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Founders and Funders
Providing Access to Capital + Access to Deal Flow is our mission. The House of Scale is a premier dealmaking and scaling event for entrepreneurs with traction ready to meet investors.
Join Culture Shift Labs in partnership with Level Up Ventures for a day designed to connect diverse founders with traction (early stage to series B) with active investors, industry experts, and proven entrepreneurs. Through fireside chats, panels and curated connections, via our network alchemists, it's your gateway to the relationships and resources that transform startups into scalable enterprises.
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Speakers
Gary Stewart
Founder, MyCofoundr and Venture Partner, Level Up Ventures
Andrea Hoffman
Founder & CEO, Culture Shift Labs
Sean Hargrow & Nathaneo Johnson
Co-Founders, Series
Hussein Kanji
Co-Founder, Hoxton Ventures
Shashi Srikantan
Managing Director & Head of Level Up Ventures
Naomi Goez
Principal, Forum Ventures
Bukie Adebo Umeano
Investment Principal, Anthemis Group
Iyke Iwotor
Senior Venture Analyst, Level Up Ventures
LaToya Wilson
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures
Carlton Charles
Sr. Vice President, Hearst & Chairman, Level Up Ventures
Jenny Fielding
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Everywhere Ventures
Sherrise Pond
Investment Principal, Anthemis Group
Morgan Hewett
Former CEO and Co-founder, OptionsMD
Jennifer Rhiannon Lewis
Former CEO and Co-founder, Lex
Britney Nguyen
Reporter, MarketWatch
Jason Scott
Founder & Managing Partner, Five Two Five (525)
Kange Kaneene
Venture Partner, Level Up Ventures
AGENDA
Monday, September 8, 2025
- Gary Stewart, Founder, MyCofoundr and Venture Partner, Level Up Ventures
- Andrea Hoffman, Founder & CEO, Culture Shift Labs
- Moderated by: Gary Stewart, Founder, MyCofoundr and Venture Partner, Level Up Ventures
- Sean Hargrow, Co-Founder, Series
- Nathaneo Johnson, Co-Founder, Series
- Moderated by: Iyke Iwotor, Senior Venture Analyst, Level Up Ventures
- Hussein Kanji, Co-founder, Hoxton Ventures
- Shashi Srikantan, Managing Director & Head of Level Up Ventures
- Naomi Goez, Principal, Forum Ventures
- Bukie Adebo Umeano, Principal, Anthemis Group
- LaToya Wilson, MD, Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures
- Emcee: Iyke Iwotor, Senior Analyst, Level Up Ventures
- Hussein Kanji
- Shashi Srikantan
- Naomi Goez
- Bukie Adebo Umeano
- LaToya Wilson
- Moderated by: Kange Kaneene, Venture Partner, Level Up Ventures
- Carlton Charles, Sr. Vice President, Hearst & Chairman, Level Up Ventures
- Jenny Fielding, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Everywhere Ventures
- Sherrise Pond, Investment Principal, Anthemis Group
- Marina Girgis, Principal, Precursor Ventures
- Jo Ann Corkran, Co-CEO and Managing Partner, Golden Seeds
- Iyke Iwotor, Senior Venture Analyst, Level Up Ventures
- Carlton Charles, Sr. Vice President, Hearst & Chairman, Level Up Ventures
- Jenny Fielding, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Everywhere Ventures
- Sherrise Pond, Investment Principal, Anthemis Group
- Moderated by: Gary Stewart, Founder, MyCofoundr and Venture Partner, Level Up Ventures
- Morgan Hewett, Former CEO and Co-founder, OptionsMD
- Jennifer Lewis, Former CEO and Co-founder, Lex
- Moderated by: Britney Nguyen, Reporter, MarketWatch
- Gary Stewart, Founder, MyCofoundr and Venture Partner, Level Up Ventures
- Marshall Porter, General Partner, AlleyCorp
- Moderator: Jason Scott, Founder and Managing Partner, 525
- Chris Cosmides, Argentum Peak
- Jay Lundy, NAACP Capital
- Moderator: Victoria Rogers, Brooklyn Museum Board Member and Co-chair and Co-founder, Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums
- Frances Pollock, Director and Founding Partner, Yale Ventures' Cultural Innovation Lab
- Kofi Ampadu, Partner, Andreessen Horowitz (Talent x Opportunity Initiative (TxO) Fund)
- Andrea Hoffman, Founder & CEO, Culture Shift Labs
- Gary Stewart, Founder, MyCofoundr and Venture Partner, Level Up Ventures
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