NYU Stern’s Entrepreneurship Club (EEX) is proud to present its first Venture Capital Showcase featuring Lerer Hippeau Ventures (LHV). In a TED Talk style format, a number of LHV’s most exciting portfolio companies will present their businesses to the NYU community. Each startup will share the story of their inception, their experiences with fundraising and their long term visions for their businesses.
Â
We will be exploring artificial intelligence with x.ai, drone racing with Drone Racing League (DRL), the healthcare industry with Klara, how to find a job with WayUp and explore parenting with Fatherly (among a number of others yet to be confirmed)!
Â
Julian Moncada, a member of the LHV team, will also be sharing the firm’s investment philosophy and perspective on the venture capital industry.
Â
Following the presentations there will be a reception and time to meet all of the participants!
Â
This event is open to the entire NYU community, we hope to see you all there! Please register as space is limited!
Dennis is the CEO and Founder of x.ai. He’s a pioneer and expert in leveraging Data and a serial entrepreneur who has successfully delivered a number of company exits on that theme. Dennis’s long term vision of killing the inbox triggered the formation of x.ai and the creation of an artificial intelligence personal assistant to schedule meetings.Â
Nicholas is the Founder and CEO of the Drone Racing League, the premier international drone racing circuit for elite pilots. DRL builds custom racing drones which fly in excess of 80 MPH. Pilots race FPV through the most insane 3D courses ever created, including abandoned malls, NFL stadiums, and subway tunnels. Prior to DRL, Nick was the CRO of Tough Mudder.
After his Masters in NYC, Simon founded two online startups in Berlin. He then helped building a global soccer media platform at onefootball as the company's first employee. In the two years before starting Klara, Simon worked on large digital projects with medical practices, hospitals and health systems. Together with his best friend Simon Lorenz, he founded Klara in 2013 to connect doctors and patients through software. Simon is married and has 3 kids.
Michael Wieder is the Head of Strategic Partnerships at WayUp. He joined the company while they were member of YCombinator as the 5th employee and has been a part of the companies growth, which currently stands at about 50 employees. Michael is responsible for all strategic partnerships including user acquisition, lead generation, and product integrations.Â
Mike Rothman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fatherly, a digital lifestyle guide for men entering parenthood.
Rothman previously led First Money Media (FM2), a firm specializing in monetization, operations and strategy for early-stage tech and digital media companies. Starting in early 2006, Rothman was one of the founding employees at Thrillist, responsible for all sales and revenue operations.
Arun Sundararajan is Professor and the Robert L. and Dale Atkins Rosen Faculty Fellow at New York University’s (NYU) Stern School of Business. His research studies how digital technologies transform business, government and civil society. He has published over 50 scientific papers in peer-reviewed academic journals and conferences, and over 30 op-eds in outlets that include The New York Times, The Financial Times and The Guardian. His new book "The Sharing Economy" is on shelves now.