Rishabh Pudhota

Commerce Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm focused on investing and empowering the next generation of technology innovators in the retail and financial services industries. Our deeply committed LP base is composed of a strategic blend of established entrepreneurs, corporate executives and market leading corporations, enabling us to meaningfully add value to our portfolio companies via introductions to potential clients, distribution partners, top tier advisers and potential key executive additions. We also pride ourselves on being a thought and strategy partner to our portfolio CEOs when we can be helpful, but not wasting their time otherwise. For more information about Commerce Ventures and our 40+ incredible portfolio companies, please visit commercevc.com.

Commerce Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm focused on investing and empowering the next generation of technology innovators in the retail and financial services industries. Our deeply committed LP base is composed of a strategic blend of established entrepreneurs, corporate executives and market leading corporations, enabling us to meaningfully add value to our portfolio companies via introductions to potential clients, distribution partners, top tier advisers and potential key executive additions. We also pride ourselves on being a thought and strategy partner to our portfolio CEOs when we can be helpful, but not wasting their time otherwise. For more information about Commerce Ventures and our 40+ incredible portfolio companies, please visit commercevc.com.

Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HTGC) is the leading and largest specialty finance company focused on providing senior secured venture growth loans to high-growth, innovative venture capital-backed companies in a broad variety of technology and life sciences industries. Since inception (December 2003), Hercules has committed over $22 billion to over 680 companies and is the lender of choice for entrepreneurs and venture capital firms seeking growth capital financing. Today, Hercules is widely recognized as the largest non-bank source of venture financing in the market, with $5 billion in assets under management and a market capitalization of over $3.0 billion.

NUImpact is a student-led impact investing initiative at Northeastern University. We serve as a resource for the entire Northeastern community to understand purposeful capital. We offer thought-exchanges in the form of speaker events, interactive workshops, lecture series and community conversations. Engage with us to get involved in sustainable and responsible finance that builds a better future. To receive event updates and recruitment info, subscribe to our mailing list at bit.do/nuimpactsubscribe