Kristina Serafim is a Managing Director at Verizon Ventures, focusing on early stage investments in metaverse, Web3.0, Immersive tech, data management, ML & AI, 5G and the future of connectivity. Prior to Verizon, Kristina was a Managing Director at Intellectual Ventures, where she led investments in immersive tech, gaming, ML and vertical AI technologies. Kristina’s entrepreneurial experience includes co-founding and leading two enterprise SaaS start-ups, from inception to acquisition by global Fortune 500 companies. Kristina also spent several years on the strategy, ventures and corporate development teams at IBM and at NAGRA. She has an electrical and mechanical engineering degree from Kettering University and an MBA from Harvard University.
TALKS
01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
Investor Q&A - Ask Us Anything!
Moritz Baier-Lentz | Lightspeed
Dave Haynes | FOV Ventures
Gregory Castle | Anorak Ventures
Kristina Serafim | Verizon Ventures
02:00 PM - 03:20 PM
Startup Pitch Competition: Part 1
Jenny Xu | Talofa Games
Timothy Porter | Mod Tech Labs Inc.
Pearly Chen | HTC Vive
Alex Porter | Mod Tech Labs Inc.
Alex Westner | Xander
Kristina Serafim | Verizon Ventures
Yolanda Barton | Revere XR
Dave Haynes | FOV Ventures
Jonathan Nowak Delgado | Spree Interactive
Aldo Petruzzelli | Aequilibrium
Noah Robinson | Innerworld
Tipatat Chennavasin | The Venture Reality Fund
03:40 PM - 05:10 PM
Startup Pitch Competition: Part 2
Chaitanya Ravi | SentioVR
Amber Hawkes | Here LA
Ariella Lehrer | Legacy Games
Quentin Turner | Intrinsic XR
Pearly Chen | HTC Vive
Giovanni Fantoni Modena Fantoni Fantoni | Vitruvian
Dominique Wu | XReality Pro
Tipatat Chennavasin | The Venture Reality Fund
Dave Haynes | FOV Ventures
Kristina Serafim | Verizon Ventures
Ofer Baharav | Villa
David A. Smith | Croquet
Alex Coulombe | Heavenue / Agile Lens
Sherry Chang | Neural Lab