Issue link: http://endeavor.uberflip.com/i/817272
19 ARMAN ZAND Quona Capital United States ZAFER YOUNIS 500 Startups United States Arman has more than 17 years of experience working in technology and finance. Prior to joining Quona Capital, Arman was Director of Business Development at RocketSpace, Inc., where he helped advise on corporate open innovation and connected startups with Fortune 1000 brands. Arman spent the previous 15 years at Silicon Valley Bank in the US, India, U.K, and the Middle East, helping expand the bank globally including 7 years in China where he helped co-found China's first joint venture technology bank. Arman's experience includes venture finance, technology acceleration, corporate open innovation, and global expansion. Arman is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and is a part-time lecturer at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Zafer Younis is a partner at 500 Startups, a seed and incubator fund in Silicon Valley with investments in over 50 countries. Zafer works with entrepreneurs from all over the world through 500 Startups' acceleration programs in Silicon Valley and its ecosystem development programs around the world. In 2016, Zafer launched 500 Startups' pre-accelerator program in Japan. He also led 500 Startups' Corporate Startup Innovation (CSI) Program in San Francisco which aims to get corporates and startups to innovate together.