Anna Kotyza is the Content Director at VentureOut, creating content for VentureOut programs. Holding a strong background in storytelling, film-making, virtual reality, business development, strategy, research, video editing, content creation, and media.
Prior to VentureOut, Anna studied visual and media art production at Emerson University. And currently studying arts, business, technology and innovation in New York University.

Josh Rochlin was an early pioneer in the New York Internet venture community, founding MyCalendar.com and serving as its CEO before selling it to Sports Huddle in 2001 (now owned by CBS).

Josh then led business development and strategy at GoAmerica (GOAM), the first wireless internet service provider (now Purple Communications). Prior to IBM's acquisition of Teckst (formerly Xtify), Josh served as its founding CEO. Prior to joining Teckst, Josh served as the Chief Administrative Officer at Marc Ecko Enterprises, where he oversaw all non-apparel businesses and ventures.

managing director at Infinia Group, where he leads Infinia Ventures, a practice dedicated to the startup ecosystem.

Before Infinia, he was at Havas Worldwide New York following a stint as a freelance strategy consultant at a number of creative agencies. He has done strategy consulting work in brand, digital and growth strategy for clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 and the US government

Omri experienced Corporate Innovation and VC Analyst with a demonstrated history of working in the internet industry. He has skilled in Corporate Innovation, Accelerator, Operations Management, Cyber, AI, Retail, Sales, and Fundraising.
He is a strong business development professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Economics & Philosophy from Columbia University in the City of New York.

Allison Williams is Director of NVP Labs, a “bridge-to-seed” accelerator program at Newark Venture Partners. NVP Labs invests in early-traction B2B businesses that have strategic alignment with NVP’s corporate LPs (Audible/Amazon, Prudential, Dun & Bradstreet, Panasonic, RWJBarnabas and others). Before moving to venture, Allison became a seasoned leader with CEO and COO experience and a proven track record of driving expansive growth in startup technology companies. As founder and CEO at Yarly, in two and a half years, Allison assembled a talented technical team, built a cross platform mobile application, established a nationwide distributed salesforce and achieved profitability. In mid-2015, Yarly was acquired by YesVideo, a top competitor which powers over 30,000 retail locations, and Allison was retained as an advisor. Since then, Allison has been COO of a multi-national influencer brokerage software company (top clients include L’Oreal and Heineken) as well as Head of Strategy for a leader in the live streaming video space (top clients include Univision and Monumental Sports).

Christoph Sonnen is Partner at ADvantage Sports Tech Fund.ADvantage invests in early-stage technology companies aimed at shaping the future of sports. ADvantage is backed by leAD Sports, an initiative spearheaded by the grandchildren of Adi Dassler to further sports innovation, and global hybrid venture capital platform, OurCrowd.

Jason Shuman is an entrepreneur and VC with experience in direct to consumer eCommerce, marketplaces, RETech and SaaS. He is Principal at Primary Venture Partners, a Seed-stage venture capital firm helping NYC’s most promising founders build market-defining companies.

Jason enjoys collaborating with people that seek to solve problems and provide valuable solutions. His sectors of interest include marketplaces, digital health, real estate tech, FinTech, the future of living, aging in place tech and the internet of things.

Marine Richermoz is working as a Representative at the French Public Investment Bank.
She helps and supports French companies with their international development and expansion. Manage Account and client. Maintain and develop client relations, nurture the local ecosystem and Bpifrance partners. Promote different branches of Bpifrance: Investment, Finance, Export Credit Agency, Innovation, Accelerator. Organize international events and learning expeditions: NRF, SXSW, CES, Aéro, Bpifrance Inno Génération
She is interested in Sales, Events, Accounting / Management control, Accounting / Management control, Project / Product Management, Logistics.

Marwan Ghrab is working as the US V.I.E Program Coordinator at Business France NY.

Marwan is Promoting the Program in the U.S to Executives and HR managers of French headquartered companies with U.S subsidiaries. He held over 300 meetings and a dozen trade show in the span of 24 months, including presentation and networking events organized with multiple French Consuls General in the U.S (Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, New-York, Houston). He coordinates over 1400 graduates on different aspects such as Visa, Taxes, Administrative formalities.

Brandon Steiner is the founder and chairman of Steiner Sports Marketing and Memorabilia, the largest company of its kind in America.

In addition to Steiner Sports, Steiner is a premier motivational and inspirational speaker. Steiner has spoken to world-class organizations such as the New York Yankees, BMW North America, Nike, Live Nation, Cornell University, TEDx and Harvard Business School. Aside from speaking to audiences, Steiner is a permanent fixture in the media as a regular on ESPN NY Radio 98.7 FM and as co-host of Yankees-Steiner.

Etienne Fretault is an entrepreneur and angel investor.

Etienne is the CEO & Founder at AKITUA, an investment company active since 2005. 

He has more than 30 years of experience in the Sports industry. Back in 2000, he founded SPARTNER, an agency supporting sports stakeholders in the management of their travel and event projects in France and abroad. Today, Spartner operates on 5 continents and manages more than 200 events yearly through their offices in Lyon, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo, with a focus on 5 areas of expertise: Motorsport, Professional teams, Sporting events, Training camps, Media sport travel.

