Boulder Startup Week 2024

Join us for a panel that's packed with all the good stuff: knowledge, strategies, and tools to help you navigate the fundraising maze. We're lining up the experts to share their practical insights that you can actually use, and the tools you need to come out on top.

Kirsten Suddath (GP @ Next Frontier Capital)

Tim Weiss (Co-Founder & CEO at Optera) - Optera is dedicated to stopping Climate Change by enabling corporate action at scale. We are developing the tools and services sustainability practitioners need to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. 

Tim Wolters (CEO & CoFounder at Crowdsolve) - CrowdSolve streamlines the onboarding of thousands of companies onto a software platform, connecting them with resources to advance their ideas and businesses towards incubation. By assessing each company's progress and matching them with relevant resources, CrowdSolve simplifies the application process for various incubators. Leveraging acceptance data, it optimizes each company's chances of acceptance.
Srikant Vasan (Managing Partner - Avesta Fund) - Serial VC-backed tech entrepreneur (CEO of KBkids and StorePerform), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation philanthropic investor, Founding President of Mount St. Mary’s University Online, EIR at two top VC funds (Softbank’s Mobius Ventures and Battery Ventures), founding team member & Director Corp Dev of MediaOne, and McKinsey consultant. Now working to champion founders driving decarbonization and economic inclusion for a more sustainable and prosperous future.

Emily McAteer Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Odyssey Energy Solutions, a finance and technology platform to scale investment in distributed renewable energy (DRE) in emerging markets. Prior to Odyssey, Emily was Chief Revenue Officer of Frontier Power, a subsidiary of SunEdison, a microgrid development company in India and Africa.  Emily was also a Fulbright Scholar focused on off-grid solar systems in India and worked in advanced energy management at EnerNOC and Yahoo. Emily holds a BA from Brown University, an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

See you there! 🌱