Venture Capital Panel

Tony Kim

CVC Investor

Tony Kim is a Corporate Venture Capital investor at Cisco, where he focuses on M&A and early to growth stage investments across compute, AI infrastructure, and DeepTech. Prior to Cisco, Tony worked in investment banking at Société Générale, advising clients on capital raises and M&A in the renewable energy, infrastructure, and telecom sectors.

Anita C Roberts

Managing Director

Anita C Roberts, Managing Director of Silicon Hills Capital invests in women & minority founders seeking pre-seed to seed-level financing. Anita is a PR/Marketing executive who has been featured in several business publications like Forbes, Fortune and the Business Journals; she was named to Forbes 50 over 50 women in investment list, and founded black business journal.com the top 3 Black business website in the US and continues to help black businesses with marketing strategies.

Anita is a serial entrepreneur with 2 exits and raised a quarter of a million dollars during Covid and provided micro grants to more than 150 Black and women business owners. She is also a retired Lieutenant colonel and combat veteran who is on a mission to help fellow veterans start, grow and/or scale their business.

Mohsin Syed

President & Chief Startup Officer

(Panel Moderator)

Mohsin Syed, President & Chief Startup Officer at KiwiTech, is an entrepreneur at heart & grit with 20 years of global experience in business development and strategy. Leading a one-of-a-kind startup program supporting 600+ early to late-stage startups, he helps founders navigate their growth journey with tech, capital, mentorship, and revenue strategies.