Name: VFA Philadelphia 2018 Welcome Party
Start: 2018-09-07T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2018-09-07T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Perpay

Sep

07

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5:30pm

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7:30pm

VFA Philadelphia 2018 Welcome Party!

Venture for America's 2018 Philly cohort has finally arrived! Join current Fellows and Alumni, VFA supporters, company partners, and regional Advisory Board members as we welcome the newest Fellows to Philadelphia!

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Venue

Schedule

5:30 PM

Meet, Greet and Celebrate

Meet the newest members of the VFA Philadelphia community to welcome them to the city.

Connect with current Fellows and Alumni to learn what they've been up to.

Engage VFA regional board members and community supporters and learn how to get involved.

Beer, wine, and snacks provided.

6:15 PM

Welcome and Introductions

Welcome and Introduction of Fellows:

Keenan Corrigan, Venture for America Director of Philadephia

VFA Philadelphia 2018 Cohort:

Ankush Agrawal, Jornaya

Yuzuka Akasaka, Grassroots Unwired

Jason Chato, Guru

Emily Cubbage, VitalTrax

Chris D'Silva, Grassroots Unwired

Sam Ellinwood, Magnolia

Hana Feiner, VitalTrax

Margo Geppert, Shift Capital

Stephanie Guzman, Grassroots Unwired

Jamey Harman, Guru

Anthea Harvey-Brown, Heavywater

Michael Hsun, Next Gen Summit

Michael Harrison Lee, Red & Blue Ventures

Sean Lynch, Thrive Commerce

Emma Montgomery, Pivvit

JP Mulcahy, Simply Good Jars

Mamadou Ndiaye Jr, Jornaya

Shaw Newman, Pivvit

Noah Quinn, Perpay

Bryant Riley, Shift Capital

Vidisha Srivastav, LUXTECH

Jackson Steger, Roundtrip

Shadman Udin, Practice (acquired by Instructure)

Brian Vaughn, STRATIS IoT

Lily Wilson, Guru

Dylan Yuska, Slice Capital

Closing Remarks:

Evan Skalski, VFA Philadelphia Advisory Board Member

Philadelphia's 2018 Fellows at VFA Training Camp in Detroit. 26 Fellows are coming to work at 18 Philadelphia companies this year giving us VFA's largest class!

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Splash Blocks kicks off on April 21st, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

VFA Philadelphia Supporters

Venture for America's Philadelphia program is made possible by generous support from:

The Wyncote Foundation

The City of Philadelphia

The Lenfest Foundation

Josh Kopelman

David Adelman

Many thanks to our Advisory Board:

Evan Skalski, Vanguard Innovation Studio

Sean Darras, LUXTECH

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Venture for America is a fellowship program for enterprising recent college graduates to launch their careers as entrepreneurs. After five weeks of training, VFA Fellows spend two years helping to build a startup in a U.S. city with an emerging startup ecosystem where they learn how to contribute to a high-growth business. In addition, VFA provides the mentorship, network, and resources Fellows need to become entrepreneurs.

Venture for America's mission is to create economic opportunity in American cities by mobilizing the next generation of entrepreneurs and equipping them with the skills and resources they need to create jobs.