Venture Capital Initiative - Programs - John Glynn VC Speaker Series

As a tribute to Professor John Glynn, a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley for more than 50 years and a Darden and Stanford professor for over 30 years, Professor Les Alexander and the Mayo Center have organized the "In Memoriam: John Glynn VC Speaker Series," for Darden students.

Visit the internal VC at Darden page for more information.

Questions: [email protected]
 

Academic Year 25-26 Speakers

Rob Lehman, Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer, Saronic Technologies
Sohrab Vakili, Talent Partners​​​​​​​, 8VC​​​​​​​
Chris Merz, Director of Product​​​​​​​, Overland AI​​​​​​​
Dustin Dunbar, Investor, Virginia Venture Partners
Nick Snoad (MBA '22), Investor​​​​​​​, Marlinspike
Neil Keegan, CEO, Marlinspike

Academic Year 24-25 Speakers

Gerry Brunk, Managing Director, Lumira Ventures
Kent Bennett (UVA '00), VC Investor, Bessemer Venture Partners
Rett Crocker, CEO & CTO, udu Inc.
Keisuke (Keis) I., Partner, UTEC
James Mackey (MBA '98), Managing Direct, Climate Investment
Aaron Michel, Partner, 1984 Ventures
Danielle (Dani) Tran, Gaming Investor, Konvoy

Fall 2023 Speakers

Brett Brohl (MBA '09), Managing Partner, Bread and Butter Ventures
Sean Foote (MBA '93), CEO, Fifty Five Financial
David Glynn, Managing Partner, Glynn Capital