On Thursday, November 30, 2023, Supernova Dinners organized a fireside chat with Vivas Kumar, who shared his investment opportunity into his company, Mitra Chem. Afterward, guests engaged Vivas in Q&A, followed by a buffet networking dinner.

Invited guests ranged from industrial, manufacturing and hardware executives and investors:

• Kevin Ryan — Senior Director at Arm
• Bogdan Cristei — DeepTech Investor at Union Lab Ventures
• Avery Park — Investor at Activate Capital
• Stephen Pesche — Investor at Brookfield Growth
• Mark Platshon — Managing Partner at Redwoods Climate Capital
• Nilesh Trivedi — Principal Investor at J-Ventures Fund
• Ayush Khanna — Private Investor
• Anirudh Garg — Partner at BEENEXT
• Christine Lan — Director at Bison Energy Group
• Megan Cain — Principal at The Westly Group
• Michael Valenti — Private Investor
• Soyoung Park — Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners
• Sharon Goldstein — Private Investor
• Andrew Tan — Private Investor
• Jack Buendorf — Investor at DCVC
• Ivy Nguyen — Investor at Autotech Ventures
• Andrew Cote — Investor at A16Z
• Clara de Ros — Mobility Ventures Investor at Plug and Play Ventures
• Julia Taylor — VP Investments and Head of North America at STE Ventures
• Lisa Yu — Partner at 99VC
• Maximilian Poelnitz — Venture Partner at Ajinomoto Corporate Venture Capital
• Anu Maheshwari — Partner at Stage2 Capital
• Will McCreadie — Investor at General Catalyst
• Vikas Kante — Head of Finance at Mitra Chem
• Greyson Passey — Strategic Finance Associate at Mitra Chem