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:VIP Lunch & Learn | VC Speaker Series 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:VIP Lunch & Learn | VC Speaker Series 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\n​🎤Nola Mast erson is the Founder and Managing Director of Science Futures\, a firm she launched in 1983 to advise venture capital and Wall Street on biote chnology investments. She helped create and back leading biotech compani es including IDEC Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Biogen)\, Sequenom (a cquired by LabCorp)\, and Agena Biosciences (acquired by Mesa Labs).\n ​Nola opened the San Francisco office of TVM Capital in 2000\, raisi ng their fifth fund and investing in pharmaceuticals\, tools\, and diagn ostics. Over her 22-year venture career\, she has served on numerous pub lic and private boards\, including as Chair of Repros Therapeutics (ac quired by Allergan).\n​Today\, she is a Venture Partner at Portfolia\ , where she leads investments in women’s healthcare funds. Earlier in her career\, she held leadership roles in diagnostics at Bayer and Mi llipore..\n\n🎤Zamir Shukho\, is the Founder and General Partner of V ibranium.VC\, with over 20 years of professional experience in venture c apital and innovation. He has a background as a serial entrepreneur and is recognized as an expert in venture capital\, management\, and corpora te innovation. Additionally\, he serves as a mentor at top accelerators\ , including 500 Global\, Techstars\, and Alchemist. He is a contributor at Entrepreneur and a certified startup coach at Stanford University.. \n​​📚Founders be sure to arrive early for office hours (11am-12p m\, and 3pm-4pm). We’re bringing in top advisor to help you gain insig ht to all your question about startup. This week (and for the next few s eries) we have Jacqueline Simonovich of Weintraub Tobin. Jacqueline is  litigation associate in the San Francisco office of Weintraub Tobin. She regularly defends businesses facing litigation in California and Federa l courts. She handles a wide range of issues for her clients\, including contractual\, real estate\, and tort disputes\, as well as constitution al issues.\n​​If you are wanting to hold office hours before our spe aker series contact me to get on the list.\n\n​​🌟 What to Expect: \n\n\n \n​​​​🍽️ A relaxed lunch with fellow founders\, inv estors\, and ecosystem leaders\n\n \n​​​​🤝 Curated networkin g and high-impact introductions to help you move the needle\n\n \n​ ​​🎤 A 30-minute speaker session with live Q&\;A\, moderated b y Brian Sparkes\n\n \n​​​​🚀 Insightful conversations on ven ture capital\, innovation\, and industry transformation\n\n \n​​​ ​🚗 Secured parking in the heart of Uptown Oakland\n\n\n​​​​ 📍 Location:\n1920 Broadway\, 2nd Floor\, Oakland\, CA 94612\n​​ ​🅿️ Driving Instructions:\n🚗 Parking: Please use our design ated garage at 1901 Franklin Garage (entrances on Franklin and 19th Stre et). Or the secured parking across the street on 19th at the Franklin Pl aza Garage. Both are secure and safe.\n​​​​🚇 Taking BART?\nE xit at 19th St/Oakland—the building is directly outside the station.\ n​​​​🎟️ Seats are limited—RSVP now to secure your spot.\ nFor questions or day-of needs\, text me directly: 408-992-5043\n​​ ​​Let’s spark the next wave of innovation—right here in Oakland. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.stakventures.com/events/speaker-series-oct-20/ UID:urn:uuid:56932e51-371b-46cc-8a96-e1f6a3c0ebae STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260515T142516Z DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251020T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251020T150000 LOCATION:1920 Broadway END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR