The Investors Who Were in the Room

The Full Capital Stack, in One Room

Opening Human+Tech Week 2026, the invitation-only ENGAGE: Flourishing Capital Investor Summit brought venture, growth, institutional, philanthropic, and public capital into one room around human flourishing as an investable category.

The program connected wellness, workforce transformation, and smart cities as one Human+AI opportunity and asked three questions: how to price it, where to access it, and how to structure the capital that holds it.

No single type of capital can fund this alone. Venture finds the innovation. Growth scales it. Institutional capital builds the infrastructure. Philanthropy and public capital create the rails.

The capital leaders below shaped that conversation, alongside 190 investors who attended Human+Tech Week 2026.

The Capital Leaders Who Took the Stage

Meet the 15 investors and capital leaders who spoke at the 2026 ENGAGE: Flourishing Capital Investor Summit.

• Stephanie Shorter

  Director of Investor Relations, Human+Tech Week

• Nichol Bradford

  Founder, Human+Tech Week · EIR AI+HI, SHRM

• Joseph Spence

  Chairman & CIO, NativelyAI

• Cardinal Peter K. A. Turksonvia video

  Chancellor, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican

• Alan E. Dones

  Co‑Founder & Managing Partner, Strategic Urban Development Alliance (SUDA); Co‑Founder, ECHo Impact Fund

• Prishani Satyapal

  Executive Director & Co‑Founder, Earth Our Common Home (ECHo)

• Mika Onishi

  PORTAL Venture Partners

• Barney Pell

  AI pioneer, Venture Partner at Radical Ventures, and investor in 200+ ventures

• Gordy Bal

  CTR Capital Fund

• Naoko Okumoto

  Niremia Collective

• Chetan Bagga

  Archetype

• Steve Carnevale

  Blue Ash Ventures

• Rob Gordon

  L2S · xBLK VC

• Seth Miller

  Facilitator, Fearless Ventures

• Tim Chang

  Co-Founder at The Portal / Venture Partner at Mayfield Fund

190 Investors Attended Human+Tech Week 2026

The investor community included venture funds, family offices, institutional allocators, foundation principals, and public-private capital leaders from across the Human+Tech Week ecosystem.

• Abby Rakshit

  Season

• Abhi Vase

  Dendritic

• Aditi Jhanwar

  FFC

• AJ Thomas

  Good Trouble

• Aihui Ong

  EasyMate & XFactor Ventures

• Alison Ryu

  Able Partners

• Amy Wilkinson

  Ingenuity & Amlar Ventures & Stanford GSB

• Aneil Mallavarapu

  Humain Ventures

• Angel Gambino

  Angel Club (for founders); PsyMed Ventures

• Ani Chahal Honan

  IMAGINE & Yunity

• Anita Motwani

  Nidrs Goods

• Anupam Agarwal

  Anupam

• Arman Amiri

  Arman

• Armani Porter

  Avano Capital

• Arno Hesse

  FOOD FUNDED

• Ben Tauber

  Becoming Superhuman Podcast

• Benjamin Maurice

  Benjamin Maurice LLC

• Bill Golove

  Golove & Associates

• Bill Heffernan

  YNTRA Partners

• Birgit Coleman

  BeyondBrands

• Boris Portman

  Salsa Ventures

• Brette S Simon

  Simon Family Office

• Brom Rector

  Brom Rector

• Bruno Larvol

  LARVOL

• Camila Orozco Gil

  Avila VC

• Carl Choi

  RLWRLD

• Catherine Blanksby

  Blanksby Family Fund

• Cecily Mak

  Wisdom Ventures

• Cenci Mach

  DataJava Co.

• Chetan Bagga

  Archetype

• Charlie Hartwell

  Bridge Builders Collaborative

• Chenxi Wang

  Rain Capital

• Christy Tonge

  LEP

• Clarence Wooten

  Clarence

• Clifford Chapman

  Cre8ation Ventures

• Corey Jones

  E Squared VC

• Darrick Rousseau

  1848 Ventures

• Dave Hersh

  Metamorph

• Dave McClure

  Practical Venture Capital

• David Chen

  AngelVest天使谷

• David Gritz

  InsurTech Fund

• David Yin

  Informed Ventures

• David Zhou

  The Side Letter

• Dean Carter

  Instill

• De Kai

  Empathetic AI Institute ICSI Berkeley / HKUST / TFS

• Deepa Shiva

  Obvious Ventures

• Deepak Jeevankumar

  Dell Technologies Capital

• Dennis Clark

  Zeon Ventures

• Dinesh Gauba

  Strategic Capital Innovations

• Domingo J Guerra

  Chispa VC Cyber Seed Fund I

• Dominique Nguyen

  Meridian Global Group

• Don Samoil

  Keystone Founder Studio

• Dr Danny lewin

  Sleep health and wellness Centre

• Dr Pavel Vinitsky

  Daymaker Ventures / Synexis

• Eddy Vaisberg

  Minded Ventures

• Ed Fernandez

  352 capital partners

• Edgard Konde

  Sons of the Soil

• Edmond Wong

  TrustCard / EV3 Investments

• Emmanuel Klu

  NativelyAI

• Erin Culley

  Culley Carlson Foundation

• Eugene Zhang

  TSV Capital

• Eve Blossom

  Material Change

• Everett Alexander

  CFV

• Frank Stegert

  Global Asset Capital

• Garrett Smith

  ReefHaven Ventures

• Genevieve Heartt Laquerre

  Embodied Alchemy Ventures

• George Papazian

  Naviscent

• Gina Levy

  Gina Levy

• Gordy Bal

  CTR Capital Fund

• Grace Barr

  Zara investments LLC

• Hamet Watt

  Share Ventures, Upfront Ventures

• Harry Pottash

  Implausible Enterprises

• Henry Park

  Pandoblox

• Jacqueline Johnson

  BlackRock

• Jana Mike

  Fractal Pediatric Capital

• Jan DAlessandro

  Jan

• Jasmina Denner

  J. Ventures

• Jason Bateman

  XPRIZE, Positive Technology Institute

• Jason McBride

  AIX Ventures

• Jason Nyeh

  Roundtable Venture

• Jaymes Hines

  Quanta Endeavors/ FanHacks AI Sports

• Jeff Turner

  Smart Assets

• Jenny Sohn

  First Rays VC

• John Whaley

  Inception Studio Capital Fund I, LP

• Joon Yun

  Palo Alto Investors

• Jorden Woods

  StarChain Ventures

• Jory Des Jardins

  Candor Partners

• Joshua Kauffman

  Wisdom VC

• Justis Mendez

  OneSixOne Ventures

• Kal Patel

  Jarin Capital

• Kalani Byrd

  Revenge Capital

• Karen Sheffield

  Pachamama Ventures Fund I, LP

• Karl Handelsman

  Codon Capital

• Karina Alexanyan

  Positive Technology Institute

• Kat Steinmetz

  Good Trouble Ventures

• Kenneth Chew

  Vickers Venture Partners

• Kevin Colas

  Snatched Ventures

• Kevin DuBay

  Oasis Arts Inc

• Kirthika Padmanabhan

  Future Frontier capital

• Krystal Thomas

  inVest Ventures

• KT Moortgat

  Dalena Capital Fund I, LP

• Kwame Anku

  Black Star Fund

• Lars Ammerlaan

  VU Venture Partners

• Laura Moreno

  Lattitude VC

• Linea Avey

  Humain Ventures

• Lisha Bell

  Sisters with Ventures

• Mahum Jamal

  ePlanet Capital

