Eliot Horowitz is the founder and CEO of Viam, a New York robotics-and-automation software platform that lets developers build, deploy, and manage machines in the physical world. He wrote the original core code of MongoDB, which he co-founded in 2007 and steered as CTO for 13 years through a 2017 IPO and a market cap that climbed into the tens of billions. After tinkering with a cat feeder, a chess-playing robot, and a smarter sprinkler during the pandemic, he concluded that robotics hardware had outrun its software, and built Viam to close that gap.
Jaypal Sethi is a General Partner on the Venture team at Tribe Capital, the data-driven Silicon Valley VC firm managing over $2.2 billion in assets. With more than 20 years in enterprise technology spanning VMware, MongoDB, Google, and Orbitera (acquired by Google), Sethi brings operator-grade pattern recognition to enterprise software investments. He sits on the boards of JupiterOne, Aether, and Tranzact, and serves as a board observer at Docker, Instabase, and LinearB.
Chetan Puttagunta is a General Partner at Benchmark, one of Silicon Valley's most storied venture capital firms, where he has backed transformative companies in enterprise software, developer tools, and open-source infrastructure since 2018. Before Benchmark, he was a General Partner at NEA, where he led investments in MongoDB, MuleSoft, and Elastic — a trifecta of open-source commercial powerhouses. Born in Hyderabad and raised in Maryland, he graduated from Stanford with a degree in Electrical Engineering before cutting his teeth in tech investment banking. A self-described 'gulab jamun enthusiast,' he's known for his sharp conviction on open-source business models, his collaborative boardroom style, and his ability to find the best Indian desserts in Scotland.
Roelof Frederik Botha is a South African-American venture capitalist and former Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital, one of the world's most storied VC firms. Grandson of South African foreign minister Pik Botha, he rose from PayPal CFO at age 28 - overseeing the company's IPO and $1.5B sale to eBay - to become one of Silicon Valley's most celebrated investors. He wrote the original investment memo for YouTube when the company had 3 employees and a valuation of $11.5M; Google bought it 14 months later for $1.65B. Over two decades at Sequoia, he backed YouTube, Instagram, Block (Square), MongoDB, Unity, Natera, and dozens more, generating over $50 billion in returns for limited partners. He stepped down as Sequoia's Senior Steward in November 2025.
Meagen Eisenberg is the Chief Marketing Officer at Samsara (NYSE: IOT), the industrial IoT company redefining connected operations. A former IT engineer turned marketing powerhouse, she has led marketing at MongoDB (through its 2017 IPO), TripActions/Navan, Lacework, and DocuSign. With 30+ advisory roles and 18 successful exits including 3 IPOs and 15 M&A transactions, she is one of B2B tech's most decorated CMOs — blending engineering rigor, data obsession, and a fierce belief that writing is the most underrated skill in marketing.
Muhammad Usman Rao is a Product Manager at DigitalOcean, where he leads cloud-native product initiatives focused on scaling and securing server solutions. With over four years of experience in cloud infrastructure and IT, he transitioned from a hands-on Cloud Engineer role to driving product strategy at one of the world's leading cloud platforms. Based in Pakistan, he holds a BBA from Iqra University and has previously worked at Softnation Technologies, Digitonics Labs, and SBT.