Proven
Summit 2026

February 19, 2026
SAP Labs, 135 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA

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Proven Summit 2026

SAP Labs, 135 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA
February 19, 2026

Theme: Building Advantage Through AI PartnershipsWhere Platform, Portfolio, and Partners converge — powered by AI Platform

Teams aren’t just curating vendors anymore. They’re orchestrating intelligent partner network that anticipate portfolio needs, surface insights automatically, and scale support beyond human bandwidth. This theme positions Proven as the connective tissue enabling that transformation.
Location

SAP Labs, 135 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA

Free
February 19, 2026

Speakers


Matt Vail

Head of VC Partnerships, Open AI
Matt leads VC Partnerships at OpenAI, where he works with top venture firms and their portfolio companies as they build and scale on OpenAI’s platform.

Hillary Tyree

Head of Platform and Operations, Cendana Capital
Hillary Tyree leads Platform & Operations at Cendana, partnering closely with the investment team to support LP engagement, firm operations, and platform initiatives across the firm’s fund-of-funds business.

Avisha Mehra Naganath

Operating Partner, Khosla Ventures
Avisha leads executive and board recruiting for Khosla Ventures’ portfolio of over 350 companies across consumer, health, enterprise, and frontier technologies.

Shannon Mooney Kyle

Platform & Operations Manager, Susa Ventures
Shannon is the Platform & Operations Manager at Susa Ventures, where she supports firm operations and leads platform initiatives in service of the firm’s broader portfolio.

Victor Echevarria

Managing Director, Jackson Square Ventures
Victor is a Managing Director at Jackson Square Ventures, joining the firm in 2018 after spending 10 as a founder and operator of early stage companies. As an investor, he focuses on digital health, fintech, labor maketplaces, and enterprise SaaS.

Attendees

Meredith Parsons
Operating Partner, Offline Ventures
Baargav Duggirala
GTM Strategy, Chargebee
Ted Wint
Gold House Investor, Gold House Ventures
Fernanda Baker
Executive Director, JP Morgan
Jeremiah Owyang
VC Investor, Blitzscaling Ventures
Erica Seeley
Senior Lead Vice President, Wells Fargo
Gigi Alper
Portfolio Operations, ICONIQ
David Le
Senior Operating Partner, Autotech Ventures
Keshia Theobald van Gent
Venture Capital Partner/Startup Advisor, BDev Ventures
Skye Addicks
Operations, Streamlined Ventures
Hillá Watkins
Platform Partner, Congruent Ventures
Vinod Joseph
Investor, Samsung Next

Summit Agenda

Join us for a day of insights, connections, and innovation

Morning

8:00 – 9:00am
Breakfast & Registration
Networking breakfast
9:00 – 9:10am
Welcome & Opening Remarks
SAP
9:10 – 9:20am
Host Introduction
GetProven, Philip McNamara
9:20 – 10:00am
Panel Discussion
Victor Echevarria, JSV
10:00 – 10:45am
Portfolio Enablement & Platform Strategy
Matt Vail, OpenAI
10:45 – 11:00am
Break
Coffee & Networking
11:00 – 11:45am
AI Frontiers & Platform Impact
Avisha Naganath, Khosla Ventures + Philip McNamara, GetProven

Midday

11:45 – 1:00pm
LUNCH
Networking Lunch
1:00 – 1:45pm
Panel Discussion
SAP and Panel
1:50 – 2:30pm
Scaling Platform as a Team of One: Practical AI Workflows from the LP and VC Operating Perspective
Hillary Tyree, Cendana Capital + Shannon Mooney, Susa Ventures
2:30 – 2:45pm
BREAK
Networking / Reset (or maybe another speaker)

Afternoon/Evening

2:45 – 4:00pm
Happy Hour + Roundtable / Faceoff
5–6 portcos – Pitch session
4:00 – 4:30pm
Happy Hour & Networking
Open networking

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