Global Conference 2021

Feb 23, 2021, 2:00 PM – Feb 25, 2021, 10:00 PM

Nothing can replace human interaction, but the power of online allows us to bring the education, access, opportunities and inspiration of Startup Grind’s Global Conference to startups around the world. This year’s event is more accessible for startups globally than ever before. Join us and 15,000 others for conversation and collaboration around tech, startups, and the future of innovation.

Virtual event

About this event

A home for startups everywhere.

Now more accessible than ever before.

Nothing can replace human interaction, but the power of online allows us to bring the education, access, opportunities and inspiration of Startup Grind’s Global Conference to startups around the world. Our new virtual and choose-what-you-pay model makes this year’s event more accessible for startups globally than ever before. Join us and 15,000 others for conversation and collaboration around tech, startups, and the future of innovation.

Before purchasing a Full Access ticket, we want to know if you are a:

Student, startup, part of the media, or looking to secure a free scholarship ticket.

Check out the application process and find out the various perks for each group.

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Speakers

  • Stacey Abrams

    Fair Fight Action

    Board Chair

  • Biz Stone

    Twitter + Future Positive

    Co-founder

  • Jeff Lawson

    Twilio

    Founder + CEO

  • Tamar Yehoshua

    Slack

    Chief Product Officer

  • Michelle Zatlyn

    Cloudflare

    Co-founder, President + COO

  • Noah Kerner

    Acorns

    CEO

  • Benoit Dageville

    Snowflake

    Co-founder + President of Product

  • Lucy Liu

    Airwallex

    Co-founder + President

  • Parker Conrad

    Rippling

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Markus Villig

    Bolt

    Founder + CEO

  • Hayley Barna

    First Round Capital, Birchbox

    Partner, Co-founder

  • Prakash Janakiraman

    Nextdoor

    Co-Founder + Chief Architect

  • Eren Bali

    Carbon Health

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Emily Melton

    Threshold

    Co-founder + Partner

  • Shishir Mehrotra

    Coda

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Jean-Denis Greze

    Plaid

    Chief Technology Officer

  • Alda Leu Dennis

    Initialized Capital

    General Partner

  • Ali Parsa

    Babylon

    CEO + Founder

  • Claire Diaz-Ortiz

    Magma Partners

    Partner

  • Songe LaRon

    Squire

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Michele Romanow

    Clearbanc

    Co-founder + President

  • Alvin Graylin

    HTC

    President of HTC, China

  • Amandine Lobelle

    Paystack

    Head of Business Operations

  • George Arison

    Shift

    Co-Founder + Co-CEO

  • Jaime Schmidt

    Schmidt's Naturals/Color Capital

    Founder, Investor + Author

  • Anis Uzzaman

    Pegasus Tech Ventures

    General Partner + CEO

  • Aviad Pinkovezky

    Hippo

    Chief Product Officer

  • Harry Stebbings

    The Twenty Minute VC

    Founder

  • Alexa von Tobel

    LearnVest, Inspired Capital

    Founder + Managing Partner

  • Sujeet Kumar

    udaan

    Co-founder

  • KR Sridhar

    Bloom Energy

    CEO, Founder, Chairman

  • Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau

    MIT Technology Review

    CEO + Publisher

  • Gary Stewart

    Techstars New York City Accelerator

    Managing Director

  • Alexi Robichaux

    BetterUp

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Maya Horgan Famodu

    Ingressive Capital

    Founder + MD

  • Kamran Elahian

    Global Innovation Catalyst

    Founder + Chairman

  • Áine Kerr

    Kinzen

    Co-Founder + COO

  • Sriram Krishnan

    Andreessen Horowitz

    General Partner

  • Sonja Gittens Ottley

    Asana

    Head of Diversity + Inclusion

  • Tien Tzuo

    Zuora

    Founder + CEO

  • Laura Holliday

    Depop

    Marketing Expert

  • Byron Deeter

    Bessemer Venture Partners

    Partner

  • Liana Douillet Guzmán

    Skillshare

    CMO

  • Courtney McKlveen

    Convoy

    Group VP, Head of Sales

  • Stephen McIntyre

    Frontline Ventures

    Founding Partner

  • Sarah Shewey

    Happily

    Founder + CEO

  • Vieje Piauwasdy

    Secfi

    Director of Equity Strategy

  • Allison Robinson

    The Mom Project

    Founder + CEO

  • Albrey Brown

    Airtable

    Diversity, Equity, + Inclusion

  • Mae Karwowski

    Obviously

    Founder + CEO

  • Javier Mata

    Yalochat

    Founder + CEO

  • Luke Anear

    SafetyCulture

    Founder + CEO

  • Alexa Hall

    Google

    Startup Program Manager, Google Cloud

  • Chris Giovanniello

    Menlo Micro

    Co-Founder + SVP, Products + Marketing

  • Shuo Wang

    Deel

    Co-Founder and CRO

  • Job van der Voort

    Remote

    CEO

  • Christina Cacioppo

    Vanta

    Co-founder & CEO

  • Dan DeFrancesco

    Business Insider

    Associate Finance Editor

  • Aaron Jacobson

    New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

    Partner

  • Ashley Brucker-Stepien

    Webflow

    VP, Marketing

  • Eric Rea

    Podium

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Rashmi Gopinath

    B Capital Group

    General Partner

  • Mike Radice

    Toptal

    Director of Recruiting

  • Tsune Shirota

    World Innovation Lab

    Partner

  • Wayne Berger

    International Workplace Group (IWG)

    CEO of IWG Americas

  • Ian Gardiner

    Innovation Bay

    Co-founder

  • Blessing Abeng

    Ingressive for Good

    Director of Communications

  • Jason Williamson

    Oracle for Startups & Oracle for Research

    VP

  • Stephen Hamm

    Author

  • Madeline Ulivieri

    Startup Grind

    Global Community Manager

  • Alec Wright

    OneValley

    Chief Innovation Officer

  • Adi Engel

    vcita

    Chief Marketing Officer

  • Jomaree Pinkard

    Hella Cocktail

    Co-founder + CEO

  • David Cohen

    Techstars

    Co-founder, Managing Partner + Board Member

  • Christine Feng

    Blackstone

    Senior Managing Director

  • Brian Brackeen

    LIGHTSHIP CAPITAL

    General Partner

  • Kyle Lui

    DCM Ventures

    Partner

  • Russ Heddleston

    DocSend

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Rebecca Kaden

    Union Square Ventures

    Partner

  • Rajiv Nathan

    Startup Hypeman

    Founder

  • Hubert Palan

    Productboard

    Founder + CEO

  • Andrew Lee

    Initialized Capital

    Partner

Organizers

  • Rishita Sharma

    Chapter Director

  • Anupam Pandey

    Team Member

  • Ayushi Sharma

    Creative Head

About Startup Grind

This is Startup Grind. We are the world’s largest startup community.

Our Mission

To give startups everywhere the education and opportunities they need to build, grow, and scale their companies.

Our Values

We believe in making friends, not contacts. We believe in giving first, not taking. We believe in helping others before helping yourself.

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