DNX Ventures

Thank you DNX Ventures for inviting our COO, Uma Subramanian, to join your climate panel. Japanese investors like #suzuki #eneos and #mitsuitchemical are a huge part of our growth story. #FutureOfTransit #BestWayToMovePeople #Glydways

Connecting Data, Driving Innovation at DNX Day 2024 ?? Entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and VCs gathered for an inspiring day of learning, networking, and collaboration at DNX Day 2024. Saison Technology International (HULFT) is honored to have participated in this incredible event! Our CEO, Masa (Masahiro) Maruyama, shared how alliances with AI and SaaS startups and the incorporation of cutting-edge technologies enable us to support businesses in achieving success in today’s data-driven world. Here are some additional highlights from the event: - Kevin Mandia, CEO of Mandiant (part of Google Cloud), delivered a powerful keynote on the state of cybersecurity and Mandiant's inspiring journey to acquisition. - A panel led by Richard (Rickie) Koo explored the transformative potential of AI in advisory and audit with insights from Tyler J. Gasperlin (Moss Adams) and Chris Szymansky (Fieldguide). - Sounil Yu(Knostic) introduced a groundbreaking paradigm for knowledge security in the AI era. - A deep tech and climate tech discussion led by Rajesh Swaminathan (Khosla Ventures) offered invaluable advice for startups aiming to make a global impact. - Matt Trotter (Stifel Bank) shared a cautiously optimistic outlook for venture funding in 2025. - A thought-provoking session on AI-ready data was moderated by Eva Nahari, featuring industry leaders like Dan Bennett (S&P Global) and Amr Awadallah (Vectara). Through strategic partnerships and incorporation of advanced technologies into our products and services, we remain committed to driving meaningful innovation and value creation. A special thanks to the DNX Ventures team for organizing such a transformative experience!

Not sure what I said that made Amr Awadallah laugh but it must have been clever ?? Thank you DNX Ventures and Eva Nahari for the opportunity to discuss GenAI adoption and our investments in AI Ready Data at DNX Day.

Thank you Q Motiwala Eva Nahari and DNX Ventures for the opportunity to present on enterprise strategy in climate tech at the DNX EAB day. It was an incredible day filled with discussions and learning from some of the smartest people doing incredible things. #climatetech #strategy Eunomia Research & Consulting

Just wrapped up an incredibly insightful two days at a conference organized by DNX Ventures and executive advisory board (EAB) meetings. The discussions were rich, spanning the current state of VC investments, enterprise adoption of generative AI, the potential and challenges of AI applications, and crucial conversations around AI safety, cybersecurity, and climate tech. We also explored new paradigms shaping the next era of AI, which sparked some truly forward-thinking conversations. A big thank you to DNX Ventures and Eva Nahari for bringing together such a dynamic group and to all the EAB members and attendees for the engaging and thought-provoking discussions. It was inspiring to connect with and learn from so many passionate and innovative individuals. Looking forward to seeing how these insights shape our collective future! #VentureCapital #DeepTech #ArtificialIntelligence #GenAI #DataAndAI #Innovation Kathleen deValk

Entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and VCs gathered for a day of relationship building and learning at DNX Day 2024. We cannot thank our incredible speakers, sponsors, and attendees who came together to make this event successful enough. Here are the highlights from the day: Kevin Mandia, Mandiant (part of Google Cloud) CEO, opened the day with a keynote on the state of cybersecurity and history of Mandiant, which was eventually bought by Google for $4.5B. DNX's Richard (Rickie) Koo, moderated a conversation with Tyler J. Gasperlin, Moss Adams Senior Innovation Manager, and Chris Szymansky, Fieldguide CTO & Co-Founder, on the applications of AI in advisory and audit. They spoke on challenges including risk and compliance, impact on the human workforce, and vertical application building. Sounil Yu, Knostic CTO & Co-Founder, shared a new paradigm for thinking about data and security in the AI era, knowledge security. Rajesh Swaminathan, Khosla Ventures Partner, led a discussion with Zheng Li, Li Industries CEO & Co-founder, and Uma Subramanian, Glydways COO, about building impactful deep tech and climate tech solutions. Key insights included the importance of being heads down, focused on development, and strategically lining up commercial deals, investors, government grants. Matt Trotter, Stifel Bank Managing Director, Venture Banking, shared insights on the state of venture funding markets in 2024 and optimism for 2025. Masa (Masahiro) Maruyama, Saison Technology International (HULFT) CEO, explained how alliance with startups helps them achieve their mission to connect the world’s data and make it useful for everyone. DNX's Eva Nahari, discussed the importance of AI-ready data with Dan Bennett, S&P Global Commodity Insights Head of Technology & Data, and Amr Awadallah, Vectara CEO. They tackled the questions: is generative AI taking off beyond just incremental impact, and how can enterprises realize ROI? And the day finished with happy hour and specialty wine provided by SVB. We already can't wait for next year! Mitch Kitamura, Hironobu Maeda, Q Motiwala, Kris Harms, Yoshimi Nomura, Wesley H. Yee, Kan Notoya, Emma Tenghsuan C., Lucas Leaman, Sudeshna Mukerji, Riyuko T., Deidre Foley, Lauren Shoemaker

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I’m not proud of raising money. They say that congratulating an entrepreneur for raising money is like celebrating a chef for buying ingredients. Don’t get me wrong, this is still a HUGE milestone. But not because we raised money. It’s because of the people who have joined our mission in a material way. First and foremost, we’re welcoming Jane Kearns to the board at Planetary. When we closed the round, Jane immediately came to our side of the table. She said “now, tell me everything that’s not going well. I want to help.”. And true to her word, she’s jumped right into all the mess that is running a startup and began adding tremendous value right away. I know that Jane and the whole Evok Innovations team have our back. That’s not every founder’s board experience and I consider myself incredibly lucky to have them on our team. Every one of our new investors have jumped onboard with the same energy. Q Motiwala, Ashish Motivala and the whole DNX Ventures team are actively working on business development for us. Matt Stanley and the BDC team as well as Kathryn Wortsman, Louis Delorme, CPA, CFA and the Amplify Capital team are actively working to ensure that I stay informed and engaged in building a sustainable and resilient business. Thank you to you all and welcome to the team! Now let’s go cook up a better world together!

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We’re thrilled to announce DNX Ventures investment in Crisp - the pioneering retail collaboration platform - alongside?Wellington Management, Prologis, FirstMark, Socium Ventures, and ToshibaTec. We’ve long held the thesis that the retail industry is in need of better data connectivity throughout the entire value chain, from brands to distributors to retailers. We believe that this data connectivity is actually necessary to accomplish the many ambitious goals that the industry has for itself, such as reducing food waste, accelerating retail media, and even realizing the potential of AI. Are Traasdahl, Dag Liodden and the whole CRISP team have built an incredible solution that solves this very issue. We’re so excited to partner with them through this next stage. DNX Ventures Hironobu Maeda Tsuyoshi Kittaka #retail