SpeakUp Ventures

We help high school students find their path, one conversation at a time.

Learn from Ivy League mentors

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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