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Monday, March 17
 

3:30pm EDT

Technology for Good | Women On The Rise: Origin Stories of 4 Women Investors
Monday March 17, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
This inspiring session features four women who have embarked on their journey as investors in startups From angels to family offices to funds, our panelists will share their stories, insights, and strategies for navigating the world of startup investment. Discover the motivations behind their investment journey, the challenges they've faced, and the strategies they've employed to overcome barriers.

Learn from the wisdom of these visionary investors and heed their call to action. Whether you are a novice in the realm of investing or an experienced veteran, this engaging conversation offers valuable insights and knowledge to all participants.

Women on the Rise is an initiative of the Venture Central U.S. EDA Build to Scale grant titled 'Diversify-Connect-Fund.' The goal for the grant work is to identify more, and more diverse investors for our region.

Note: This conference session is a ticketed event. To create your event schedule here on Sched you must first purchase your tickets on Eventbrite. Click here to purchase your tickets. All Conference badges also have a Pay-What-You-Can Scholarship Option. This option is available for attendees in need of financial assistance to attend the conference.
Speakers
avatar for Aurelia Flores

Aurelia Flores

Principal, 1863 Ventures
In my 20-year career, I have had the opportunity to work in private equity in Asia, lead enterprise sales teams in tech, start several companies, and build inclusive ecosystems for Black founders. Now, I am proud to be an investor with BVCC, an early-stage VC firm that backs Black... Read More →
avatar for Viola Llewellyn

Viola Llewellyn

Co-Founder & Manifesting Generator, The Tulle-Box
Before starting The Tulle-Box, Viola Llewellyn spent 20 years in alternative finance and investments; first with an Insurance Investment Firm, and later as the Co-Founder of Ovamba Solutions, Inc., a USA based alternative Trade and Finance FinTech solution for emerging markets... Read More →
avatar for Heidi Nel

Heidi Nel

Chief Operating Officer, New Theory Ventures
Heidi Nel is a strategist and operator whose experience spans entertainment, government affairs, and finance. She serves as Chief Operating Officer at New Theory Ventures, a family office and venture catalyst that invests in women and diverse entrepreneurs, enabling early-stage founders... Read More →
avatar for Meg Vorland

Meg Vorland

Chief Revenue Officer, Dcode
Meg Vorland is the co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer at Dcode and a Managing Partner at Dcode Capital. At Dcode she oversees core business functions, strategy, and expansion into new markets, ensuring that operations and products are ready to scale. Meg joined Dcode as part of... Read More →
Sponsors
avatar for Vault Virginia

Vault Virginia

Vault Virginia is a membership-based workspace and social club for creators, innovators and thought-leaders. Our carefully designed office, coworking, gallery, and event spaces inspire creativity, cultivate curiosity, and promote connection.
Monday March 17, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Vault Virginia

4:45pm EDT

Technology for Good | Women On The Rise: Women Founder Pitches
Monday March 17, 2025 4:45pm - 5:45pm EDT
Join us for a networking and pitch event designed to cultivate a supportive community among female founders, investors, and business leaders. This event offers a unique platform for attendees to not only support female-founded ventures but also explore opportunities to invest in these innovative businesses.

Attendees will have the chance to demystify high-growth potential ventures as an asset class, discussing the value and importance of supporting this systemically underrepresented sector. Through engaging presentations, participants will discover resources tailored to female founders, connect with local angel groups and professional investors, and explore educational opportunities in angel investing.

Whether you are an experienced or aspiring angel investor, a risk-capital ecosystem builder, philanthropist, business leader, or other ecosystem builder, this event provides a welcoming space to expand your network, gain valuable insights, and contribute to the advancement of women in business. Come and be part of a movement that is reshaping the entrepreneurial landscape, one investment and connection at a time.

Women on the Rise is an initiative of the Venture Central U.S. EDA Build to Scale grant titled 'Diversify-Connect-Fund.' The goal for the grant work is to identify more, and more diverse investors for our region

Note: This conference session is a ticketed event. To create your event schedule here on Sched you must first purchase your tickets on Eventbrite. Click here to purchase your tickets. All Conference badges also have a Pay-What-You-Can Scholarship Option. This option is available for attendees in need of financial assistance to attend the conference.


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A special thank you to our sponsors: 
The 12th Annual Tom Tom Festival is presented with the University of Virginia, Virginia Tourism, RL Beyer Custom Homes, and Ludwig Kuttner.  
This Technology for Good Track at the TOGETHER Conference is presented with UVA Health.

Speakers
avatar for Devina Desai

Devina Desai

Chief Executive Officer, Kinometrix Inc
Devina Desai, CEO of Kinometrix Inc, brings a wealth of expertise to the forefront of digital health innovation. With a fervent passion for leveraging data analytics to transform healthcare outcomes, Devina has led Kinometrix in analyzing over 3 million patient records, translating... Read More →
avatar for Pauline Idogho

Pauline Idogho

Founder & CEO, Mocktail Club
Pauline Idogho is the Founder/CEO of Mocktail Club, a line of premium crafted ready-to-drink non-alcoholic cocktails inspired by her quest to  find sophisticated and better-for-you alternatives to alcohol. Prior to founding the company, Pauline had a 15-year career in investment... Read More →
avatar for Debbie Irwin

