A seasoned corporate executive and entrepreneur. One of 80 women recognized in the country for their leadership in technology, and top 100 Women of influence in Silicon Valley. Founder & CEO of Carobar Business Solutions/reLIMS.
Goal: Deliver customer value while building strong teams and shareholder value and having fun!
Specialties: Laboratory Information Management Systems (reLIMS) automating Covid19, Infectious disease and Genetic Testing Labs. Agriculture, Soil and Cannabis and Hemp testing across the country!
Currently President TiE SV non-profit for fostering entrepreunership globally.

Dev has spent 25+ years in the world of technology startups in Silicon Valley and India as an early-stage investor and founder. He focuses on investments in software and digital companies originating in India and Southeast Asia.

Since joining Lightspeed India in 2011, Dev has invested in consumer and enterprise companies that have low-friction, software-based models. His software investments include Acceldata, Darwinbox, Innovaccer, Pepper Content and Yellow.ai. His digital investments include Byju's and Sharechat.

Dev moved to Silicon Valley in 1998 where he was a product manager for CrossWorlds, an enterprise applications integration software company, and then founded Covigo, an enterprise platform for mobile applications.  Covigo was acquired by NYSE-traded Symbol Technologies. Post Symbol, in 2006, Dev joined early-stage venture fund Venrock in Silicon Valley where he invested in one of the early successes in the India-US startup corridor: Slideshare, acquired by Linkedin.

Dev graduated from Penn/Wharton in 1994 with degrees in computer science and finance and from Harvard Business School in 1998.

Sanjay Nath founded Blume with Karthik Reddy in 2011. Sectorally, he focuses on Enterprise/SaaS investments and also oversees Blume’s Go To Market platform initiatives.  Sanjay has overseen investments in some of Blume’s leading portfolio companies such as Grey Orange Robotics, Lambdatest, Locus, PixxelSpace, Yulu, Dataweave, Tricog, Sprinto, Minjar (acquired by Nutanix), Agaralabs (acquired by Coinbase) and TapChief (acquired by Unacademy) amongst others. He also represents Blume on the boards of Arka Venture Labs and the Draper Venture Network.

Sanjay’s stints at Sun Microsystems, PwC, IBM Global Services (all in Silicon Valley), Loxodrome (a x-border BPO) and Mumbai Angels have given him a breadth of experience across the US and India in management consulting, product management and early stage investing.

Sanjay is an alumni of BITS Pilani and UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. He divides his time between San Francisco and Mumbai.

Andy Tsao is a Managing Director and Head of SVB’s Global Gateway, which assists innovation companies in international markets with their US and international market expansion. He brings more than 25 years of experience banking dynamic companies in technology industries and venture capital firms worldwide.

In his roles, Andy manages SVB’s relationships with venture capital firms investing outside the U.S., helps emerging market technology companies as they seek U.S. market entry, and U.S. companies as they seek to expand abroad. In both capacities, Tsao provides these firms with strategic advice and banking services, including debt financing, based on a deep understanding of their needs.

Previously, Andy led and helped found SVB’s U.K.-based operation, SVB UK, which was established in 2004,  Andy is on the  boards of TiE Silicon Valley, Asia America MultiTechnology Association Silicon Valley,  Asia Society of Northern California, and BayBrazil.  Andy earned a bachelor’s degree from Colgate University and an MBA from Boston University. 

Ella-Tamar Adhanan is a vice president within Global Gateway, Silicon Valley Bank’s international market expansion team. She works with some of the most disruptive and exciting companies from emerging international markets, with a focus on India, the Middle East and North Africa. Based in San Francisco, Ella extends SVB’s network and services to entrepreneurs and investors from these global markets as they expand and scale in the US. She draws inspiration from clients and founders’ drive, dedication and resilience and enjoys helping them realize their vision through SVB’s platform.

Ella joined SVB in 2018 as part of the Global Fund Banking team, where she helped provide banking and lending services to venture capital and private equity firms in New York. Before joining SVB, Ella worked at Morgan Stanley as a fixed-income securities advisor to institutional investors, including pension funds, foundations, endowments and government entities.

Prior to entering the private sector, Ella worked as an advisor to the head of Diplomatic Affairs at the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C., working closely with US government officials and foreign embassies to enhance strategic and trade relations with Israel. Previously, she served as a foreign relations liaison in the office of the Prime Minister of Israel.

Given her global upbringing, Ella is passionate about leveraging tech innovation and capital to invest in emerging international markets, and she engages in numerous initiatives that facilitate inclusive global economic growth.

Ella holds a bachelor’s degree in economics with a minor in technological innovation and international finance. She loves to travel, experience different cultures and geek out on philosophy and history.

Liz Cahill is a senior technology researcher at Silicon Valley Bank, she uses data to uncover actionable insights for the startup ecosystem. She holds a BA. in Finance from Drexel University. A Philly native based in San Francisco, in her spare time Liz works to enable music and arts in the Bay Area.