USF-Amino Venture Capital Summit

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Center for Business Studies and Innovation

A discussion of technology trends, venture capital and career opportunities related to generative artificial intelligence innovations

McLaren Hall 251, University of San Francisco

The <a href="https://www.usfcbsi.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of San Francisco Center for Business Studies and Innovation in Asia-Pacific</a> (CBSI) and the venture capital firm <a href="https://www.botprise.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://www.aminocapital.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Amino Capital</a> invite you to the USF-Amino Venture Capital Summit on April 12th, an engaging discussion and exploration of technology trends, venture capital, and career opportunities related to generative artificial intelligence innovations such as ChatGPT.The USF-Amino Venture Capital Summit is co-sponsored and hosted by <a href="https://www.aminocapital.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://www.aminocapital.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Amino Capital</a>, the <a href="https://usfcbsi.org/what-is-isap/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">USF Center for Business Studies and Innovation in Asia-Pacific Global Student Ambassador Program</a> (GSAP), the <a href="https://www.usfca.edu/management/programs/graduate/mba" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of San Francisco MBA</a> and <a href="https://www.usfca.edu/management/programs/graduate/mba/executive" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Executive MBA</a> programs, and the <a href="https://www.startupclubusf.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">USF Startup Club</a>.Speakers:Dr. Huican Zhu - Managing Partner, Amino CapitalDr. Huican Zhu is a Founder and Managing Partner at Amino Capital. He joined Google in 2000, where he was responsible for many significant Google research projects, a pioneer of Google’s image search, and the first Senior Chinese Engineer and Senior Manager. From 2010 to 2012, Dr. Zhu was the Chief Architect and General Manager of Infrastructure at Tencent. He is an investor and technology leader who consistently receives high praise for his vision and research capabilities. Larry Li - Managing Partner, Amino CapitalLarry Li is a Founder and Managing Partner at Amino Capital, where he leads investments in companies primarily in the early “seed” and “Series A” stages. He has an excellent track record of investing in high growth companies with successful exits, among them Assemblage (acquired by Cisco), Orbeus (acquired by Amazon), Ozlo (acquired by Facebook), Woomoo (acquired by Priceline), Contastic (acquired by Sugar CRM), Mobike (acquired by Meituan/Tencent), Evertoon (Acquired by Niantic | PokemonGo), Yiqixie (Acquired by Kuaishou/Tencent), Voyage, AIFI.io, Vicarious, Paperspace, Skycatch, Webflow, and Chime Bank (Invested in 2013, and $14.5B valuation in 2020). Mr. Li also co-founded TAF (invested in ZOOM in 2011), and is featured on the TechCrunch List for first check and lead VCs in 2020. Dr. Sue Xu - Managing Partner, Amino CapitalDr. Sue Xu is a Managing Partner at Amino Capital, and her focus areas of investment include data-driven solutions. She was interim CEO of CandyHouse and CyteSi. Since 2012, she has involved with more than 260 investments mostly in seed and Series A, with 13 unicorns, including Chime Bank, Webflow, Rippling, Weee, Headspin, Grail (acquired by Illumina), OmiseGo and DFINITY (launched with $45B market cap), Mobike (acquired by Maituan), and industry leading fast growing startups, such as Wyze, Avail MedSystems,, Orbeus (acquired by Amazon), Ozlo (acquired by Facebook), GrokStyle(acquired by Facebook), Assemblage (acquired by Cisco), Woomoo (acquired by Priceline), Contastic (acquired by Sugar CRM), Evertoon (Acquired by Niantic | PokemonGo), Yiqixie (Acquired by Kuaishou), Dataform (acquired by Google), Voyage (acquired by Cruise) and et al.Samanyou Garg - Founder and CEO, WriteSonicSamanyou Garg is an entrepreneur with a passion for solving complex real-world problems using AI. He built and launched several profit and non-profit projects that have been featured on the websites of Wired, International Business Times, Lifehacker, Entrepreneur, TNW, and others, and are actively used by thousands of people all over the world. Mr. Garg received the 2019 Global Undergraduate Awards (often referred to as “the junior Nobel Prize”) for his research on Group Emotion Recognition using Machine Learning.Kishan Bulusu - Founder and CEO, BotpriseKishan Bulusu is the founder and CEO of Botprise and has more than 20 years of leadership experience at both entrepreneurial and established companies. He holds key executive leadership role at CloudFarbix Software where he leads their Global Sales and Business Development. As a managing director at JFP Holdings, a Merchant Bank for China, he advises Chinese and Global companies in adopting latest technologies and management best practices to create global footprint and participate in Chinese growth. His past work ventures include experience in banking, cross-border deals, technology and entrepreneurship. Prior to founding Trealth, Kishan was previously an MD with AnEX Global Partners, and founder and CEO of Intvo. Preceding his time at JFP Holdings, Kishan was a Managing Director at AnEx Global Partners, a New York-based financial services company focusing on cross-border transactions. There, he advised companies on investment opportunities in various industries, including logistics, technology, real estate, financial services, manufacturing and real estate, and worked extensively with a number of investor groups, including pension funds, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital firms.

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