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

Alvin Kim
Director of Marketing, TriplePoint Capital
Adam Cragg
Partner at Osney Capital, cyber security VC, Osney Capital
Audrey Spitzer
Early Stage Venture, Andreessen Horowitz
Tilly McLain
Operations and Community Manager, Uncork Capital
Rachel Coffman
Head of Platform, Footwork
Ferrona Lie
Solving Problems, Entrepreneurs First
safa aliabadi
Managing Director-Innovation Banking, Citizens Private Bank
Prakash Goswami
Entrepreneur | Investor | Strategy & Operations | FinTech | DeepTech | Products | Community Builder, MARL Accelerator, LLC
Murray Newlands
Partner at IASV Seed Ventures and Chief Sailing Officer
Ed Dua
General Partner, IA Seed Ventures
Gary Dempsey
Vice-President Emerging Technology, IDA Ireland
Chelsea Dvorak
Head of Operations, Matter VP

Summit Agenda

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

Morning

8:00 – 9:00am
Breakfast & Registration
Networking breakfast
09:00 – 9:10am
Welcome & Opening Remarks
SAP
09:10 – 9:20am
Host Introduction
Proven, Philip McNamara
09:20 – 10:00am
Scaling Platform as a Team of One: Practical AI Workflows from the LP and VC Operating Perspective
Hillary Tyree + Shannon at Susa – Cendana Capital
10:00 – 10:45am
Main Keynote
Mike King – Andreessen Horowitz
10:45 – 11:00am
Break
Coffee & Networking
11:00 – 11:45am
Portfolio Enablement & Platform Strategy
Matt Vail, OpenAI

Midday

11:45 – 1:00pm
LUNCH
Networking Lunch
1:00 – 1:45pm
AI Frontiers & Platform Impact
Avisha Naganath, Khosla Ventures
1:50 – 2:30pm
Scaling Platform as a Team of One: Practical AI Workflows from the LP and VC Operating Perspective
Hillary Tyree + Shannon at Susa – Cendana Capital
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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