April 17-20: West Coast: Seattle, SF & Palo Alto

Below is the basic agenda for the West Coast Tour. See details in our Program Deck.

Apr. 19 - San Francisco & Palo Alto

8:00am San Fransisco (INSEAD, 224 Townsend St.)

  • Series of presentations

  • For details, email Mark Sanor

02:00pm Palo Alto (Perkins Coie, 3150 Porter Dr.).

Panels include:

  • Zeitgeist: Future of Silicon Valley

  • Accelerating Opportunities in AI & Data

  • Ethics in AI

  • Other Emerging Industries

  • Diverse Funds/Founders

  • Optimizing Impact & NextGen

Apr. 20 - Palo Alto (Perkins Coie, 3150 Porter Dr.)

Allocator Session: for approved QPs

09:00am Welcome, Breakfast

09:30am Participant Introductions 

10:00am Results of 361Firm Investor Survey #11

10:30am PCI Peer Presentations 

  •  Mgr Selection by Vintages, Lee Hess

  •  Optimizing Impact, Kim Kolt

  •  Optimizing VC, Ken Goldman (ex-Eric Schmidt FO)

  •  Optimizing Trading in Today’s Markets, Jon Najarian, Marc LoPresti

11:30am Best Ideas/Deals Discussion

12:00pm Lunch

Mon. Apr. 17 - Seattle

Ferry timings from Seattle to Bainbridge Island (~35 mins): 9:35-10:10am, 10:40-11:15am, 11:25am-12:00pm, 12:25-1:00pm

10:00am Tour of Bainbridge (for those arriving before on island before 11am)

12:00pm Bainbridge Island Retreat (Home of the Host, Philip Benjamin)

01:00pm Lunch

02:00pm Panel: West Coast VC Perspectives Today 

Ferry departure times from Bainbridge Island to Seattle: 4:45-5:20pm, 5:35-6:10pm, 6:40-7:15pm, 7:20-7:55pm, and 8:20-8:55pm

Note: we are planning for an informal gathering in Seattle at or near Washington Athletic Club

Apr. 18 - Seattle

08:30am Pickleball (Washington Athletic Club, Seattle)

10:30pm Conference (Washington Athletic Club, Seattle). Panels include:

  • Zeitgeist: Seattle & U.S. NW / British Columbia

  • Accelerating Opportunities in AI & Data

  • Emerging Industries

  • Diverse Funds/Founders

  • Optimizing Impact & NextGen