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13 CEM SERTOGLU Earlybird Venture Capital Turkey EZE VIDRA Antidote United Kingdom Cem is an entrepreneur and venture capital investor, focused on technology ventures in Turkey and CEE since 2006. He is currently a Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital in Istanbul. His investment highlights include YemekSepeti and GittiGidiyor, the two largest exits in Turkish internet, as well as Hazelcast, PropertyFinder, and Wikimart. Previously, Cem was the Founder & CEO of SelectMinds (now a part of Oracle) in New York, the global leader in social talent management software. One of the social software pioneers, the company's solutions enable the human capital management programs at some of the world's largest companies. Prior to founding SelectMinds in 1999, Cem worked as a Strategy Consultant in New York for six years. Cem holds a degree in Economics from The University of Texas at Austin. Currently, Eze is the Chief Innovation Officer at Antidote, a digital health company that aims to accelerate the breakthroughs of new treatments by bridging the gap between medical research and the people who need them. Previously, Eze was a General Partner at Google Ventures, covering Europe and Israel. He has previously led Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe and founded Campus London, Google's first physical hub for startups, which now hosts 50,000 members and over 1,000 events a year, with additional Campuses opening up in Tel Aviv, Madrid, Seoul, Warsaw and Sao Paolo. He has a background in product management and partnerships, and he is the founder of VC Cafe and Techbikers, a non-profit. TRAVIS FOXHALL Quona Capital United States Travis Foxhall is an investment associate with Quona Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in growth-stage financial technology companies in emerging markets. He sources, evaluates, and executes investments for Quona's Latin American portfolio, with particular interest in alternative lending, machine learning / AI, insuretech, payments, and digital banking. Prior to joining Quona, Travis worked in corporate strategy roles at JPMorgan Chase and Thomson Reuters in New York. In both roles, he worked on internal consulting engagements for senior management, with a strong focus on financial technology and innovation. Travis holds a degree in History and Portuguese from Yale University. JON SOBERG 8VC United States Jon Soberg is an early stage venture investor and entrepreneur, specializing in FinTech, Enterprise Software, and Consumer Financial Services. He was listed in Forbes in 2015 as one of the top global FinTech investors, and has multiple 10X+ exits and a strong record of returning capital. As Managing Partner at Expansive Ventures, Jon sourced and led all of the investments, and currently sits on the board of Sixup PBC. As a Partner at Blumberg Capital, Jon led or played a key role in 50 investments made between 2010 to 2014, including Addepar, Any.DO, Appboy, Coverhound, Credorax, Kreditech, 1-Page, Cyvera, Trulioo, FeeX, Fundbox and Zanbato. Prior to becoming an investor, Jon was a serial entrepreneur and operator, with an IPO exit at Adforce. Jon is a Palmer Scholar at Wharton, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.