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CEO & Co-founder of River. Hosting dinner parties with real dishes, dancing on a salsa team, and build IRL community at a global scale.
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Maureen Downey, known as ‘The Sherlock Holmes of Wines,’ is a distinguished independent expert in fine and rare wine valuation, inventory management, and the foremost global authority on wine fraud, counterfeits, and authentication. For over two decades, she has advised the world’s most prominent collectors on purchasing, vetting, authenticating, managing, thinning, and liquidating collections through her firm, Chai Consulting. Now in its 20th year, Chai Consulting manages over $120 million in fine and rare wine assets.
In 2015, she established WineFraud.com to educate the trade and collectors on the realities of wine and spirits fraud and counterfeiting and provide information, tools and resources to use to avoid bad purchases. The team conducts training seminars worldwide. Additionally, she administers a training program to certify TCM Authenticators. Currently, there are ten certified authenticators from seven countries across four continents.
To combat fraud, Downey launched Chai Vault, a Web3 solution enabling bottle-level track and trace through supply chain and secondary markets, empowering consumers to make only properly informed, sound purchases and investments. IChai Vault enables producers’ oversight on the movement of their bottles as well as enabling direct engagement with their consumers. Via hyperlink to a bottle’s blockchain-secured Ledger of Authenticity and Provenance on vendor and aggregate websites, online catalogs and PDFs and in email offers, Chai Vault provides consumers proof of authenticity as well as a bottle’s sale history online from anywhere - prior to purchase.
Along with cases involving wine fraud and counterfeits, Downey is a frequent expert witness in projects and litigation involving asset division, valuation of producers’ library wines and inventories damaged by extreme heat/fire, natural disasters, and poor storage conditions. Today, Ms. Downey is considered one of the top women in wine and can be seen combatting counterfeits in the documentary film, Sour Grapes.
Payam Safa is a serial entrepreneur, systems architect, and visionary builder at the intersection of technology, consciousness, and sovereignty. He is the Founder & Chairman of Obi, the world’s largest rideshare data aggregation platform—often described as the “Kayak for rideshare”—powering real-time pricing intelligence across millions of rides globally.
Beyond mobility, Payam is the Founder & Treasury Council Member of Light DAO, a sovereign global community of 5,000+ conscious entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators co-creating the next economy. Through initiatives like the Light Grid—a Web3, AI-native community operating system—and the Light Treasury, funding regenerative ventures in health tech, biotech, sovereignty, and consciousness technologies, Light DAO serves as both a capital network and a cultural movement for a thriving future.
He has authored foundational works such as We Are Light and the Declaration of Knowingness, framing a vision for a “Conscious Civilization” where inner transformation meets technological and societal evolution.
Payam also leads Possibility School, developing early childhood growth-mindset and emotional intelligence curricula, and hosts the upcoming Light Space Podcast, exploring the edges of innovation, consciousness, and human potential.
Across all his ventures, Payam’s mission is clear: to awaken human creativity, mobilize capital and technology for good, and architect systems that enable abundance, sovereignty, and regeneration for all.
Vanessa Kouri is a junior studying Finance and Artificial Intelligence for Business at Wharton. Growing up in New York City and in an international school, Vanessa is fluent in English, Spanish, and French. While at Wharton, Vanessa leads Wharton Latino’s Corporate Relations and the Speakers Team of the Wharton Undergraduate Real Estate Club, where she organizes networking opportunities, on-campus speaker events, and in-person office visits to expose members to a variety of industries. Last winter, Vanessa completed a Wharton Industry Exploration Program where she visited technology firms in New York City to examine the ethical implications of artificial intelligence in technology, entertainment, and media — sparking her interest to pursue the field in greater depth. This summer, Vanessa completed the Girls Who Invest Summer Intensive Program with a subsequent internship at MetLife Investment Management, and she will be joining Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking division in Summer 2026. In her studies, Vanessa aims to build a well-rounded skill set that develops both her technical and interpersonal skills, to ultimately pursue a career investing in high-growth technology companies.
Outside of school, Vanessa trains with the School of the Philadelphia Ballet and enjoys hiking, spending time outdoors with friends, and trying new restaurants.
Nii Lartey is the Co-Founder & COO of Dose of Society, a social-first media company backed by Snapchat and built on authentic, human-first storytelling. With over 7 million followers and 10 billion+ views, Dose has become a trusted voice for Gen-Z and Millennials, shaping culture across London, New York, Los Angeles, and Dubai.
Recognised on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Nii drives the company’s four core pillars—content, creators, community and commerce—into a global ecosystem. From viral street interviews and creator-led IP to their fast-growing conversation card game, Dare 2 Share, Dose blends storytelling and commerce to connect brands and audiences in meaningful ways.
Through his work, Nii continues to push the boundaries of digital media, building platforms that don’t just reach people, but resonate with them.
Efficient Humanist.
The Worst Entrepreneur in the World. Thats how I introduced myself after failing 10 internet projects. Until I couldn’t. Because the 11th one became a spectacular success and became acquired by a PE fund. Founder & Board Member @ Displate.
Currently planning my next shenanigans.
April 2023 - Displate Nr. 4 most valuable E-commerce in Poland (Forbes)
2020 - crossing $100M revenue yearly threshold. 20%+ positive EBITDA.
May 2019 - "The Hottest Startup in Poland" (TheNextWeb Tech5 Award May 2019)
I’m a serial CMO and go-to-market strategist who’s helped scale multiple companies from early stage through IPO and acquisition — including MuleSoft (IPO → Salesforce), Kong ($2B unicorn), Venafi (acquired by CyberArk), and PistonCloud. Today, I run Gyanara, where I advise and invest in AI and cybersecurity startups, helping founders design categories and accelerate GTM.
