Kira Noodleman
Partner, Bee Partners
Kira relishes working with new and disruptive technologies with a focus on robotics and synthetic biology, discovering young companies, and nurturing the careers of passionate Founders. Her background in working internationally with software giants preceded a Haas MBA where she developed a deeper interest in startups and investing.
Jordan Kretchmer
CEO, Rapid Robotics
Jordan is the CEO of Rapid Robotics. Previously he was CEO and founder of LiveFyre, the largest cloud-based content and community platform on the web for marketers and publishers, which was acquired by Adobe in 2016. Jordan has over 20 years of experience as a product strategist, marketer and business leader with expertise in scaling enterprise software companies. Livefyre brings the social web right to any publisher or brand site to drive real-time conversations and community engagement. The company’s suite of real-time products include LiveComments, LiveBlogs, and social content curation, and Livefyre’s customers include FOX News, CBS, Dow Jones, AOL, TIME Magazine, and thousands of others. Kretchmer founded the San Francisco based startup in December 2009, and has overseen its growth to the 7th largest site network on the web, delivering 1 billion live content streams every month. Before launching Livefyre, Kretchmer was the Vice President of Brand at Current TV where he led brand redevelopment for the media company. Previously, he was the Digital Creative Director at Butler Shine Stern and Partners, and Vice President/Associate Creative Director at Mullen Advertising.
