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Neha Khera (she/her)

Early-stage investor

Neha has been an early-stage investor for over a decade, having led investments in over 40 companies, including Applyboard, Mejuri, Benchsci and Fightcamp. Most recently Neha was a General Partner at NY-based 2048 Ventures, a lead-cheque pre-seed fund. Prior to that, Neha was a General Partner and co-founder of 500 Startups Canada. She has also held senior investment roles at MaRS IAF and Scotiabank.

Neha is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. She serves on the Dean's Advisory Council for the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo. She is also a mentor to female engineering students and startups.

Neha holds a BASc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the Richard Ivey Business School.

Sessions

Meet your 2024 Mentor faculty!

July 10, 2024  5:50 PM – 5:55 PM
We have amassed an incredible group of founder, experts, investors, accelerators and authors to help you solve your most pressing problems - we can't wait to introduce them to you! See more.

Mentor Roundtables: Let's solve your problems

July 10, 2024  5:55 PM – 6:55 PM
Every startup must master a range of skills, from hiring and selling, to delivering products, to crafting superb communications that compel and entice. Bring your biggest domain-specific challenges to our expert Mentors, who will help you unravel even the most challenging problems across the many domains on which a startup needs to execute. See more.

Mentor roundtables: Taboo Topics (back by popular demand!)

July 11, 2024  5:10 PM – 6:10 PM
There's no such thing as a stupid question—but there are plenty of questions nobody asks, because they're taboo. How do you fire a co-founder? When is it okay to lie to your employees? Can you take orders before you know you can deliver on them? How accurate do forward-looking statements need to be in a pitch deck? We're creating round table conversations for the questions everybody ponders but nobody says out loud. See more.
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