Debbie Irwin

Managing Director, Lighthouse Labs RVA
Debbie Irwin lives for entrepreneurship. Serving as the Managing Director of Lighthouse Labs RVA, an influential accelerator shaping Virginia's entrepreneurial landscape, Debbie gets the opportunity to see entrepreneurs take their ventures to new heights. Along with supporting founders... Read More →
avatar for Marisa Keegan

Marisa Keegan

Chief Strategy Officer, Bookelicious
Marisa Keegan is the Chief Strategy Officer for Bookelicious, an edtech startup focused on improving literacy by using innovation to inspire kids to read. Their research-based, gamified approach to book selection increases reader motivation and engagement by helping students build... Read More →
Sponsors
avatar for Vault Virginia

Vault Virginia

Vault Virginia is a membership-based workspace and social club for creators, innovators and thought-leaders. Our carefully designed office, coworking, gallery, and event spaces inspire creativity, cultivate curiosity, and promote connection.
Monday March 17, 2025 4:45pm - 5:45pm EDT
Vault Virginia
 
Tuesday, March 18
 

9:30am EDT

ReEntry Summit
Tuesday March 18, 2025 9:30am - 11:30am EDT
The Reentry Summit will gather any and all individuals or groups who do work to serve individuals returning home from jail or prison. Each group will have a chance to share about the work they do and also dream together about a more coordinated, comprehensive reentry ecosystem in our city. This is a first-of-its-kind event in Charlottesville and will result in practical changes to the ways we serve our returning citizens.

Note: This event is free but Registration is Required.

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Speakers
avatar for Paul Beyer

Paul Beyer

Executive Director, Tom Tom
My professional interests and passions are around community building; with a specific focus on my hometown of Charlottesville, VA. I love the instigators, entrepreneurs, artists, activists, and healers who are filled with civic purpose and desire to create communities of friendship... Read More →
avatar for Sam Heath

Sam Heath

Manager, EJUSA Evangelical Network
Sam leads EJUSA’s engagement with evangelical people and spaces. His faith background in Southern Baptist, Presbyterian, and now Anglican denominations enables him to tell stories about the realities of justice and injustice in America and hold together a view of the world as a... Read More →
avatar for Martize Tolbert

Martize Tolbert

National Director of Client and Community Engagement, Fountainfund
In his role as National Director of Client and Community Engagement, Martize is providing leadership in our expansion to new Fountain Fund communities. Working with our staff and community partners across the nation, Martize ensures that Fountain Fund programming and implementation... Read More →
Collaborator
avatar for The Fountain Fund

The Fountain Fund

Implementing a “one-stop shop” model is the most efficient and convenient way to cover thewide range of needs of the formerly incarcerated population. Additionally, things like intensive job search assistance and education/job skills training have proven to lower recidivism r... Read More →
avatar for Equal Justice USA

Equal Justice USA

Equal Justice USA is a national nonprofit working to end the death penalty, promote restorative justice, and support community safety efforts to be trauma-informed, racially equitable, and community-driven. We believe that justice is not punishment but is safety, healing, and accountability... Read More →
Sponsors
avatar for UVA Law Decarceration Clinic

UVA Law Decarceration Clinic

This clinic works to stop the cycle of incarceration by assisting formerly incarcerated people with resolving the collateral consequences of arrests and convictions, and creating sustainable and effective reforms in their communities.
avatar for Vault Virginia

Vault Virginia

Vault Virginia is a membership-based workspace and social club for creators, innovators and thought-leaders. Our carefully designed office, coworking, gallery, and event spaces inspire creativity, cultivate curiosity, and promote connection.
Tuesday March 18, 2025 9:30am - 11:30am EDT
Vault Virginia

3:30pm EDT

Entrepreneurship For All | Entrepreneurship and the Future of Charlottesville: A Facilitated Conversation with Regional Leaders
Tuesday March 18, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
**INVITATION ONLY**

At the very first TomTom Festival in 2012, we convened a panel to discuss the future of Charlottesville. We asked the provocative question whether Charlottesville will look more like Austin (TX), Aspen (CO), or Arlington (VA). Nearly a decade later, we think it worthwhile to revisit this question.

This “discussion in the round” on the role of entrepreneurship in Charlottesville’s future, will be run “Darden case style” by asking questions and encouraging conversation among the participants. There will be no presentations or extended comments.

Due to space limitations, this will be an invitation only event.


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A special thank you to our sponsors: The 12th Annual Tom Tom Festival is presented with the University of Virginia, Virginia Tourism, RL Beyer Custom Homes, and Ludwig Kuttner.

Speakers
avatar for Michael Lenox

Michael Lenox

Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business, UVA Darden School of Business
Mike Lenox is the Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business at the University of Virginia. He serves as a Special Advisor to the Provost leading the UVA pan-university entrepreneurship initiative.  He also serves as a Senior Faculty Fellow for the UVA Miller Center and a Professor of Public... Read More →
Sponsors
avatar for UVA Entrepreneurship Initiative

UVA Entrepreneurship Initiative

The Entrepreneurship Initiative will coordinate and amplify entrepreneurship activities across UVA. 
avatar for Vault Virginia

Vault Virginia

Vault Virginia is a membership-based workspace and social club for creators, innovators and thought-leaders. Our carefully designed office, coworking, gallery, and event spaces inspire creativity, cultivate curiosity, and promote connection.
Tuesday March 18, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Vault Virginia
 
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