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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 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

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