Yale Israel Venture Capital Conference

Friday, March 26, 2027 12:00 – 5:30 pm Yale University

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Program

Proposed schedule, subject to change.

  1. Registration and lunch

    Main Hall

  2. Opening remarks

    Main Hall

  3. Keynote: Backing founders at the frontier

    How a Sequoia partner finds and backs early-stage founders building hard technology.

    Shaun MaguireSequoia Capital

    Main Hall

  4. Conversation: The frontier is being built in Tel Aviv

    Two Andreessen Horowitz partners on defense, AI and the founders driving them.

    Gaby GoldbergAndreessen HorowitzWill BitskyAndreessen Horowitz

    Main Hall

  5. Break and refreshments

    Atrium

  6. Breakout conversations

    Small-group sessions, each hosted by a speaker: breaking into venture, building across two countries, and deep tech from cyber to chips.

    Shaun MaguireSequoia CapitalGaby GoldbergAndreessen HorowitzWill BitskyAndreessen HorowitzShay GrinfeldGreenfield Partners

    Breakout Rooms

  7. Closing conversation: Lessons from the startup nation

    Two decades of building and backing Israeli companies, and what students can take from it.

    Shay GrinfeldGreenfield Partners

    Main Hall

  8. Reception

    Atrium

Explore how Israel builds, funds and scales world-class technology companies.

Worldwide, Israel ranks

#1Startups
per capita
#1Unicorns
per capita
#1Venture capital raised
per capita

The Yale Israel VC Conference brings partners from leading venture firms to campus to explain how Israel's companies, leaders in cybersecurity, semiconductors, AI and life sciences, are built and funded, and what students can learn from them.

Founded in Israel

Check PointWizCyberArkMobileyeMellanoxHabana LabsWazemonday.comFiverrTevaGiven ImagingMazor Robotics

Built in Israel

Companies founded in Israel that now shape global technology. Choose a sector, then select a company to visit it.

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Yale faculty advising on the program and speakers.

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Student Organizing Committee

The Yale students organizing the conference.

Maxwell Kaspy

Maxwell Kaspy

MBA Candidate, Yale School of Management

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Hosted at the center of Yale entrepreneurship

The Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY) is the university's hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, supporting student founders through programs, mentorship and funding.

Tsai CITY
17 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
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Friday, March 26, 2027

Open to all Yale students. Lunch provided. Breakout seating is assigned in order of registration.

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