Business Track
Judging
Judging
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 2023
Barbara Iyayi
CEO & Founding Partner, Unicorn Growth Capital
Brian Bedol
CEO and co-founder, Kittch, Inc
Brian Hollins
Founder and Managing Partner, Collide Capital
Dan Levitan
Co-Founder & Partner, Maveron
Dan Nova
General Partner, Highland Capital Partners
Diego Rodriguez
Board Member, EngageSmart
Guy Miasnik
Managing Partner, Miasnik Ventures
Josh Hix
CEO, Season Health
Leslie Feinzaig
Founder & Managing Director, Graham & Walker Venture Fund
Nadia Boujarwah
Co-founder & CEO, Dia & Co
Patrick Chung
General Partner, Xfund
Peter Bell
Chair, Amity Ventures
Rachel Field
Associate, The Engine
Rags Gupta
Venture Partner, Hyperplane Venture Capital
Rudina Seseri
Founder & Managing Partner, Glasswing Ventures
Steve Papa
CEO Parallel Wireless, Parallel Wireless
NVC Super Saturday Judges 2023
Aaron Michel
Partner, 1984 Ventures
Adam Kanner
Founder/CEO, Collect'd
Alireza Masrour
General Partner, Plug & Play Ventures
Alvaro Rodriguez Suarez
Principal, FCP Ventures, LLC
Anita Venkiteswaran
Chief Growth Officer, Doppler Veterinary Network
Anthony Franklin
Founder/CEO, Spearhead Revenue Consulting
Aslaug Magnusdottir
Founder and CEO, Katla
Austin McCarthy
Associate, DLA Piper LLP (US)
Avery Reaves
Counsel, WilmerHale
Barbara Finer
Bart Clareman
Director, Product Development, WeWork
Bill Stapleton
Executive Chairman and Founder, HealthPlanOne, LLC
Bob Hower
Founder, G20 Ventures
Brent Kleiman
Founder & CEO, Argosight
Brian Nickerson
Founder & CEO, MagicLinks
Christina Bai
Angel Investor / LP of Venture Funds, MeBo Global Education
Christy Sheehy-Bensinger
CEO/Co-founder, C. Light Technologies, Inc.
Connie Cocroft
COO, Trailhead Capital
Daniel Arnold
CEO, Co-Founder, MRI Online
David Saxner
Director of BD, aptaTargets
Deniz Johnson
COO, Stratyfy
Doug Romanoff
Partner, Parameter Ventures
Durjoy Bhattacharjya
CEO and Founnder, NCMR (medicalrecords.com)
Dylan Schuler
Principal, Sidekick Partners
Ed Willis
Chief Financial Officer, The Perfecting Ministries Inc
Emily Brockway
Director of New Product Innovation, Perch
Eric Giler
Co-CEO, OmniZare Imaging, Inc.
Eric Gillespie
Founder, Govini
Erich Schumann
CEO, Global Atlantic Partners LLC
Eugenia Gibbons
General Manager, SoFi Consumer Bank, SoFi
George Gong
CEO, KungHo Fund
Grazyna Szymanska Schellenberg
President, Apeiron Synthesis, Inc.
Harman Kochar
GM & VP Revenue / Product, OJO
Heb Ryan
Managing Director, Boston Post Partners
Howard Rosenberg
Founder & Chairman of the Board, B-Stock Solutions
Illai Gescheit
Partner, Siemens Energy Ventures
Ishan Sachdev
General Partner, Deciens Capital
JD Weinstein
Global Director, VC Practice, Oracle
Jason Chang
Investment Principal, Bedari Collective
Jeddy Yuan
Founder & CEO, InCommon
Jennifer A. Jordan
Venture Partner, iGlobe Partners
Jim McGrath
Chairman and CEO, Fairfax Capital Partners, Inc.
John Piret
Partner, Newbury Piret & Co.
John Wise
President & COO, Lovepop
Jonathan Spier
CEO & Multiple x Founder, Advisor, Investor, Rev (www.getrev.ai)
Jong Lee
CEO & Cofounder, Day Zero Diagnostics
Juan Leung Li
Partner, Tectonic Ventures
Julia Kastner
Chief Product Officer & Startup Advisor, NeuroFlow
Justin Crandall
Founder and CEO, Verdant
Karen Moon
Partner, Node Innovation Ventures
Karen Williams
BOD Member, Savitude
Kate Putnam
Managing Director, Golden Seeds
Keith Figlioli
Managing Partner, LRVHealth
Kwesi Acquay
Principal, Redpoint Ventures
Laura Moore
CEO, DinnerTime
Lauren Toretta
President, CH4 Biogas
Lewis Long
Founder and Owner, Long Gallery Harlem
Lex Zhao
Partner, One Way Ventures
Mahek Shah
Managing Partner, WTM Advisors
Marc Tremblay
Operating Partner, Arsenal Capital
Mark Crowther
Global Head Business Development, Amazon Advertising
MaryAnne Gucciardi
Financial Advisor, Old Peak Finance
Mickey Konson
Co-Founder, President, StreetShares, Inc.
Olivia Moore
Partner, a16z
Olivier Manuel
President, Rich Devices
Oren Falkowitz
Security Leadership Team, Cloudflare
Pam Randhawa
CEO, Empiriko
Parul Dubey
Senior Director, Capital Markets, Nasdaq Private Market
Patrick Anquetil
CEO, Portal Instruments
Paul Baier
VP Products, Aliaswire
Paul Ognibene
CEO, Urban Spaces
Peter Bleyleben
Partner, Converge Partners
Prineeta Kulkarni
Director of Strategy and Corporate Development, Vedanta Biosciences
Rachel V. Kemp
Vice-President, Pickwick Capital Partners LLC
Ravi Kyasaram
Business Segment Director, Edward Jones
Raza Shaikh
Managing Director, Launchpad Venture Group
Renee Fry
CEO and Founder, Gentreo, Inc.
Rindge Leaphart
COO, Private
Ross Kudwitt
Founder, ALO.ai
Ry Sullivan
Chief Product Officer, Snappy
Ryan Davis
Cofounder & Chief Operating Officer, People First
Sajjad Masud
CEO Ziplabs, CEO Simplicant, Past President HBS Angels, Ziplabs
Sam Stone
Director, Product Management, Opendoor, Opendoor
Sara de Zarraga
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Flare
Sarah Montante
CMO, BrandCoefficient
Sarah Pierson
Cofounder, Margaux
Sascha Mornell
Co-Founder and CEO, GetMyBoat
Scott Healy
Operator/Entrepreneur, Former Care.com
Sean Lanagan
President, CAMP Systems International
Shirish Nimgaonkar
Founder, SquelchAI, Nanoheal
Shravan Narayen
Partner, IVP
Sriram Gollapalli
Managing Director, Long Angle
Stan Fung
Managing Director, FarSight Ventures
Stephanie Rowe
Managing Director, Deloitte
Stephen Pittman
GM, Wearables, Apnimed, Inc.
Stever Robbins
CEO, Stever Robbins, Inc.
Stuart Patterson
Principal, PLC Advisors
Tami Kesselman
Founder & CEO, Next Gen Success
Tatiana Cooke
Principal PM / Managing Partner, AWS / Alumni Panda Fund
Teri Shipp
Principal, Shipp Consulting
Thor Johnson
Interim CEO/CMO, Chameleon Collective
Tony Hill
CEO, ADAPDIX
Tyler Ellis
Owner, Black Hills Partners