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9 WILL BUNKER GrowthX United States NIKO BONATSOS General Catalyst Partners United States PATRICK (PAT) BURTIS Amadeus Capital United States DOMITILLA CAPUTO SAP Startup Focus United States An investor in more than 150 start-ups, Will has made it his life's mission to help other entrepreneurs succeed in developing successful companies and achieving their goals. His skill and experience in connecting people have allowed him to build a global network of investors and entrepreneurs, all of whom he considers members of his extended family. Before co-founding GrowthX, Will raised and led the Silicon Valley Growth Syndicate, a seed-stage MicroVC. Will was also a selling-founder of One-and-Only.com, the largest internet dating site and one of the top 100 sites of the 90s, acquired by Ticketmaster for $47M dollars and rebranded as Match.com. Will began his career working with N.B. Hunt, who sent him on a series of amazing adventures across Russia and Nicaragua, including physically carrying $250K of gold from Managua, Nicaragua to Miami, FL every other week. This increased Will's risk tolerance to the point that starting an Internet company seemed rational. Niko Bonatsos is a managing director at General Catalyst. Niko focuses his investment strategy on finding first-time technology founders with strong product instincts, a robust appetite for learning, and a desire to create consumer-focused innovations with the potential to benefit millions of users. In his first six years with the firm, he was instrumental in investments in Snap (NYSE: SNAP), RealtyShares, ClassDojo and Paribus (recently acquired by CapitalOne) among others. Prior to joining General Catalyst, Niko attended Stanford University as a Fulbright Scholar earning an MS in Management Science and Engineering. He has studied and worked in many countries including the U.S., Greece, the UK and, as a part of the R&D team for Yokogawa Electric Corporation, in Japan. Additionally, Niko holds an M.Phil. in Manufacturing Engineering and Management from the University of Cambridge and a Dipl.-Ing in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the National Technical University of Athens. Pat Burtis joined Amadeus in 2006 and is a partner in Amadeus' San Francisco office. He invests in high-tech companies globally, with a focus on Latin America and the US. Pat's sector interests include fintech, edtech, digital media, and cleantech. He currently serves on the Boards of Bidu, Descomplica, and GreenRoad and is an observer at Magnetic. He has also worked closely with Transmode (TRMO.ST), Tobii (TOBII.ST), Optos (LON:OPTS), ClickTale, and GlySure. Pat began his career with five years in Bain & Co's Boston office. From 1997-2004, Pat was an independent consultant in the cleantech, high-tech, health care, and materials fields. Pat holds a BA from Dartmouth College and a Masters of Environmental Management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is a Kauffman Fellow (Class 11). Domitilla Caputo manages and develops relationships with strategic partners, accelerators and incubators at SAP Startup Focus. Prior to SAP, Domitilla worked internationally across Europe and Canada in multiple roles managing commercial relationships with strategic accounts in the retail and advertising industries.

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