Upfront Annual Meeting

February 24th, 2026
Chaplin Studios

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AGENDA

11:15 am

Registration & Lunch

12:45 pm

Welcome Remarks
Mark Suster & Kevin Zhang

1:10 pm

Neon Mobile
Alex Kiam, Founder & CEO

1:20 pm

Village
Brandon Terry, Co-founder & CEO

1:35 pm

The Firm of the Future
Mark Suster

2:00 pm

Daytona
Ivan Burazin, Co-founder & CEO

2:10 pm

The Next Era of Global Payments
Aditi Maliwal

2:25 pm

Invoca
Gregg Johnson, CEO

2:35 pm

Why Israel Is Becoming Impossible To Ignore
Stuart Lander

2:55 pm

Clair
Nico Simko, Co-founder & CEO

3:05 pm

Break

3:45 pm

Fortastra
Michael Smayda, Founder & CEO

4:05 pm

Upfront Fund Performance
Nina Sen

4:35 pm

CVRD Health
Alexa Baggio, Co-founder & CEO

4:45 pm

Tolken
Murali Akella, Co-founder & CEO
Ali Tarhini, Co-founder & President

4:55 pm

Infrastructure for the AI Agent Era
Kevin Zhang

5:15 pm

AnySignal
John Malsbury, Co-founder & CEO

5:25 pm

Rainmaker
Augustus Doricko, Founder & CEO

6:00 pm

Dinner & Cocktails