De’Havia Stewart is an investor at Serena Ventures, where she is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and executing deals. She has interest in early stage investing across Embedded Finance, Digital Health, and B2B SaaS.

De’Havia brings 3 years of early stage investing experience, in which she helped deploy $100M+ in capital. Aside from day-to-day work, De’Havia volunteers in leadership positions with non-profits focused on decreasing the funding gap such as BLCK VC and HBCUvc.

De’Havia began her career in consulting at Accenture Strategy, where she gained project experience within M&A, Operating Model Strategy, and Digital Strategy.

Barry Givens is a techie, an entrepreneur, and a lover of all things helping to add COLOR to the Tech Industry. Based in Atlanta GA, he currently spends his time helping and advising emerging entrepreneurs (mostly African-American) and is working to launch several projects to bring racial parity to the economics, education, and workforce of the tech industry. He co-founded Collab Capital in 2018 where he and his partners Jewel Burks Solomon and Justin Dawkins invest in Black founders to turn their genius into generational wealth. He also serves as the Managing Director for the Cox Social Impact Program powered by Techstars and serves on the board for Venture Atlanta.

In 2012 Barry founded a cutting edge hardware technology company named Monsieur. At Monsieur, he and his team developed a patented mixing technology that evolved the way the hospitality industry markets, sells, and dispenses mixed adult beverages (cocktails). The technology is currently being utilized in several popular venues ranging from sports arenas (e.g. Churchill Downs), to large cinema chains (e.g. Regal Cinemas). 

Monsieur launched at Techcrunch Disrupt Battlefield in 2013 which is one of the most prestigious platforms for tech companies. He brought that experience home and won The Technology Association of GA Business Launch competition and ran a successful Kickstarter campaign. Barry and his team successfully raised over $4MM in seed and Series A funding and grew the company to a successful exit in 2017.

Barry has been featured in notable publications such as CNN, CNN Money, Wired, TechCrunch, Entrepreneur Magazine, Huffington Post, Fast Company and many more. 

Prior to founding Monsieur, Barry graduated from GA Tech and spent his early career with John Deere as a design engineer and with Caterpillar as a product manager. He also dipped his toe in the entrepreneurial waters creating a custom shoe company named Slushie Kicks and co-authoring a book titled Plan "B" Sucks: Work on Your Dreams, not Your Boss's.

He currently lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife and 2 children.

Kimberly Jolasun’s journey as the founder of Villie.com stems from her deep belief in the transformative power of motherhood. Hailing from a West African heritage where communities rally around new mothers, Villie is on a mission to redefine maternal support. The innovative software platform, Villie, connects expecting parents with their loved ones, ensuring essential support reaches each mother.

With two children of her own, Kim intimately understands that mothers often hesitate to seek the support they need, even amidst well-meaning friends and family. In response, Villie bridges this gap by providing support not only for moms but also by engaging with their valued "villagers."

Beyond merely connecting loved ones, Villie offers a conduit for support through cash, gifts, and services, as well as a unique avenue for brands to reach this important demographic. Visit www.villie.com to learn more. 

Gagan Kanjlia is chief product officer for Silicon Valley Bank, developing and overseeing a broad range of commercial banking solutions to meet the needs of innovative companies. He serves on the leadership team of the commercial bank, a division of First Citizens Bank.

A seasoned financial services product and marketing executive, Gagan manages liquidity, credit, trade finance, card services, merchant solutions, cross-border payments and cash management solutions. He also spearheads external- and internal-facing digital channel experiences, CRM, core banking and supplies solutions for global markets and private banking business.

Before joining Silicon Valley Bank in 2018, Gagan served as the head of product for OnDeck, where he led a team focused on improving the finance experience for small businesses by offering a credit-solution packages and developed a lending-as-a-service platform. He spent several years with Capital One, where he co-founded Capital One Garage, an internal corporate incubator, and earlier oversaw product efforts in auto finance, home loans and direct bank divisions. He also helped build Capital One's digital product practice.

Gagan earned a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Delhi Institute of Technology, a master's degree in computer science from the University of lowa and an MBA in finance from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

An avid philanthropist, Gagan spent five years heading up the Washington, DC chapter of Asha for Education, an organization funding early childhood education for underprivileged communities in India.