Registration is now open for the Bay Area Pitch Night on June 17, hosted by LebNet in collaboration with LIFE and Endeavor Lebanon at Silicon Valley Bank in San Francisco.
Join us for an evening featuring high-potential Lebanese entrepreneurs from the United States and Canada pitching their companies to investors, advisors, and members of the Lebanese diaspora community across technology, finance, consulting, law, and entrepreneurship.
We are also honored to welcome George Kadifa as our Keynote Speaker. George is the Co-Founder and Senior Advisor at Sumeru Equity Partners, a US-based technology investment firm, and brings decades of leadership experience across the global technology and investment sectors. He has served on the boards of several leading global technology companies and currently chairs AUB’s Board of Trustees.
Up to 10 startups will be selected to pitch, followed by networking with founders, investors, and industry leaders.
Click to register.
We look forward to an exciting evening of innovation, connection, and entrepreneurship.
More about George Abdo Kadifa:
George Kadifa is currently the Co-Founder and Senior Advisor at Sumeru Equity Partners, a Venture Partner at ARCH Venture Partners, and a Trustee at California Institute of Technology. Formerly the Executive Vice President and General Manager of HP Software and an Operating Partner at Silver Lake, he led HP’s $4 billion software business and held leadership roles at IBM, Corio, Oracle Corporation, and Booz Allen Hamilton. Recently elected Chairman of the American University of Beirut Board of Trustees, Kadifa has long been deeply engaged in the Lebanese diaspora community, including previously serving as Chairman of LebNet. He holds a BE in Electrical Engineering from American University of Beirut, an MSEE from California Institute of Technology, and an MBA from University of Chicago.
