The Capability Accelerator Rally Point will offer a panel discussing the use of Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) support to companies specializing in national defense technology. A distinguished panel of investors will discuss their experiences and perspectives from investing in the defense industry. Additionally, company leaders will provide their experiences working with PE and VC firms while operating in the defense sector.

1300-1420: Software Panel

• Moderator:

  • Thom Kenney – Google Technical Director, Office of the CTO:

• VCs:

  • Jeremy Hitchcock – Co-founder, New North Ventures

  • Brian Mongeau – Principle, First In Ventures

• Companies (CEOs/Founders):

  • Prashant Bhuyan – Founder and CEO, Accrete AI (AI analytics)

  • Nini Hamrick – Co-founder and President, Vannevar Labs (Natural Language Processing/AI analytics)

  • Ryan Tseng – Co-founder and CEO, Shield AI (AI pilot/Unmanned Autonomous Systems)

1420-1430:  BREAK

1430-1600: Hardware Panel

• Moderator:

  • CMSgt (ret) Greg Smith – Senior Solutions Architect, TIGRE Global Solutions Inc (Consulting)(Fmr SOCOM Command Senior Enlisted Leader)  

• VCs:

  • Tommy Hendrix – Managing Partner, Decisive Point

  • Coley Lewis – Vice President/Growth Partnerships, In-Q-Tel

• Companies (CEOs/Founders):

  • Dexter Ang – Executive Chairman, Pison (wearables/human performance)

  • Jake Bullock – Founder and CEO, Ravn (Edge data analytics)

  • Dan Magy – Co-founder, Firestorm Labs (Modular Unmanned Autonomous Systems)

  • Brian Streem – Founder and CEO, Vermeer (Alt-PNT and AR UAS Mission Planning/C2)