Daniel Acheampong is a co-founder and Partner of Visible Hands VC. He was an Entrepreneur in Resident at MIT designX, where he co-founded a marketplace platform, and now advises companies there. He received a dual Masters in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School and Business Administration from the Wharton School. Prior to graduate school, Daniel was an associate at Summit Partners, a premier investment firm, where he managed the help firm’s due diligence process to raise investment funds, including two investment funds valued at nearly $4 billion. Previously, he was a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs, where he supported senior management in supervising the New England Private Wealth Management business.  

Daniel received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 2011 from Brandeis University, where he was a Posse Scholar and Gates Millennium Scholar, elected to serve as President of the Brandeis University’s Student Government. He is a founding member of The Posse Foundation’s President Alumni Council and a Co-Chair of Brandeis University's BOLD Initiative to increase recent alumni engagement.

Dominique Aubry, the CEO & Founder of Aubry, an influencer-driven shopping app. Her background is in strategic operations, project management, and business development. Most recently she was a MassChallenge 2019 Finalist, mentor-in-residence for TechStars Boston, entrepreneur-in-residence for National Grid, and Harvard ilab mentor. She received her B.A in Political Science from Lehigh University and her M.S in Education Policy, Research and Evaluation from the University of Pennsylvania.

TeLisa Daughtry is the Founder & CTO of FlyTechnista, mobile app; Founder of DEI Dojo; and Impact Investor at FemX Ventures. As an entrepreneur, mentor, and advocate; she is passionate about creating solutions to empower women, youth, and underrepresented groups to participate in technology and entrepreneurship; and has built several technology solutions and developed initiatives in support of the United Nations, Sustainable Development Goals; WeEmpower / UN Women, Women's Empowerment Principles; and The White House, Computer Science for All, initiative in 2016; which have engaged thousands of women and girls globally.

As an International Keynote Speaker and speaker at the US Department of State Bureau of Education & Cultural Affairs, and Author; she uses her voice and visibility to educate, advocate, and elevate important and relevant topics.

Vanessa Kuhlor is a Senior Associate on SVB's Startup Banking Team. Her focus is on helping companies grow to their ultimate potential by connecting them to a wealth of resources and people, kind of like Mark Cuban meets Tyra Banks. Her background is in healthcare and operations. Prior to joining SVB Vanessa focused on Strategic operations for a digital healthcare company, Inbox Health, that simplified the patient billing process. Previously she was at Yale University's Emergency Medicine Research Department where she spent 3 years in clinical research covering geriatric independence and community homicide violence. She has a passion for democratizing equity in the innovation community. She sits on SVB's internal client success committee and is a founding member of Boston While Black.