Blueprint 2024 Official Program Guide - Flipbook - Page 149
2024 Speakers
Managing Director,
Thomvest
Nima Wedlake
Founding Partner &
Managing Director,
Khosla Ventures
David Weiden
David Weiden is a co-founder and Managing Director at Khosla Ventures, a
$15b venture capital ûrm based in Silicon Valley. David focuses on Internet,
enterprise and ûnancial services. Within real estate, David has served on the
board of directors of companies including Opendoor, Roofstock, and Lessen
and co-manages a residential real estate portfolio. David has been recognized
by Fortune and Forbes as one of the top technology investors.
Building Science &
Innovation,
Meritage Homes
Brett leads innovation and building science for Meritage Homes, the 5th
largest homebuilder in the US. His prior experience in manufacturing and
sustainability provides a foundation to approach some of the most important
challenges in construction. He works closely with Meritage divisions to deploy
practical solutions that provide tangible beneûts for our homebuyers and our
business. He is biased in favor of product solutions that shift the burden of
8know-how9 to the product and recognize how they ût in the current
ecosystem.
CEO,
LAB Ventures
Based at The LAB Miami in Wynwood, South Florida9s original co-working
space, Tigre runs LAB Ventures, an early-stage investor in PropTech startups.
Their startup studio has created and scaled businesses such as Expetitle,
Beycome, and Lumi Living. Tigre and his partners also recently launched the
LAB PropTech Fund, a venture capital fund targeting technology companies
that serve the Real Estate and Construction industries. Having invested in
more than three dozen startups, Tigre is an active angel investor and a mentor
to local emerging technology companies. He serves on the board of Miami
Angels, the leading angel investor network in Florida, and the advisory board
for the University of Miami9s Master of Real Estate Development + Urbanism
(MRED+U) program.
Brett Welch
Tigre Wenrich
Investor,
Heartland VC
Austin
Westerfeld
Nima Wedlake is a Managing Director at Thomvest Ventures, focusing on
investment opportunities across the real estate & ûnancial technology
verticals. He currently serves as a Board Observer at Wholesail, a B2B
payments network, LoanSnap, a mortgage technology company, Willow, a
mortgage servicing platform, and Singular, a marketing attribution provider. He
also spearheaded Thomvest9s investments in Baselane, Blend, Glide (acquired
by Compass), Keyway, Maxwell, Mynd, Obie, Pine & Tala. Nima was previously
a Board Observer at Vungle (acquired by Blackstone in 2019) and DataXu
(acquired by Roku in 2019).
Austin Westerfeld is an associate at Heartland Ventures. Heartland Ventures is
an early-stage investment fund focused on technology that is impacting the
industrial sectors. Heartland has a Midwestern LP base of mid-market
industrial customers that become early adopters of the technology Heartland
invests in.
