BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.8.2//EN X-WR-CALNAME:STAK Ventures Speaker Series — a VIP Lunch & Learn X-WR-CALDESC:STAK Ventures X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 DTSTART:20250421T000000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 DTSTART:20250421T000000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:STAK Ventures Speaker Series — a VIP Lunch & Learn DESCRIPTION:You're invited to the STAK Ventures Speaker Series — a V IP Lunch &\; Learn\n​​​Hosted at the iconic 1900 Broadway Towe r in Oakland. Join us for a high-impact afternoon of connection\, conver sation\, and community as we welcome two visionary venture capitalists s haping the future of innovation:\n​​​SPEAKERS:\n​🎤Nola Master son is the Founder and Managing Director of Science Futures\, a firm s he launched in 1983 to advise venture capital and Wall Street on biotech nology investments. She helped create and back leading biotech companies including IDEC Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Biogen)\, Sequenom (acq uired by LabCorp)\, and Agena Biosciences (acquired by Mesa Labs).\n Nola opened the San Francisco office of TVM Capital in 2000\, raising their fifth fund and investing in pharmaceuticals\, tools\, and diagnos tics. Over her 22-year venture career\, she has served on numerous publi c and private boards\, including as Chair of Repros Therapeutics (acqu ired by Allergan).\n​Today\, she is a Venture Partner at Portfolia\, where she leads investments in women’s healthcare funds. Earlier in he r career\, she held leadership roles in diagnostics at Bayer and Mill ipore..\n🎤Zamir Shukho\, is the Founder and General Partner of Vibra nium.VC\, with over 20 years of professional experience in venture capit al and innovation. He has a background as a serial entrepreneur and is r ecognized as an expert in venture capital\, management\, and corporate i nnovation. Additionally\, he serves as a mentor at top accelerators\, in cluding 500 Global\, Techstars\, and Alchemist. He is a contributor at E ntrepreneur and a certified startup coach at Stanford University..​\n ​📚Founders be sure to arrive early for office hours (11am-12pm\, and 3pm-4pm). We’re bringing in top advisor to help you gain insight t o all your question about startup. This week (and for the next few serie s) we have Jacqueline Simonovich of Weintraub Tobin. Jacqueline is liti gation associate in the San Francisco office of Weintraub Tobin. She reg ularly defends businesses facing litigation in California and Federal co urts. She handles a wide range of issues for her clients\, including con tractual\, real estate\, and tort disputes\, as well as constitutional i ssues.\n​​If you are wanting to hold office hours before our speaker series contact me to get on the list.\n​​🌟 What to Expect:\n\n \n​​​​🍽️ A relaxed lunch with fellow founders\, investors\, and ecosystem leaders\n\n \n​​​​🤝 Curated networking and hi gh-impact introductions to help you move the needle\n\n \n​​​​ A 30-minute speaker session with live Q&\;A\, moderated by Brian Sparkes\n\n \n​​​​🚀 Insightful conversations on venture cap ital\, innovation\, and industry transformation\n\n \n​​​​🚗 Secured parking in the heart of Uptown Oakland\n\n\n​​​​📍 Lo cation:\n1920 Broadway\, 2nd Floor\, Oakland\, CA 94612\n​​​​ ️ Driving Instructions:\n🚗 Parking: Please use our designated gar age at 1901 Franklin Garage (entrances on Franklin and 19th Street). Or the secured parking across the street on 19th at the Franklin Plaza Gara ge. Both are secure and safe.\n​​​​🚇 Taking BART?\nExit at  19th St/Oakland—the building is directly outside the station.\n​​ ​🎟️ Seats are limited—RSVP now to secure your spot.\nFor que stions or day-of needs\, text me directly: 408-992-5043\n​​​​Le t’s spark the next wave of innovation—right here in Oakland. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.stakventures.com/events/speaker-series-10-20/ UID:urn:uuid:a5f3038f-e3d5-47c3-8e74-e3d192d2d418 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260515T142557Z DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251020T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251020T150000 LOCATION:1920 Broadway END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR