UP26 is bringing together powerhouse speakers who are building massive companies, driving global change & scaling world-class startups!
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Andrew D’Souza is the creator of Boardy, an AI superconnector helping founders make the right introductions across capital, talent, customers, and media. Previously, he co-founded Clearco, where he helped pioneer AI-driven, revenue-based financing and deployed over $2.5B to more than 10,000 startups. Today, Andrew is focused on expanding access to high-trust networks and reshaping how companies are built in an AI-first world.
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Jayesh Parmar is a founder, investor, and mentor with 20+ years of experience building and scaling high-growth companies. As co-founder and CEO of Picatic, he led the platform’s expansion into 46 countries before its acquisition by Eventbrite. A trusted advisor and alumnus of top accelerators including Extreme Startups and the Canadian Technology Accelerator, Jayesh supports founders on scaling, go-to-market strategy, and building purpose-driven teams.
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Alison Kaizer is Partner (Talent) at Golden Ventures, where she helps portfolio companies build world-class teams. She most recently led Talent at food-tech startup Lunchbox, scaling the company from 50 to 250 employees. Previously, as Ritual’s first Talent Acquisition hire, she built the systems that grew the team from 40 to 400+ globally. She brings a strategic, people-first approach shaped by high-growth startups and recruitment experience.
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Chris Neumann is a 4x founder turned early-stage investor helping founders plug into Silicon Valley. Most recently a General Partner at Panache Ventures, he previously founded Commonwealth Ventures, was a Venture Partner at 500 Startups, and led DataHero as CEO (acquired by Cloudability). He started as the first employee at Aster Data (acquired by Teradata) and brings a true operator’s edge to backing ambitious founders.
Steve Wolfe is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Growth Street Partners, a San Francisco growth equity firm backing profitable software companies beyond the Silicon Valley hype cycle. Since 2017, he’s raised $400M across three funds and led nearly 20 vertical SaaS investments - resulting in more than 10 liquidity events. Steve partners with founders building durable, fundamentals-first companies.
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