Ken Fine is the CEO of Affinity, the AI-powered relationship intelligence platform trusted by more than half of the top venture capital firms for deal sourcing, portfolio management, and relationship-driven dealmaking. A Stanford MBA and Arjay Miller Scholar with engineering degrees from RPI and Virginia Tech, Ken brings a rare arc - US Navy officer to Goldman Sachs to serial SaaS operator - having guided Financial Engines, Medallia, and Heap through IPOs and acquisitions before taking the helm at Affinity in May 2024.
Evan Neu is Partner and General Counsel at Venrock, the storied venture capital firm born out of the Rockefeller family's investment legacy. Based in Palo Alto, he leads the firm's legal and regulatory strategy while overseeing operations and administration. Before joining Venrock in November 2022, Neu served as Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel at TPG, one of the world's leading global alternative asset managers, and earlier built his legal foundation as an Associate at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York. He holds a B.S. from Cornell University and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Ren Riley is a General Partner at Fin Capital, a San Francisco-based B2B fintech-focused venture capital firm managing over $800 million in assets. With 25+ years in financial services and 20+ years in venture capital, Riley brings deep sector expertise spanning enterprise AI, banktech, payments, and risk technology. He joined Fin Capital in November 2020 and was promoted to General Partner in January 2023, where he sources and leads primary and co-investment opportunities. Previously, he was a General Partner at Oak Investment Partners (1999-2015), a Partner/CEO at Robertson Stephens (2015-2019), and co-founded Enclave Liquidity Partners (2019-2022), a firm providing liquidity solutions to late-stage private company stakeholders. Fin Capital exclusively backs repeat founders and invests across the full startup lifecycle from pre-seed through IPO.
Kathleen Forte is an Investor Relations Partner at Sequoia Capital, one of the world's most storied venture capital firms. With over two decades of experience across investor relations, business development, and fundraising, she has held senior roles at Lightspeed Venture Partners, SVB Financial Group, ADM Capital, and Clearwater Capital Partners. Known for her deep expertise in LP relationships and fund management, Forte joined Sequoia in July 2022, bringing a rare blend of financial acumen and relationship-driven dealmaking to one of Silicon Valley's most prestigious platforms.
David George is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he leads the firm's Growth investing practice - a $15 billion operation he built from scratch after joining in 2019. A former General Atlantic investor who backed Airbnb, Slack, CrowdStrike, and Uber at growth stage, George brings a ruthlessly analytical, 'business model snob' approach to late-stage venture. He has since backed Roblox, Databricks, SpaceX, Stripe, Figma, OpenAI, and Anduril, developing distinctive frameworks around 'what vs. how' innovations, push vs. pull market dynamics, and winner-take-all market structures. A Kentucky native with a wrestling background, a Notre Dame summa cum laude degree, and an MBA from Stanford GSB, George is known for his competitive intensity, deep intellectual frameworks, and a Post-it note on his computer that reads: 'Is the market demanding more of my product?'