SPEAKERS & MENTORS

The wait is over.

Meet the first wave of speakers and mentors set to help you move faster, build smarter, and level up at Startupfest 2026. This is just the beginning—stay tuned for more.

Rene Caissie

CEO, Medeloop

Misti Cain

Investor, Mighty Capital

Marty Weiner

Founder and CTO, VerifyYou

Jonathan Nightingale

Co-founder, Raw Signal Group

Becky Wang

Head of Strategy, Metafide

Melissa Nightingale

Co-founder, Raw Signal Group

Andrew Lockhead

CEO, Stay22

Haley Bryant

Partner, Hustle Fund

Sam Colby

Chief Operating Officer, Finalytics, Second Wind & TWENTY6

Sylvain Perron

CEO, Botpress

Fatima Khamitova

Director, Startups, Vector Institute for AI

Lianne Vineberg

Founder, T6 Talent Partners

Operating Partner, Maverix Private Equity

Neil Grunberg

Managing Partner, Storytime Capital

Dr. Theresa Johnson

Head of Product, Roblox Operating System (Enterprise AI)

Tam Danier

Lead Solution Design Architect, Launch @ NTT Data

Rami Sayar

Senior Director of Engineering, Microsoft AI

Teija Bean

Head of Product Design, Forum Ventures, AI Studio

Harper Reed

CEO, 2389 Research, Inc

Shambhavi Mishra

Associate Partner, Antler

Jonathan Lowenhar

Founder & CEO, Enjoy the Work

Eva Lau

General Partner, Two Small Fish Ventures

Mitch Joel

Founder, ThinkersOne

Erin O'Keefe Graham

Managing Partner, Imaginal

Roberto Cipriani

Startup Advisor | Founder, Paper Education

Lida Tohidi

CPO & Certified Coach, Pidari

Randy Smerik

Entrepreneur, Osunatech

Charlotte Murray

Chief Operating Officer , The Farmers' Truck

Claude Théoret

Senior AI Advisor, Innovobot

Chris Shipley

Partner, C/R Strategy Partners

Morgan Willis

Principal Cloud Technologist, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

John Rikhtegar

Vice President, Northleaf Capital

Christina Moro

Entrepreneur in Residence, Mila Ventures

Rita Kasparian

Senior Director, BDC Capital

Michelle McBane

Managing Director, StandUp Ventures

Marianne Dubois

Head of Discovery, Inovia

Alistair Croll

Content Chair, Startupfest