U&I Ventures

Joaquin Guzman is Head of Operations and Investor Relations at U&I Ventures, where he leads business operations and works with portfolio companies on their go-to-market and business development representative efforts. He also organizes dinners for the firm's founders.

Kim Cooper is a Founding Operating Partner at U&I Ventures, where she works with CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs on enterprise software ventures. She previously spent more than 20 years at Google, YouTube, and Alphabet. Her work with founders includes building leadership teams, navigating boardroom dynamics, and supporting company growth.

Accomplished cybersecurity leader with 21+ years managing information technology and security at Fortune 500 companies. Built technology and security functions from the ground up at Oracle, Symantec, and BMO Financial.

Chief Information Security Officer at Elastic with extensive experience in security infrastructure.

Patrick Blanc is Chief Security Officer and VP of Engineering at Nexthink, a software company of approximately 1,000 employees, where he leads global security. He has more than 15 years of experience across SaaS, cloud, AI, and regulated environments, with prior roles building security engineering at Google Cloud, helping establish DeepMind's security function, and serving as Group CISO in a global industrial and commodity trading organization. His work spans board-level risk governance, AI and ML infrastructure security, secure SDLC and supply chain practices, and regulatory frameworks including FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, and GDPR.

Shan Joo Lim is Head of Finance at Xora Innovation, an AI and deep tech venture investor and venture builder. Her background spans private equity, venture capital, startups, growth-stage companies, and listed companies, where she works with internal teams and portfolio companies on finance, operations, and regulatory compliance. She is a Chartered Accountant (Singapore).

Counsel at Breakout Ventures with over 20 years of legal experience, advising leadership at firms of all sizes as well as scientists and spinout founders on legal and ownership matters. He co-founded the entrepreneur network Startup Socials.