I celebrated my 50th birthday with a Bollywood cruise in San Francisco 💃🕺 and just came back from an Ayurvedic retreat in Kerala.
I’m Bjorn and I’m the CEO of the Music Infrastructure Company (MusicInfra), which I founded in 2023. Prior to that, I was the co-founder and COO of Hipgnosis Songs, which we turned in to a $2bn market cap business listed on the London stock exchange. Prior to that, I had a career as a banker and entrepreneur in finance.
I love running but don’t as much nowadays as I used to. Father of three kids and coach of my son’s Under 11’s local rugby team.
Valeria Vahorovska is a serial entrepreneur in FinTech, recognized for scaling her first company from a single market to six across Eastern Europe and Central Asia—culminating in a successful exit in 2024.
Her current venture is reshaping the payments landscape with AI-driven technology, delivering real-time multi-currency transactions money management and intelligent financial insights to empower small and medium-sized businesses globally.
I am head of Investor Relations and Capital Formation at Science & Technology Partners, a long-biased equity tech and healthcare growth fund. I also have a mahjong business called One Birdie Bam which is a passion project as I love to teach people how to play mahjong. I have two great kids, a sixth grader and a 9th grader. I love tennis, traveling, cooking, and playing games like backgammon, mahjong, and bridge. I live in New York City.
I am a new entrepreneur who just started my Concierge Nursing LLC. I was Traveling RN with specialty in Emergency Department, Home Health and Hospice until I had my right Retinal detachment, then my whole active life changed. This life changing event gave me time to re-write my future.
Now, I’ve decided to provide high quality, skilled and one on one private patient care at the comfort of their home.
Entrepreneur, founder, connector, and creator, who is passionate about meeting and helping others tell their story. Founder of https://www.creators.now, the first marketplace connecting storytellers to experienced AI Creators.
Love the outdoors, a good Pilates class and long walks. I am Interested in tech, AI, and startups.
Building Mom XP Lab — an AI-powered concierge and community for modern moms. After a long career in gaming (Ubisoft, Assassin’s Creed) turned startup builder. Passionate about solving the “mental load” with tech that actually works for moms. Catch me at the summit talking AI, parenting tech, and content creation.
Designer turned engineer with 13 years of experience across industries. Contributed to the growth of projects on blockchain, AI, SaaS, Agencies, SMEs and music artists. Love meeting new people and crazy ideas.
Hey, I'm not your typical attendee. I own a scuba diving business in Asia, but I love investing, am an angel investor, and a creative.... Just want to meet interesting people.
Creator with 160k followers & CEO of V-Factor Social, a boutique branding agency partnering with founders and service-based business to build true influence
Oregon political insider. Accountant. Writer. Catholic Liberal Education superfan. I love people, the outdoors, being active, discussing ideas, and building.
Co-Founder of Barricade AI, Generative AI and Multi-modal for Public Safety, Founders University Alum(Fund05), Google Developer Group Organizer, RAD Ninja.
Founder of Biospark Intellectual Property Law in Cambridge, MA, a boutique law firm serving biotech innovators and their investors.
Marketing & Partnerships. at Tech Startup for Wine Collectors, Partnerships for Commune’s Wellness Podcasts for Women by Women
Real estate investor and developer who believes buying and holding real estate is the path to generational wealth.
Hong Kong-based investor. Interests include interior design, learning new tech, marathon-running, and diving into a good book.
I'm an independent investor with a Finance background. Grew up in China and worked in a major Wall Street firm for 12 years.
MIT MBA. Chartered Engineer. Energy. Developed East Asia’s first commercial scale Offshore Wind.
Currently building.
Co-founder | GTM, Stanify ✨
AI-powered community management
(Comments / Ads / DMs)
www.stanify.ai
I am a former SoftBank VC, Head of New Issuers at MX Stock Exchange turned Tech Startup Operator.
Investment Banking | New York City
University of Florida Graduate in Math, Statistics, Economics
Data professional, venture builder, Notion power user and evangelist. Also handy in the kitchen
Full stack engineer -- building, designing, hacking and engineering products. Crypto-veteran.
Run a fund called Inflection Ventures. 5 exits as an operator before that. inflectionvc.com
Hi! Currently in VC, like hosting events in Boston, creating content, & a student.
Just a kid raised in Utah living in California on an Oh, The Places You’ll Go! adventure.
Co-founder of HWIT
Prev. CRO at Clado, Managing Dircetor at Bullmont Capital
Personal development coach for founders.
Health junkie.
Jiu jitsu rookie.
CEO and Co-Founder at Butterlfy Effect, Ex Head of Social at Gymshark
Selectively active where it makes sense in VC + PE. VP Eng @ Actabl.
Interested in solving complex technology problems with a fast-moving team.
Crypto & AI focused.
Solana
Internet Capital Markets
Cybersecurity
I lead global communications, social media and video for Zipline
CEO at Yardstik. Looking to bring twin cities together.
Director of Real Estate @ Unicorp National Developments
MeetJanet.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayleejanet/
your friendly neighbourhood inquisitive
serial unicorn builder. all-in day 1. optimist.
Private Equity Investor at Breakwall Equity
Autodidact. Engineer. Investor.
Operations analyst at Tampabay.ventures
People Partner | AI Automation | HR
SickBird Productions Founder & CEO
Founder and Real Estate Investor
Heading to All in summit 2024
Deep Tech Venture Capitalist