Mary
Alcantara
Partner at Interactive Venture Partners
"How to Accidentally End up in VC"
"How to Accidentally End up in VC"
Fri May 15 - 8:20 AM EDT/New York (See in local time)
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05/15/2026 8:20 AM
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Session: How to Accidentally End up in VC
Inspirational story of one woman's journey from failed startup founder to running her own transatlantic consultancy and eventually becoming a partner at a top tier US fund focusing on CEE foundersKey Takeaways
- Good compounds to great, every time. And eventually it will be noticed.
Bio
Mary Alcantara is a trusted mentor, startup advisor and investor with significant experience in North America and Europe. Prior to joining, she was a founding partner of tandemLEAP, an innovation and business development firm with offices in Budapest and New York. She has consulted for and guided entrepreneurs at many leading incubation and accelerator programs, including Alchemist Accelerator (Silicon Valley), Summerside Xchange (PEI), and MKB Fintechlab (Budapest). She also led Strategic Partnerships for Sellerant, a Texas-based sales and marketing agency supporting startups and scaleups. She received a BA from Harvard University and an MBA from Central European University.