How to get funded now: A venture capital roundtable hosted by Van Jones | Summit 2025
About Reid
- Founder of LinkedIn
- Host of Masters of Scale
- Partner at Greylock Partners
About Stacy
- Founder & Managing Partner of Cherryrock Capital, $172M fund for underrepresented founders (2025)
- Former CEO of TaskRabbit; led successful acquisition by IKEA
- Over 20 years' experience scaling tech businesses, incl. global ops at Google
- Board member at leading companies like HP and Nordstrom
- Co-founder of SoftBank Opportunity Fund; champion for diversity in tech funding
About Van
- CNN commentator and Emmy Award winner
- Led pivotal work for US criminal justice reform, incl. FIRST STEP Act
- Founded REFORM Alliance, Dream.Org, Color of Change, and more
- Special Advisor for Green Jobs under Obama Administration
- 3-time New York Times bestselling author
About Aileen
- Founder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures, a prominent early-stage VC firm.
- Coined the term "unicorn" for $1B+ startups in venture capital (2013).
- Named to the TIME 100 and regularly appears on the Forbes Midas List.
- Over 20 years of experience investing in B2B & consumer tech startups.
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