approach to platform security and system management, powered by intelligent agents embedded directly in trusted silicon and independent of the host CPU and OS. Running on our Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU), these agents autonomously detect, respond to, and recover from threats while optimizing system performance in real time. Learn how Axiado’s architecture transforms passive infrastructure into resilient, self-defending systems—delivering proactive protection and operational intelligence from the ground up.

Room 201

Author:

Gopi Sirineni

Founder, President & CEO
Axiado

Gopi Sirineni is a Silicon Valley veteran with four startups and almost thirty years of experience in the semiconductor, software and systems industries. As a senior executive, he has demonstrated exceptional skill at building highly efficient,
cost-effective organizations, managing them in rapidly changing environments, and bringing industry-changing technologies like Wi-Fi mesh, network-attached storage, and core network backplanes to market.

... read more

Gopi Sirineni

Founder, President & CEO
Axiado

Gopi Sirineni is a Silicon Valley veteran with four startups and almost thirty years of experience in the semiconductor, software and systems industries. As a senior executive, he has demonstrated exceptional skill at building highly efficient,
cost-effective organizations, managing them in rapidly changing environments, and bringing industry-changing technologies like Wi-Fi mesh, network-attached storage, and core network backplanes to market.

A staggering number of AI projects fail before reaching production, and the primary culprit is data. As enterprises re-architect their infrastructure to support generative, agentic, and physical AI across distributed infrastructures, the data layer is emerging as the lynch pin for success.

Learn how to architect a strategic data foundation that increases efficiency using infrastructure you already have, to simplify AI data pipelines, enable AI anywhere across any on-premises and cloud storage, and prepare for a future at a much larger scale.

Room 206

Author:

Jeff Echols

VP of Strategic Partners
Hammerspace

With a dynamic 20-year career in enterprise software, Jeff Echols has established himself as a leader in building differentiated solutions, strategic relationships, and driving joint partner success. He is currently the VP of Strategic Partners at Hammerspace, focusing on the company's AI Solutions and go-to-market strategy. His extensive experience spans enterprise and startup environments, including two IPOs and international assignments. Throughout his career at companies like WEKA, Nutanix, and CommVault, Jeff has led sales, product marketing, and corporate strategy teams, contributing to significant revenue growth and market differentiation.

... read more

Jeff Echols

VP of Strategic Partners
Hammerspace

With a dynamic 20-year career in enterprise software, Jeff Echols has established himself as a leader in building differentiated solutions, strategic relationships, and driving joint partner success. He is currently the VP of Strategic Partners at Hammerspace, focusing on the company's AI Solutions and go-to-market strategy. His extensive experience spans enterprise and startup environments, including two IPOs and international assignments. Throughout his career at companies like WEKA, Nutanix, and CommVault, Jeff has led sales, product marketing, and corporate strategy teams, contributing to significant revenue growth and market differentiation.