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Super Saturday is the first round of live judging of Student Business Track. The judges for this round of the Business track are venture capitalists, past winners and Rock Venture Partners, serial founders and angel investors. These investors are looking for ideas that have potential to become the next big idea with significant economic impact. Companies may also have a social mission but are primarily focused on building high-growth profit-oriented businesses.

Semi Final and Finals Judges are Managing Directors and General Partners of some of the top venture capital firms in the US. Also included are some of the most successful HBS entrepreneurs from top companies.

Judging criteria is focused on Customer Value Proposition which includes size of market, competitive landscape, and clear differentiation, Economic model of the venture, go-to-market plan and the capabilities and background of the team. For a complete understanding of the criteria, please click here.

NVC Business Track Finals Judges 2022

Ansaf Kareem

Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Dan Levitan

Co-Founder and Partner, Maveron

Daniel Nowiszewski

General Partner, Highland Capital Partners

David Hall

Managing Partner, Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Funds

Diego Rodriguez

Investor & Board Member, Self | former Chief Product Officer, Intuit

Guy Miasnik

Entrepreneur / Investor, Miasnik Ventures

Jennifer Fonstad

Founder, Owl Capital

Jenny Abramson

Founder & Managing Partner, Rethink Impact

Jenny Carter Fleiss

Venture Partner, Volition Capital

Josh Hix

CEO, Season

Kent Bennett

Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners

Marla Beck

Founder, Atmosphere Ventures

Nick Grouf

Partner / Co-Founder, Alpha Edison

Patrick Chung

General Partner, Xfund

Peter Bell

Chairman, Amity Ventures

Rick Grinnell

Managing Partner, Glasswing Ventures

Susan Rasmus Tynan

Founder & CEO, Framebridge

NVC Super Saturday Judges 2022

Aaron Michel

Partner, 1984 Ventures

Abbas Berdi

Partner, Chambers Point Capital

Adrian Washington

CEO and Founder, Platform LLC

Alvaro Rodriguez Suarez

Principal, FCP Ventures, LLC

Andrew Kelley

Board Advisor, Independent

Andy Macey

LP, CVP

Anita Venkiteswaran

Principal, Roivant Sciences

Anthony Franklin

Founder, Spearhead Revenue Consulting

Anthony Hill

Founder, President and CEO, Adapdix Corporation

Aunim Hossain

Head of Product, Cadre

Barbara Finer

Director, Northeast, FORGE

Bill Stapleton

CEO and Founder, Health Plan One, LLC

Caleb Williams

Founding Partner, Savana Partners

Charles King

Principal/Founder, CSG Urban Partners

David Ronick

Co-founder & CEO, Minded

David Saxner

Director of Business Development, aptaTargets

David Weil

Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus

Deniz Johnson

COO, Stratyfy

Dorien Nunez

Director of Research, OMNIResearch Group

Durjoy Bhattacharjya

CEO and Founder, NCMR (Medicalrecords.com)

Eddie Willis

CFO & Treasurer, The Perfecting Ministries, Inc

Eric Gillespie

Founder, Chairman, govini

Eric Sonnier

Director of Accelerator Programs, TBR Labs

Erich Schumann

CEO, Global Atlantic Partners LLC

Evonne Johnson

Founder & Partner, MERJ LLC

Freddie Martignetti

Founder, Nava Ventures

George Ellis

Global Director, Procurement, Corteva Agriscience

George Gong

Chairman, Zino Ventures

Gustavo Cavalcanti

CFO, Elmas Trading LLC

Heb Ryan

Managing Director, Boston Post Partners

Jadyn Bryden

Vice President, Xfund

Jason Chang

VP, Bedari Group

Jean Hammond

GP, LearnLaunch Fund + Accelerator

Jennifer A. Jordan

Managing Director, Techstars

Jill Becker

CEO, Kebotix

Jim McGrath

Chairman and CEO, Fairfax Capital Partners, Inc.

John Piret

Managing Director, Newbury Piret & Co., Inc.

Jonathan Spier

CEO, Rev

Jong Lee

CEO & Cofounder, Day Zero Diagnostics, Inc

Juan Leung Li

Partner, Tectonic Ventures

Julia Kastner

VP Product, NeuroFlow

Justin Crandall

Founder, EXPONENT

Karen Williams

CEO, Savitude

Kathleen Healy

Investor, Laundry Ventures

Kathy F. Rocha

Founding Member, Pulpit Rock Investors

Lauren Toretta

President, CH4 Biogas

Libbie O'Keeffe

Attorney, Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP

M. Cristian Shea

Partner, Equitas Management Partners

Mark Haddad

Partner, Foley Hoag LLP

MaryAnne Gucciardi

Financial Advisor, Old Peak Finance

Megan MacDonagh

Senior Associate, SV Health Investors

Myron White

Sales Representative, Woodmen Life

Olivier Manuel

CEO, OwnVantage

Pam Randhawa

CEO and Founder, Empiriko Corporation

Paul Baier

President, PathCheck Foundation

Paul Hayre

President, Sano Diagnostics

Peter Bleyleben

Board of Directors, Converge Venture Partners

Rachel Kemp

Vice President, Pickwick Capital Partners LLC

Ravi Kyasaram

Director - Growth and Technology, Edward Jones

Renee Fry

CEO, Gentreo, Inc.

Richard Dulude

Co-Founder & Partner, Underscore VC

Rindge Leaphart

COO, Oakcrest Management

Ry Sullivan

VP of Product, Carta, Inc.

Ryan Davis

Cofounder & Chief Digital Officer, People First Marketing

Sarah Pierson

Co-founder, Margaux

Sascha Mornell

Co-founder and CEO, GetMyBoat

Sean Jacobsohn

Partner, Norwest Venture Partners

Sean Lanagan

President, Enterprise Information Systems Business, CAMP Systems

Shravan Narayen

Senior Product Manager, Snowflake

Sriram Gollapalli

Managing Director, TBD Angels

Stan Fung

Managing Director, FarSight Ventures

Stephanie Rowe

Managing Director, Deloitte

Stephen Pittman

Principal & Founder, SD Pittman & Co. LLC

Steve Halmos

CEO, Halmos Holdings, Inc.

Stuart Patterson

President, PLC Advisors, LLC

Tami Kesselman

Impact Strategist & Executive Coach, Next Gen Success LLC

Teri Shipp

Principal, Golden Seeds

Tyler Ellis

Founder, Black Hills Partners

Uche Isiugo

Founder & CEO, Infranergy

Vince Ponzo

Startup Manager, Amazon Web Services

NVC Tough Tech Judges 2022

Alex Bondar

Partner, Acre Venture Partners

Alice Ly

Principal, Alexandria Venture Investments/Head of Alexandria LaunchLabs

Andy Payne

Angel Investor

Arjun Goyal, M.D.

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Vida Ventures

Eddie Eltoukhy

Strategy and Business Development, Senti Biosciences

Jayon Wang

CEO , X-COR Therapeutics

Michael Kearney

Partner, The Engine

Michael Schrader

Co-Founder & CEO, Vaxess Technologies

Patrick Anquetil

Founder/CEO, Portal Instruments, Inc.

Shireen Santosham

Head of Strategic Initiatives, Plenty

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