The Diverse Venture Capital Emerging Managers Conference
Hosted by Context Ventures & Necessary Ventures
9/10/25, Wednesday
Digital Garage (717 Market Street) in downtown San Francisco, CA
DiverseVC 2025 Agenda |
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| 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Keynote & Sponsor Acknowledgements |
| 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM | The State of Emerging Managers in 2025 |
| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Networking |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | The Meta Pitch: What are LPs Thinking During a LP-GP Meeting |
| 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | LP-GP Interactive Sessions: Emerging Manager Feedback |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Networking |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Venture Firm and Fit Decoded |
| 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Closing Remarks & Networking |
Joining us at DiverseVC 2025
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Moses Moody
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Milana Kuzmanovic
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Bridget Schweihs
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Melissa Schmidt
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Lindsay Pettingill
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Jay Lundy
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Adam Figura
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Katie Duval
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Akobe Sandy
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Michael Ströck
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Christina Tan
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Miles Deamer
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Daniele Viappiani
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Rohit Ramkumar
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Sungjoon Cho
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Eugenio Gonzalez
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Sally Zheng
Centenarian Fund
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Rami Elkhatib
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Shila Nieves Burney
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Lidiya Dervisheva
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Richard Yen
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Kristi Choi
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James Wang
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Edward Suh
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Miraj Sanghvi
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Camilo Acosta
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Maya Noeth
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Kendrick Geluz Kho
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Anup Goel
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Sherman Williams
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Anna Garcia
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Claire Chang
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Vijay Singh Chattha
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Palkin Zed
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Sonali Vijayavargiya
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Laura I. Maydón
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Mia Lewin
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Ariel Jaduszliwer
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Lori Hu
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Dawn Dobras
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Alexis Ji
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Ken Aseme
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Aaron Samuels
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Kathy Tune
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Erasmus Elsner
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David Aung
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Past GP & VC Attendees
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Lisa Yu
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Kimberly Bryant
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Andres Morin
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Alice Loy
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Amanda Heyman
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Antonio Key
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Anup Goel
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Ari Qayumi
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Arthur Karell
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Ben Stokes
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Brandon Hoffman
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Brian Hollins
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Christa Williams
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Cindy Padnos
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David Tswamuno
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Dawn Dobras
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Desiree Vargas Wrigley
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Earnest L Sweat
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Ernestine Fu
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Elisa Sepulveda
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Edward Suh
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Genevieve LeMarchal
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Jessica Karr
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Jenny Fielding
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Jim Lockheed
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Jonté Harrell
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Kerry Rupp
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Kevin Moore
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Alejandro Muñoz Mendieta
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Kulika Weizman
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Laura Fox
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Aaron Samuels
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Marcos Fernandez
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Megan Ruan
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Mike Sherbakov
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Miraj Sanghvi
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Neil Devani
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Nurzhas Makishev
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Jeremiah Owyang
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Rachel ten Brink
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Rishi Taparia
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Shingo Sasahara
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Shomik Dutta
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Shruti Gandhi
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Tim Hsia
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Veronica Juarez
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Vijay Singh Chattha
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Vinay Iyengar
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Vincent Diallo
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Yohei Nakajima
Past LP attendees
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David Aung
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Tarrell Gamble
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Pam Pavkov
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Trey Hart
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Aakar Vacchani
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Nate Leung
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Renata Aráuz-DeStefano
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Daniele Viappiani
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Derrick Tang
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Rilwan Meeran
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Octavio Sandoval
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Rudy Hobson
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Omar Darwazah
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Michelle Dhansinghani
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Jay Farber
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Sean Park
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Matthew Auran
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Shane Goudey
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Rhett Jeppson
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Eric Cromwell
And More!
This event brings together the diverse emerging venture capitalist ecosystem in order to build a stronger community and discuss trends, challenges, & opportunities.
Leaders in the diversity venture capital ecosystem.
Diverse Emerging Managers
Women
BIPOC
LGBTQ+
African-American
Asian-American
LatinX
Military Veterans
Native American