The wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in.
We pay our respect to all First Nations elders both past and present, and in particular acknowledge the Wiradjuri peoples of Australia, who are the traditional custodians of the land where the Digital Agrifood Summit is held.
Laura Kilcrease has more than 25 years of experience in commercialising technology, including founding the venture capital fund Triton Ventures, LP; founding the Austin Technology Incubator, among the earliest in the United States; co-founding the Austin Technology Council, a premier economic networking organisation; and launching the Capital Network, one of the largest angel investor networks in the U.S. with over $150M in completed transactions.
A dedicated community builder, Laura served on various for-profit and non-profit boards, including the Women’s Leadership Advisory Board of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, the Beyster Institute, World Congress for Information Technology 2006, the IC² Institute at The University of Texas, and is currently on the board of the University Federal Credit Union, one of the top 100 credit unions in the U.S..
She has been often recognized for outstanding achievements, including the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the Austin Business Journal’s Profiles in Power Award, and the University of Texas McCombs School of Business Trailblazer Award.
As CEO, Laura has steered Alberta Innovates restructuring, spearheaded assessment of programs with an eye to the future, and launched Inventures, the flagship gathering of innovators, investors, industry leaders and global researchers, which PwC estimated catalysed some $200M in potential deal flow in 2019