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LATechWeek Kickoff Breakfast: Venture Investing - Celebrity Family Office Perspective

05 Jun 2023
9:00am - 11:00am PDT

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 LAVA’s LA TechWeek Monday Kickoff Breakfast was a HUGE SUCCESS! 

 

We had an all-new panel of celebrity business managers, advisors, & consiglieres to discuss how they and their clients approach investing in venture – particularly venture in LA.  Last year we heard from reps for Chainsmokers, Tom Brady, Pau Gasol and Reggie Bush.  

This year we had Matthew Lowe (head of Rob Lowe’s family office), Ciarra Pardo (a cofounder of Fenti Corp with Rihanna), and Jerome Fogel (athlete consigliere including Pedro Martinez).  

Registration was by approval or invitation only. Attendee list provided below. 

 

LAST YEAR 2022

Audience Stats

Total Audience: 96

Family offices: 45

VCs: 25

LPs: 4

Industry Partners: 22

THIS YEAR 2023

Audience Stats

Total Audience: 140

Family offices: 50

VCs: 40

LPs: many

Celebrities/Directors/Producers/Athletes: 18

Industry Partners: 10

Spring Place founders: 22

Event Details

Location: Spring Place Beverly Hills

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 ATTENDEES

FIRST NAME LAST NAME COMPANY NAME
     
Greg Lebsack 212 Tech Ventures
Scott Stanford ACME Capital
Alejandro Guerrero Act One Ventures
Alena Solonina Aegon Climate Capital
Aaron Ishikawa Aero X Ventures
Brendan Bell Aligned Climate Capital
Curtis Spears Andes Capital
Ryan Sommerville Antler VC
Dennis Maliani Apotheka Systems Inc.
Matthew J. Nordgren Arcadian Capital
KEVIN  CHEN ARTS DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT 
Chun-Yen Chen Asian Pacific Community Fund
Javier Martinez Asociacion de Empresarios Mexicanos
Kevin Morris Atlas Rd
RONALD MACLEOD Baciu Family Capital & Management
Baron Davis Baron Davis Enterprises
Jay Bloom Battleborn Investments; Bloom Family Office
Roberto Medrano Beach View Capital
Michael  Torchia Beverly Hills Consierge Service
Giuseppe Sacco BitBrand
Sean Bloom Bloom Family Office
Vien Le Cabrera Capital Markets
Todd Tzeng Caerus Ventures
Anita  Sokolsky CBIZ MHM 
Eric Gold Chargers NFL
Randolph Kim Chenel Capital
William Elkus Clearstone Venture Partners
Rick Smith Crosscut Ventures
Stuart Halperin CurtCo Media
Michael  Wherry Dealmaker
Angel Chen Deutsche Bank
Jennifer Lee Double Happiness Entertainment
Juan Bruce DSCVR
Lorenzo Martone Echo-Factory
Mike Schaffer Echo-Factory
Paul Chun Eldred Advisors
Elliott Schwartz EmptyLegMarket
Laurel Mintz Fabric VC
Frederic Golchan FGMEDIA
Charlie Woo Fidelity Bridge Holdings
Tatijana Janko Fjor
Luca Taddito Florac
Jerome  Fogel Fogel & Potamianos LLP
William Ward Fourward 
Michael Mizrahi Fourward Ventures
Roy Dequina GENERA Fund
Brandon Scott Barney Giant Help
Oscar Wong Gold House Ventures
Bobby  Jones Growing Up Compton, LLC.
Kelly Strommer Guild Capital
Eva Smith High Tech Solutions
Claudia Lin Hub International Insurance Services, Inc.
Michael Weintraub ICG Advisors
Heath Goldman Icon Wealth & Legacy 
Sean Cunningham Integrated Capital Management
Michael McClune International Business Accelerator
Todd Daum Investor
James Reynolds James Reynolds Law Firm
Sandra Choi JHOG Design & Development
Guy Maisnik JMBM LLP
lena xiao Kollectin
Nadia Lee Kollectin
Tom Fanning LA Studio Group
Tom Soto Latimer Partners, LLC Family Office
Jenna Gestetner LAVA
Raphael John Oriel Los Angeles Capital Partners LLC
Kathleen Tepley Los Angeles Consulting Group
Christine  Low Low Family Office
Charlotte Lupert Lupert Family Office
Ruming Liu MagStone Law, LLP
Lorenzo Doumani Majestic Investment Group
Chioma May Odiakosa May Odiakosa
Matthew Lowe Miroma (Panelist)
Chirag Sagar Mission Matters
Marc Alexander Motusi Corporation
Joy Downer Musician
Taylor Rothchild Mythic Brands
Qiana Patterson Nayah
James Mumma Nomad Ventures
Raphael Leopold Nomadic Ventures
Ruvin Orbach Orbach Family Office/Bridle Path Investments
William Scriven Overlay Capital
Jeffrey Travis Positron
RJ Jain Price.com
Manny Ruiz Primary Digital
Mark Linao Progression Fund
Jesrina Arshad PurelyB
Anton Reut Qubits Ventures
Nardo Manaloto Qubits Ventures
Roger DaSilva Realm Startup Advisory
Joe Tolzman REITIUM
Thomas Park REITIUM
Andrew Hoffmann Rock Island LLC
Gregory Guggenheim Seahorse Express
Joey Guggenheim Seahorse Express
Chimereze Oji ShireCloud
Ryan Groves Singleton Foundation
Jason Pelsey Sola Gracia Productions
Joseph Greco Solo Pictures, LLC
May Odiakosa Star Beer 
Alfred Chu Starlite VC 
Garrett Gilbertson SUM Ventures
Keiko Nakashima Sunny Blue
David Li SVRN 
Arjun Metre Tennor Holding
Leo  Gestetner Thankz
Richard Barry The Barry Family Office / Quant Ventures
Jack Davies The Personalized Beauty Co dba Mxt
Stacey Bae Todd B. Spiegel Architects
Todd Spiegel Todd B. Spiegel Architects
Toni Wang Toni Wang Productions
Jonathan Hung Trousdale Ventures
Rachel Hsu  Unix Industries, Inc. 
Lee Bailey Us renewables
Sam Wick UTA Ventures
Angela Liou Vela
Jay Goss Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health
Jeffrey Treut Whittier Trust
Mike Strochia  
Silvie Schain

 

 

Carmen Palafox 2045 Ventures
Asha Munroe AEQ Capital
Delaney Pouch AMA Investments
Simon King  Bloom Family Office
Conor Shalloe Cliffwater LLC.
Brie Blumenthal CVS Health Ventures
Brom Rector Empath Ventures
Ryan Vallan Encant
Scott  Dacko Encant
Jason Reese Fermont Capital (Reese Family Office)
Falon Fatemi Fireside
Aemish Shah General Global Capital
David Park Kairos Ventures
Chris Arthur LA Studio Group
Drew Logan MYRLIN LLC
Henry Brandon Nile Capital Group
Rachel Sachs Springdale Ventures
Susie Trujillo STRUC
chelsea chrisman sway ventures
JAMES DAY The Alpha Play, Inc.
Bridget Kilroy The Global 51
Maurice Ng Tings Capital
TYMED C TYMEinc
Shahan Ohanessian VenHub
Cole Zucker Zuvi Investments

05 Jun 2023
9:00am - 11:00am PDT

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