RAISE GP Day — Splash Preview (Featured Speakers)

RAISE GP Day

Operator-grade programming for emerging VC managers

RAISE GP Day provides tactical sessions on fundraising, marketing, and firm-building, led by leading LPs, GPs and operators.

Open to 300 GPs and bridged directly into RAISE Week across San Francisco, the broadest gathering of LPs and emerging managers in venture capital.

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RAISE GP Day is produced in partnership with the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Venture Forward.

A New Format for RAISE Week

GP Day is the first of two flagship events anchoring RAISE Week in San Francisco.

RAISE Week

San Francisco, CA

October 19–23, 2026

Side events, community gatherings, and connection points throughout San Francisco — surrounding two flagship days.

October 21, 2026

RAISE GP Day

Open to 300 GPs in the RAISE ecosystem. A full day of tactical sessions, LP-led roundtables, masterclasses, and guided networking — built for emerging fund managers at every stage.

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October 22, 2026

RAISE Global Summit

The flagship Summit where the 100 RAISE Select GPs connect with 330+ LPs through presentations, panels, roundtables, and curated 1:1 meetings.

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October 21, 2026 · 5:00–8:00 PM · Evening Social

Stifel Venture Bank + RAISE Kick Off Party

Co-hosted with Stifel. GPs attending GP Day and the Global Summit are joined by the LPs participating in RAISE — the full community in one room, the evening before the Summit.

Featured Speakers

Leading LPs, GPs and operators taking the main stage on October 21.

Anurag Chandra

CIO, Single Family Office & Trustee, San Jose FCERS

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Elizabeth ‘Beezer’ Clarkson

Managing Director, LGT Capital Partners

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Barry Eggers

Co-Founder and Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Courtney McCrea

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Recast Capital

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SC Moatti

Founding Managing Partner, Mighty Capital

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Joanna Rupp

P² Private Markets Advisory

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Lior Susan

Founder and CEO, Eclipse

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Lior is an investor, entrepreneur, and the Founder and CEO of Eclipse. He is passionate about building groundbreaking technology companies.

Lior is an unlikely venture capitalist. He grew up on a kibbutz (ask him about banana farming) and spent many years in the Special Forces of the Israeli military. After he’d completed his military service, he did what he so often does – set out to solve a big problem. In 2008, Lior joined his brother to help build Intucell, a pioneer in the software-defined networking space for global telecommunications networks. After four years, Cisco acquired the company.

Following the acquisition, Lior joined Flex, a multinational manufacturing leader, where he led the hardware investment platform, Lab IX. During his time at Flex, Lior was immersed in many “old-line,” physical industries. He witnessed firsthand the headwinds these sectors were facing, in addition to inefficiencies and eroding of competitive advantage these negative forces were causing.

Lior became convinced that digital transformation would strengthen physical industries and support both economic and national security. As a result, in late 2014, Lior began to build Eclipse. He firmly believes that the distinction between technology and non-technology companies is over and seeks to partner with ambitious founders who are dedicated to vastly improving critical infrastructure in all forms.

In addition to his desire to drive exemplary returns to Eclipse’s Limited Partners, Lior also seeks to invest in solutions that deliver greater opportunities for all people (perhaps as a nod to his kibbutz roots), as well as those that create better prospects for our planet.

Lior currently works with Cerebras, Ursa Major, VulcanForms, Bright Machines, Augury, and other companies pursuing big ideas. As a board member, he has helped companies move from Day Zero onwards — offering guidance and support from pitch deck to public offering.

A relentless optimist with a passion for company building, Lior believes that the world needs a new economy – and wants to help the best entrepreneurs build it.

Garth Timoll, Sr.

General Partner, Chief Executive Officer, Top Tier Capital Partners

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Tomasz Tunguz

General Partner, Theory Ventures

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Golden Gate Club at the Presidio

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