Paul Wigdor currently serves as Managing Partner at Ascendant Advisors, a Registered Investment Advisor based in Houston, Texas. Paul was a Founding Shareholder in Ascendant when the Company was formed in 2009 and joined the Firm as a Partner in 2011 to launch the Firm’s Mutual Fund Business. Under Paul’s direction, Ascendant has launched four mutual funds and will be launching a fifth in May, 2015. Prior to his work with Ascendant, Paul spent 15 years on the buy side and the sell side in a variety of capacities including legal and compliance, equity trading, wealth management and asset management. In addition to his financial services work experience, Paul is a seasoned entrepreneur and has been an active angel investor, advisor and board member to many young companies in a variety of industries including financial services, technology, restaurants, real estate, and luxury goods.

Andrew joined ff Venture Capital as a Partner Operations Manager in 2018. In addition to his work at ff Venture Capital, he is a Kairos Fellow and the Founder of ZUPP a platform that offers wholesale prices and machine learning-generated recommendations on health & fitness supplements.

Prior to ff Venture Capital, he served as the CEO & Founder of OnTrack, founded KodiBlue, worked as an Associate Vice President at Delta One Solutions, a Technology Consultant at Oracle, and an Analyst at Nielsen. Andrew received a Bachelor's in Marketing and Management Leadership from Boston College.

Stella serves as Senior Executive at one of the largest media groups in the world and has helped win several new businesses and new global clients for MDC’s client portfolio. Stella is a subject matter expert on the role of Digital Media in Advertising, Digital Operations and the future of the Internet.

She has experience working in global operations and business technology integration issues and has worked extensively with companies such as E*Trade and Fox to engage in a more data and technology-driven marketing approach. Stella is now based in NYC and as a self-identified polymath is exploring among other things the future of media through technological innovation.

Peter Stein is CEO at SporTech Ventures

As CEO & Founder, Peter combines his 10+ years of experience in venture capital,  executive startup operations, and across the sports and entertainment industry. With a track record of picking winners,  he has been instrumental in the growth of several emerging sports technology and media businesses.

Chris Meade is Co-CEO & Co-Founder at SportsRecruits

He is specialized in College Sports Recruiting, Business Development, Online Marketing, Operations, Sales.

Brian is the CEO and founder of VentureOut, which he launched in 2012 while working at Gotham Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund. He started VentureOut as a vehicle to help bridge the gap between the innovators around the world and the opportunities available to them in the New York and San Francisco technology ecosystems.

Brian is also a proud advocate of the New York City's vibrant technology community, a role he plays as a speaker, a mentor, on the Board of Directors of the NYC Innovation Collective, Founding Member of NYC Tech International, a member of the FWD.us Innovation Council and as the Founder of the Chaminade Alumni Entrepreneurs Association.

Prior to VentureOut, Brian’s career has spanned venture, at Gotham Ventures, consulting, supporting early-stage tech startups in NYC, business development, at OTR Global, and sales, as the youngest institutional salesperson globally at Standard & Poor's. Brian received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond.

Louisa Nicola is Director at Neuro Athletics.

Louisa Nicola is a driven sports business professional combining 10+ years of experience as an athlete and a director of a mental performance agency with a Master of Mathematics.

Neuro Athletics is a full-service mental performance agency working with professional athletes and corporate sales teams. They help salespeople hit targets and perform better by rewiring their brains.

The one philosophy Louisa Nicola has is that the mind is what the brain does. She believe for any corporate or athlete, it is extremely important to have a fully functioning and growing brain.

Alexander Miles is Founder & CEO  at SportsHi which is an app for high school sports focusing on communication, content and college opportunities.

At SportsHi, their mission is to encourage high school students to play sports by creating a community where all student-athletes can grow. 

Marine has twelve years of diversified audit and outsourcing experience with a primary focus in the retail industry and consumer products companies. She manages outsourcing compliance engagements for both international and domestic firms. Marine has a significant background serving as the temporary in-house finance lead and chief accountant for clients.

Prior to joining Mazars USA, she worked in the Mazars London and Paris offices.

Marine received both her Master of Audit and Accounting and her Master of Finance and Audit from the University of Lille in France. She is a Chartered Accountant in France.

Faye Tannenbaum is Partner at Mazars USA

As a co-leader of tax services for the Financial Services and Private Equity practices, and a member of the tax leadership team, Faye has over 30 years of experience providing tax compliance and consulting services to some of the largest entities operating within the United States, including private equity companies, banks, broker-dealers and investment management entities, as well as entities operating in the SaaS, manufacturing and retail industries.

Faye additionally serves as the tax leader of the digital asset group at Mazars and has worked on numerous projects involving digital currencies and ICOs.

She received her BS in Accounting from New York University and her MBA in

Accounting and MS in taxation from Fordham University.

Pierre-Marie has more than 14 years of experience in corporate finance, delivering due diligence consulting for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. He provides advisory and attestation services to complement the growth of large- and medium-sized corporations and investment funds. Pierre-Marie has served clients in the consumer goods, media and entertainment (including talent and sports management businesses), pharmaceutical, aerospace/defense/security, chemicals, and mining industries.

Fluent in French, Pierre-Marie joined Mazars’s Paris office in 1998, becoming a Partner in New York in 2001. Earlier in his career, Pierre-Marie was on the Audit Staff in Arthur Andersen’s Paris office.

Pierre-Marie graduated from Universite Bordeau-Montesquieu with a Master of Science in Economics, and a Master of Business Administration in Financial Engineering.

Gareth Klugh is working as COO at Falk Ventures.

Prior to Falk Ventures, He was Senior advisor at Players' Impact and XBorders, LLC and also Co-Founder of Huddle Sports Partners.

Gareth Klugh is experienced in venture capital, strategic planning, business development, operations, management, and issue resolution.

Ally Greifinger is Director of Integrated Marketing at the National Football League (NFL).