SpeakUp Ventures

We help high school students discover their passions and launch meaningful projects

Learn from Ivy League Professors, Students, and Alumni

Meet some of our Mentors and Speakers

Longsha Liu

Stanford | Techstars’24

Pam Silverstein

Cornell | Prev. Company Acquired for $265M+

Chetan Velivela

Cornell | Global Leader of AI @ TikTok

Simon Pastor

Yale | Associate @ Entrepreneur First

Albert Putra Purnama

Forbes 30 under 30 | YC’20

Jason Guss

Cornell | AI Product Manager @ Google

Arjun Kannan

Cornell | Co-Founder @ Resi Desk ($1M+ ARR)

Eugene Huang

UC Berkeley | Head Data Engineer @ FinTech Startup ($1B+ valuation)

Adam J. Kirsch

Cornell | Advisor & Investor, Exited-Founder

Jeffrey Zhang

Cornell | Founder @ SpeakUp Ventures

Ryoko Nozawa

Cornell | Fund Manager @ NY Ventures, Empire State Development

DuWayne Harrison

Cornell | Executive Consultant

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