• Maital Rasmussen

  SolAltos Partners

• Marco DeMiroz

  The Venture Reality Fund

• Marc Spencer, Ed.D

  LegacyFirst

• Marcella McColl

  TBD

• Margaret Laws

  Hopelab Ventures

• Mark Lockareff

  Portal Ventures

• Marquesa Finch

  Pyrium

• Martin Tobias

  Incisive VC Fund I, LP

• Mati Barbero

  401 Accelerator

• Matthew Stafford

  Stafford VC

• Matthew Stepka

  Machina Ventures

• Max Marine

  Grateful Labs

• Mei Jiang

  DeepHumiX ex-Medtronic & HP CDO

• Melina Gardeazabal

  HealthTech Capital

• Mika Onishi

  Portal Venture Partners

• Milan Griffes

  Lionheart Ventures

• Mike Suprovici

  Decile Group, VC Lab, Founder Institute

• Monica Pool Knox

  Good Trouble Ventures

• Monette Stephens

  SF Growth Capital

• Naoko Okumoto

  Niremia Collective

• Nardo Manaloto

  Qubits Ventures

• Nathan Maton

  Basal Capital

• Natalie Marie Byrne

  Blank space

• Nazar Yasin

  Rise Capital

• Nicole Radziwill

  Omanra International LLC

• Nikki Eberhardt

  Harbor Film Fund

• Nima Ashraf

  Physical Fund

• Nirav Bisarya

  Future Frontier Capital

• Oaxana Sri

  AlphaSense

• Peng T. Ong

  Monk’s Hill Ventures

• Peter Craddock

  Shoreline Ventures

• Peter Loukianoff

  Portal Venture Partners

• Phil Sanders

  New Media Ventures

• Prateek Sharma

  Ahead VC Fund I, LP

• Rajil Kapoor

  Climactic

• Rajiv Mahadevan

  Aliso Ventures LLC

• Rajiv Sinha

  BoostSecurity.io

• Radhika Iyengar

  StarChain Ventures

• Ravi Arkoz

  Arkoz

• Ravi Kiran A

  Arkoz

• Ravé Mehta

  Flow Capital

• Rebecca Leung

  Z Label

• Rey Damond

  DJ INVEST

• Richard Lin

  Anyreach

• Rob Gordon

  L2S

• Rob Kramer

  PurposeLab

• Robert H Lee

  Pained

• Roger Luo

  Embedding VC Fund I, LP

• Ronak Shah

  Daymaker Ventures

• Ryan Wang

  Outpost Capital

• Sajjad Jaffer

  GrowthCurve Capital

• Sam Perry

  Ascendant Ventures

• Sanem Alkan

  Sobrato Organization

• Sara A

  Anarvc

• Saumitra Thakur

  MedMountain Ventures

• Sean Howell

  South Park Commons

• Seth Miller

  Fearless Ventures

• Sharon

  Riviera Venture

• Shoba Viswanath

  SF Growth Capital

• Shu Dar Yao

  Lucid Capitalism

• Sonia Hunt

  Zentāra Ventures

• Sophia Swire

  GEDI

• Stacey Lawson

  Positive AI Labs

• Stephen DeBerry

  Bronze

• Stephanie Dorsey

  E Squared VC

• Steve Simitzis

  Replicator VC

• Steven Carnevale

  Blue Ash Ventures

• Stijn van Lint

  Dellin Investments

• Sushant Shrestha

  Open Future Fund

• Tallulah Le Merle

  Fifth Era

• Tess Krasne

  Better Ventures

• Tim Chang

  Mayfield Fund

• Tom Kehler

  Common Good AI

• Tony Siu

  Pacific Century Group

• Travis Damuth

  SOS Ventures

• Tytus Stempniewicz

  Techni Ventures

• Ubaid Dhiyan

  UD Advisory Co.

• Vivian Li

  Due Diligence Ventures

• Wei Li Tan

  Informed Ventura

• Wes Selke

  Better Ventures

• William Nettles

  Invictus Growth Partners

• Winslow Strong

  The Consciousness Foundation

• Zecca Lehn

  Responsibly Ventures