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PANEL | Ulili Onovakpuri, Solome Tibebu, Mandela SH Dixon, Neil Shah

Uriridiakoghene “Ulili” Onovakpuri returned to the Kapor Capital team in 2016. She is focused on sourcing investment opportunities, conducting diligence and supporting Kapor Capital’s portfolio companies particularly those in the digital health and medical technology industries.
Uriridiakoghene received her MBA with a concentration in Health Sector Management from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. She is a native San Franciscan and a proud UC Berkeley Alum.
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Solome Tibebu is an experienced healthcare IT business development leader, investor, mental health advocate and entrepreneur. Solome is passionate about the intersection of integrated care, digital health, and behavioral health innovation. She's excited about new technologies creating an equitable environment for mental wellness, care coordination, and leveraging our challenges for social good. Her work has been featured in The Huffington Post, Forbes, TEDx, Inc Magazine, Upworthy, Psychology Today and more.
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Mandela SH Dixon began her career in Silicon Valley in 2011 as a startup founder backed by Kapor Capital, 500 Startups and Imagine K12 (acquired by Y Combinator). Thereafter, she became the Global Director of Startup Weekend Education (acquired by Techstars), the largest edtech entrepreneurship initiative in the world. Most recently, Mandela was the Founding Portfolio Services Director at venture firm Kapor Capital, where she supported over 120 tech startups. Mandela is currently the Founder & CEO of Founder Gym, the leading online training center for underrepresented founders, and a recent graduate of First Round Capital's prestigious Angel Track.
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Neil Shah has committed his life to social impact, humanity, and discovering creative solutions to the hardest challenges and promising opportunities. He started his career working for a nonprofit serving homeless youth in San Francisco at Larkin Street Youth, and has since worked in a range of professional roles, including the wide spectrum of corporate finance in tech to real estate development to workforce development. Neil has a BA in Human Biology from Stanford and MBA in Finance & Social Innovation from UC Irvine.

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