Marc serves as Head of Fund Operations and Chief Compliance Officer at American Family Ventures, where he leads financial, operational, and compliance activities, including fund accounting, administration, performance reporting, and transaction management. He also administers compensation plans and collaborates with legal partners on deal processes and fund setup. A CPCU, SPHR, CCP, and CBP, Marc brings over thirty years of insurance industry experience to AFV. He holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Marty Smuin currently serves as the COO of Weave Communications, and has more than 25 years of management experience focusing primarily on GTM strategy and execution, including business and corporate development, sales and marketing, operations and support; spending much of that time in senior executive roles. His industry experience ranges from wireless telecommunications, storage management and application software, super computing, aerospace, media and ecommerce. Much of Marty’s experience has been gleaned in the international business arena, amassing considerable experience in opening, and expanding market share throughout EMEA and APAC. Marty has also worked extensively with start-ups from concept to exit and has helped raise tens of millions of dollars from angel investors, VC’s and private equity firms. Marty has consistently exceeded expectations and specializes in strategy, execution and the development of highly effective teams.

Samantha Wang is a co-founder and General Partner at RPS Ventures. Prior to founding RPS, Samantha was a Partner at Crosslink Capital, an early-stage venture firm based in Silicon Valley. Before joining Crosslink, Samantha spent 10+ years as a marketing executive, and was most recently ran International Operations & Marketing at LegalZoom, the leading provider of online legal services. Earlier in her career, Samantha was a venture investor at 3i Group, and an investment banker at Deutsche Bank. Samantha holds a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University.

Sunir has lived and worked in the technology industry in Europe and the US for over 30 years and is currently serving as an Independent Director on the board of BBVA (NYSE:BBVA), where he created their Technology & Cybersecurity Committee for board governance. Sunir is also currently an Operating Partner at Atlantic Bridge Capital, a transatlantic venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, with over $1.5B in assets under management. Sunir is an advisor and board member to industry defining companies such as Vectra and Stratio, as well as having led investments in companies with innovative technology such as Devo, helping them develop and disrupt legacy markets. Sunir was the CEO of UBmatrix the creator of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), now the standard for business information exchange. The standard has revolutionized the regulatory reporting of financial information and risk globally. UBmatrix, the leading software company in this market was acquired by R.R. Donnelley (NASDAQ:RRD). Sunir was a founder of Cassatt, an early cloud computing pioneer, which fueled the emergence of SaaS and was acquired by Computer Associates. Sunir was also co-founder and CEO of E-Stamp. He is credited with inventing the market and technology for Internet postage and payment, leading E-Stamp Corporation to a successful IPO. In his career, Sunir has held senior management positions at Oracle, Microsoft and at Novell in Silicon Valley, Seattle, Paris, Frankfurt and London. He also has had various engineering roles at the European Space Agency and Honeywell. Sunir holds a BS Honors Degree in Physics from the University of Birmingham, and an MS in Computer Systems from the Cranfield Institute of Technology, both in the UK, and resides in Silicon Valley, California.

David is the Co-Managing General Partner at Crosslink. He joined the firm in 2011 and focuses on venture investments in software, financial technologies and digital media.

Corporate Venture Capitalist & Start-Up enthusiast, who partner with business leaders to help them identify and understand strategic opportunities, then help them deliver transformation to achieve customer growth. Leading Firemark Ventures, the $75m corporate venture capital fund for IAG, Australia’s largest general insurance company. Responsible for the development of opportunities between IAG and the startup companies IAG invests in.