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4 SPONSORS& SPEAKERS EMILY CHIU 500 Startups United States NEIL DUGAL 500 Startups United States At 500 Startups, Emily leads the corporate development/M&A group. Emily has over 13 years of experience across industries, company stages, and roles. As an entrepreneur, Emily was on the founding team of two startups in the edtech space, raising over $40 million in venture capital and launching two accredited online universities that served students worldwide. Prior to this, Emily worked as an investor at a $4 billion private equity fund, where she did $100+ million buyout transactions and helped scale the operations of companies acquired. Emily started her career as a technology and healthcare investment banker at Goldman Sachs, where she advised on $8 billion in completed mergers and acquisitions, and helped Fortune 500 companies raise over $2.5 billion in debt and equity financing transactions. Neil Dugal is a corporate counsel at 500 Startups, where he oversees all U.S. and international deals and carries out an investment thesis of investing in promising and diverse companies around the globe. Prior to 500 Startups, Neil was a venture capital and start-up attorney at Fenwick & West, where he represented clients such as Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Accel Partners, Google Ventures, King Digital Entertainment, Jet.com, Tile and many others. Prior to that, Neil was an M&A and private equity attorney at Kirkland & Ellis in New York and San Francisco, where he represented clients such as Brystol-Myers Squibb, Burger King, 3G Capital and Bain Capital. DARIO MERCADO Silicon Valley Bank United States As part of SVB's Global Gateway, Dario Mercado engages with global entrepreneurs who are launching and scaling high performing VC-backed companies within the emerging tech regions in Latin America (primarily Brazil, Mexico and Argentina), Russia, India, Turkey, and Australia. As a banking advisor to global startups, Dario helps clients to manage investment assets and provides guidance on potential debt solutions for companies scaling in the US and Europe. Prior to joining SVB's Global Gateway, Dario performed loan portfolio analysis within SVB's Credit Reporting group, and has several years of business analyst experience. Dario received his B.S. from Stanford University and MBA from Santa Clara University.