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Raj Chopra
Head of Americas
Velocity Foundation
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Raj Chopra is the Head of Americas at Velocity Foundation. Raj is an experienced leader of having senior roles in PE technology-based, growth-stage and start up organizations. Prior to joining Velocity, he was SVP of Business Development/Alliances for First Advantage, from 2014 to 2019 where he rebuilt the function after a Private Equity roll up of three background check companies. Prior to that, he was Managing Director of Bus Development for Intercontinental Exchange, a technology-based provider of global trading as well part of the Founding Team and Vice President Sales and Strategy for a start-up, Transora, an ecommerce exchange serving the consumer product industry.
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Brigette Lau
Co-founder and General Partner
Firework Ventures
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Brigette Lau is a co-founder and General Partner at Firework Ventures, an early-stage fund leading investments in the future of work. At Firework, she invests and works closely with startups that create access and opportunity, driving economic and social mobility for all. This definition and investment thesis cuts across multiple traditional investment verticals–HRtech, fintech, well-being tech, and edtech –with work at the center. Currently, she sits on the boards of Stride and Tilt.
Prior to co-founding Firework, Brigette was a co-founder and Partner at Social Capital, a venture firm with $1.2B AUM where she invested in EdTech and HRTech. Outside of venture investing, Brigette is active in her community, and serves on the executive board of the Golden State Warriors. Brigette earned her computer engineering degree from the University of Waterloo and her MBA from Georgetown University. Brigette is also a Kauffman Fellow.