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Kristina Serafim
Managing Director Verizon Ventures

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

Jun 2

01:00 PM - 01:50 PM

GRAND BALLROOM A
START-UPS & INVESTORS

Investor Q&A - Ask Us Anything!

Moritz Baier-Lentz | Lightspeed

Dave Haynes | FOV Ventures

Gregory Castle | Anorak Ventures

Kristina Serafim | Verizon Ventures

Jun 2

02:00 PM - 03:20 PM

GRAND BALLROOM A
START-UPS & INVESTORS

Startup Pitch Competition: Part 1

Yolanda Barton | Revere XR

Dave Haynes | FOV Ventures

Jonathan Nowak Delgado | Spree Interactive

Tipatat Chennavasin | The Venture Reality Fund

Pearly Chen | HTC Vive

Noah Robinson | Innerworld

Aldo Petruzzelli | Aequilibrium

Jenny Xu | Talofa Games

Kristina Serafim | Verizon Ventures

Alex Westner | Xander

Timothy Porter | Mod Tech Labs Inc.

Alex Porter | Mod Tech Labs Inc.

Jun 2

03:40 PM - 05:10 PM

GRAND BALLROOM A
START-UPS & INVESTORS

Startup Pitch Competition: Part 2

Dominique Wu | XReality Pro

Quentin Turner | Intrinsic XR

Sherry Chang | Neural Lab

David A. Smith | Croquet

Dave Haynes | FOV Ventures

Ofer Baharav | Villa

Tipatat Chennavasin | The Venture Reality Fund

Pearly Chen | HTC Vive

Giovanni Fantoni Modena Fantoni Fantoni | Vitruvian

Ariella Lehrer | Legacy Games

Amber Hawkes | Here LA

Alex Coulombe | Heavenue / Agile Lens

Chaitanya Ravi | SentioVR

Kristina Serafim | Verizon Ventures