Kristina Serafim is a Managing Director at Verizon Ventures, focusing on early stage investments in metaverse, Web3.0, Immersive tech, data management, ML & AI, 5G and the future of connectivity. Prior to Verizon, Kristina was a Managing Director at Intellectual Ventures, where she led investments in immersive tech, gaming, ML and vertical AI technologies. Kristina’s entrepreneurial experience includes co-founding and leading two enterprise SaaS start-ups, from inception to acquisition by global Fortune 500 companies. Kristina also spent several years on the strategy, ventures and corporate development teams at IBM and at NAGRA. She has an electrical and mechanical engineering degree from Kettering University and an MBA from Harvard University.
TALKS
01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
Investor Q&A - Ask Us Anything!
Moritz Baier-Lentz | BITKRAFT Ventures
Kristina Serafim | Verizon Ventures
Gregory Castle | Anorak Ventures
Dave Haynes | FOV Ventures
02:00 PM - 03:20 PM
Startup Pitch Competition: Part 1
Pearly Chen | HTC Vive
Jenny Xu | Talofa Games
Tipatat Chennavasin | The Venture Reality Fund
Kristina Serafim | Verizon Ventures
Dave Haynes | FOV Ventures
Alex Westner | Xander
Aldo Petruzzelli | Aequilibrium
Jonathan Nowak Delgado | Spree Interactive
Noah Robinson | Innerworld
Dan Furman | Arctop
Yolanda Barton | Revere XR
Timothy Porter | Mod Tech Labs Inc.
Alex Porter | Mod Tech Labs Inc.
03:40 PM - 05:10 PM
Startup Pitch Competition: Part 2
Amber Hawkes | Here LA
Pearly Chen | HTC Vive
Ariella Lehrer | Legacy Games
Quentin Turner | Intrinsic XR
Sherry Chang | Neural Lab
Tipatat Chennavasin | The Venture Reality Fund
Chaitanya Ravi | SentioVR
Dominique Wu | XReality Academy
Giovanni Fantoni Modena | Vitruvian
Kristina Serafim | Verizon Ventures
Dave Haynes | FOV Ventures
David A. Smith | Croquet Corporation
Alex Coulombe | Heavenue / Agile Lens
Ofer Baharav | Villa
