Premier one-day conference
April 27, 2022
10:00AM – 4:00PM
April 27, 2022
10:00AM – 4:00PM
NeueHouse Madison Square
110 East 25th Street
New York, New York 10010
PrivTech Invest, presented by Grit Capital Partners, is a premier and limited-invitation industry gathering that connects venture capital GPs, Corporate VCs, LPs, family offices, and foundations – with growth-stage private CEOs and experts. At this intimate nexus of the venture ecosystem, you will gain proprietary insight into the state of the market for investing in private technology companies through fund vehicles, and direct investing.
Whether you are a VC, PE firm, LP, family office, angel, corporate innovation team, service provider, or a growth-stage private company, PrivTech Invest is where it all comes together. A full-day format and an exclusive curated group will maximize your time while delivering opportunity and insight to your organization.
Chief Marketing Officer, Ford Motor Company
CEO, Bally’s
Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution / Former FCC Chairman
Chief Marketing Officer, Betterment
CEO, Inside Chains, Author, Transparency in ESG: The Circular Economy
General Partner, Grit Capital Partners
Senior Managing Director, Private Equity, StepStone Capital
Managing Partner, SeventySix Capital
CEO & CoFounder, Simplebet
General Partner, RRE Ventures
Founder & Director, iGaming Capital
Chairman, MagLev Aero
Venture Partner, Grit Capital Partners
Founding Partner, Company Capital
CEO, Alef Edge
SVP Marketing, Tradeswell
Global Co-Head of Strategy, Wealth Management, GoldmanSachs
Chief Product Officer, Privco
Founder and CEO, The Rudin Group
Managing Partner, Conscious Venture Partners
Chief Revenue Officer, GroundTruth
Co-Founder & GP, Eniac Ventures
Chief Strategy Officer, KREATR
CEO, Loupe
Founder & CEO, Octane11
General Partner, Grit Capital Partners
Co-Founder & General Partner, Construct Capital
Senior Managing Director, Capital Markets, EY
Chief Product Officer, Epsilon
CEO, Upsurge
Chief Growth & Revenue Officer, Jackpocket
Sales & Partnerships, Alchemy
From IPO to sponsor-led exits. How will startups look to exit, will the volume and performance patterns of IPOs and SPACs continue? And how are late stage investors looking at the market for exits in 2022?
Moderator:
Paul Palmieri – General Partner, Grit Capital Partners
Panelists:
David Brown – Senior Managing Director, Capital Markets EY
Stuart Ellman – General Partner, RRE Ventures
Dayna Grayson – Co-Founder & General Partner, Construct Capital
Deric Emry – Senior Managing Director, Private Equity, StepStone Capital
2021 was a banner year for innovation driving new and deeper fan engagement across all of the major sports leagues. Hear the strategies of Simplebet, Bally’s, and more, on how they’re engaging consumers with new and exciting betting markets.
Moderator:
Wayne Kimmel – MP, SeventySix Capital
Panelists:
Chris Bevilacqua – CEO & CoFounder, Simplebet
Lee Fenton – CEO Bally’s
Melissa Blau – Founder & Director, iGaming Capital
Tony Vartanian – Chief Growth & Revenue Officer, Jackpocket
Speakers:
Mike Flannery – General Partner, Grit Capital Partners
Cristina Dolan – CEO, Inside Chains, Author, Transparency in ESG: The Circular Economy
PrivCo shares real-time insights and editorial content, only for attendees, on the private company market, the category’s changing persona, and emerging approaches to identify investment opportunities
Speaker:
Jon Chu – Chief Product Officer, PrivCo
Amid the record amount of venture funding within FinTech over the past two years, the category of WealthTech has emerged as a focus for new private companies and large institutions alike. Join our esteemed panel of experts as they review the progress of this exciting market.
Moderator:
Jennifer Byrne – Venture Partner, Grit Capital Partners
Panelists:
Stephan Lambert – Global Co-Head of Strategy, Wealth Management, GoldmanSachs
Kim Rosenblum – Chief Marketing Officer, Betterment
April Rudin – Founder and CEO, The Rudin Group
Julia Huang – Founding Partner, Company Capital
The pandemic sped up investments in new technology triggering a wave of Adtech exits. At the same time, tech companies dropped third-party cookies, regulators cracked down on privacy issues and consumers became more aware of the importance of their data. Will the great adtech pivot continue in 2022 and what are the trends for private investment?
Moderator:
Mike Perlis – Vice Chairman, Forbes Media
Panelists:
Dan Rosenberg – Founder & CEO, Octane11
Rosie O’Meara – Chief Revenue Officer, GroundTruth
Harry Kargman – Founder & CEO, Kargo
NFTs (Non-fungible tokens) are shaking up the media asset and entertainment world. But, the applications of NFT’s are vast. Who benefits by a tokenization of everything? How is infrastructure evolving to enable and expose?
Moderator:
Nihal Mehta – Co-Founder & GP, Eniac Ventures
Panelists:
Joel Lunenfeld – Chief Strategy Officer, KREATR
Dot Bustelo – CEO, Loupe
Glenn Rachlin – Sales & Partnerships, Alchemy
An in-depth conversation with Joe Doran, Chief Product Officer at Epsilon.
Speakers:
Joe Doran – Chief Product Officer, Epsilon
Kathleen Booth – SVP Marketing, Tradeswell
For the next generation of investors and founders, the world looks completely different now. From telecom to transportation to innovation, find out how investments in a mix of new technologies and ecosystems with the evolution of cities in mind, can lead to double and triple bottom lines in the metropolis of the future.
Moderator:
Tom Wheeler – Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution / Former FCC Chairman
Panelists:
Suzy Deering – Chief Marketing Officer, Ford Motor Company
Roderick Randall – Chairman, MagLev Aero
Mike Mulica – CEO, Alef Edge
Jamie McDonald – CEO, Upsurge
Jeff Cherry – Managing Partner, Conscious Venture Partners
Grit Capital Partners is an early stage investment firm, focused on technology, and comprised of investor entrepreneurs. The firm invests in high potential teams who seek to disrupt industries with technology and data, and are on a path to change the world. The combination of a powerful idea, an addressable market, and a world class team provides significant advantage when combined with our acceleration network of entrepreneurs, executives, and technology veterans at the top of their game.