Keynote: Wayne Kimmel, Author of Six Degrees of Wayne Kimmel

Wayne Kimmel is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, philanthropist, tireless networker and author.

Wayne Kimmel

Philadelphia Magazine named Wayne a Top Innovator. He is the Managing Partner of SeventySix Capital, the venture capital firm he founded in 1999, and has invested in more than 40 startup technology and health care companies, including SeamlessWeb (now public as GrubHub), Take Care Health Systems and Nutrisystem.

Among the Fortune 500 companies that have acquired his portfolio companies are Aramark, Intel, IBM, Walgreens and Yahoo!. His current top portfolio companies include Adwerx, CareCam Health Systems, Dwolla, Indiegogo, Lindi Skin, ReverbNation, StartUp Health, Thrive Commerce and Whistle Sports. 

He is on the boards of the Jewish Federations of North America, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and the Einstein Healthcare Network. In addition, Wayne serves on the National Advisory Council of the Widener University Delaware Law School and was on the Advisory Board of the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.

Wayne was instrumental in bringing a Microsoft Reactor to Philadelphia, which launched in July 2016.

He is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park and the Widener University Delaware Law School. Wayne is passionate about Philly's pro sports teams and making the world a better place through his nonprofit work. He lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia with his wife and their two children.