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Amy Cheetham, Partner, Costanoa
Named one of EVCA's Top 25 Emerging VCs in 2022 and to Forbes’ “Midas Brink” list in 2023, Amy focuses on investing in exceptional early-stage applied AI, vertical SaaS, and fintech startups, which encompass everything from fintech infrastructure and payments to application-layer applied AI tools. Since joining Costanoa in 2019, Amy has played an instrumental role in expanding Costanoa’s fintech and applied AI practices. In less than five years, she has led nearly a dozen investments, including Highnote (co-led), Hona, and Tensec. Before joining Costanoa, Amy worked at Zuora (NYSE: ZUO), an enterprise software company, where she ran North American sales strategy and operations. Earlier, she spent three years investing in growth stage technology companies at Summit Partners, where her investments include Podium, InfoArmor (acq. AllState), and onXmaps. Amy began her career at JP Morgan, where she spent time as a technology investment banker and a cash equities trader. She holds a BA from Connecticut College.
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Nathan Krishnamurthy
Nathan joined Capital One Ventures in 2015 where he leads commerce and fintech investing from the West Coast. Before Capital One, Nathan advised retail and consumer brands on transactions and strategy as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and at Launch Collective, a startup incubator. Nathan received an MBA from Wharton and a BA from Colgate University. Nathan is also a classically-trained chef with the dubious distinction of earning "net-negative" Michelin stars in his professional career.
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Dominic Vitucci, Founder & CEO, SPRX (Moderator)
Dominic Vitucci is the founder and CEO of SPRX. He attended the University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign studying Accounting and Computer Science. After University, Dominic went to work at the large public accounting firm, Grant Thornton where he spent five years doing tax credit work. After leaving Grant Thornton in August 2020 he founded SPRX.
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Mark Fiorentino, Partner, BCV
Mark backs founders working in fintech, AI apps or vertical SaaS. Prior to joining BCV, he was an early employee at Stripe and spent six years as a partner at Index Ventures.