Jyoti Bansal is a multi-unicorn founder, serial technology entrepreneur, and passionate mentor and investor. He is the founder and CEO of Harness, the $5B Autonomous SDLC Platform company that merged with Traceable, the API security startup that Jyoti also founded, to bring application security and software delivery together in a single, unified platform. The combined company reflects Jyoti’s long-standing vision: that software can and should be built and secured faster, smarter, and more safely.

Previously, Jyoti founded AppDynamics, which Cisco acquired for $3.7B. He also launched BIGLabs, a startup studio focused on solving difficult tech problems, and co-founded Unusual Ventures, a VC firm with over $1B under management that
supports early-stage founders. He’s been recognized with honors, including EY Entrepreneur of the Year and Forbes’ Best Cloud Computing CEO. Jyoti holds a BS in Computer Science from IIT Delhi and over 25 U.S. patents.

Rama is a partner at Menlo Ventures investing in cybersecurity, AI, and infrastructure companies. His investments have included Zafran, Astrix (acquired by Cisco), Graphite (acquired by Cursor/ SpaceX), and Clerk. Before joining Menlo, he spent 15 years at Norwest Venture Partners where he invested in Veza (acquired by ServiceNow), Harness, Agari (acquired by HelpSystems), SourceClear (acquired by Veracode), Dremio (acquired by SAP), Apigee (acquired by Google), Shape Security (acquired by F5), and FireEye (acquired by STG). Earlier, Rama was an investor at Comcast Ventures and held sales engineering and product management roles at Cisco.

He holds an MBA from the Wharton School with a double major in finance and entrepreneurial management, and a BS in electrical and computer engineering from Rutgers University. Outside work, Rama enjoys basketball, hopelessly rooting for the NY Giants, and doubling as a human jungle gym for his two children.

Marc Cadieux is president of Silicon Valley Bank’s commercial banking business where he focuses on the needs of innovation companies at all stages of development, including the investors who back them. Marc’s career at Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First Citizens Bank, began in 1992. In the three decades since, he has held a variety of top credit and sales roles serving some of the world’s most innovative companies. Most recently, he served as chief credit officer, appointed in 2013, and oversaw credit policy and process, credit underwriting, loan approval and portfolio management activities. He is a strong advocate of bank initiatives to expand opportunities for those who are underrepresented in the innovation economy. He serves as an executive sponsor for the company’s employee resource group focused on women employees.

 
When he first joined SVB, Marc launched the bank's first loan workout and restructuring group. He has held a variety of roles in credit, sales, and relationship management, which included assistant chief credit officer, Peninsula region manager, and risk manager for the Eastern U.S. division, the UK, Israel, and Canada. Previously, Marc held several positions with Pacific Western Bank and Bank of New England. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Colby College.

Micaela leads Startup Banking's West Coast Technology team. She is passionate about supporting founders and providing them with the network and resources to improve their probability of success, especially in the most critical early days.

Micaela has 14 years of experience in the world of startups, technology and investing. She started her career at an information services start-up, AlphaSights, in New York and went on to launch their San Francisco office in 2015. Before joining SVB, Micaela was a business manager in J.P. Morgan’s Technology Investment Banking team. She was also involved in standing up J.P. Morgan’s Technology Ventures practice — a $500 million investment vehicle for private technology startups.

Outside of work, Micaela is a former collegiate runner who enjoys combining her love of running with philanthropy for causes near and dear to her. Through her running, she’s helped raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in New York City and MassGeneral’s Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Unit in Boston. Micaela is also a volunteer for Back on My Feet, a nonprofit organization that fights homelessness through the power of fitness, community support and essential employment and housing resources.

She has a bachelor’s degree in international studies from Johns Hopkins University. Originally from New Hampshire, she now calls the Bay Area home, where she lives with her husband and three young children.

Rob is a business development market leader, advising private and public AI + Enterprise Software companies in the Bay Area.  At SVB for 10+ years, he has worked on the Corporate Banking team covering fast growing tech companies and Corporate Development & Strategy team evaluating strategic initiatives, equity investments, and acquisitions.  Notably, he led the deal execution on the acquisition of SVB’s Investment Banking business, Leerink Partners in 2018.

Prior to joining SVB, Rob spent six years in the Financial Services investment banking practice at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW).  Rob worked on dozens of M&A transactions, as well as public and private capital raises, with an aggregate deal value of more than $5 billion.  Prior to joining the investment banking practice at KBW, Rob spent two years with the equity research team at KBW.  A native of San Francisco, Rob graduated from New York University with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science & History.  Rob now lives in Marin with his wife, two kids and newest addition, a Cat.