Nina Hoch joins VRARA's Thought-Leadership Team as Co-Chair of our Entrepreneurship and Venture Financing Committee

We are thrilled to have Nina Hoch, CFA join our thought-leadership team and co-chair our Entrepreneurship and Venture Financing Committee.

Nina Hoch, CFA is a Principal at Recalibrate XR, an immersive technology advisory firm. The goal of Recalibrate XR is to shape the future of work and education via adoption of the immersive technologies by: 

• Helping Corporate and Educational clients improve employee / student skills and engagement, increase sales/development, mitigate risks, reduce training time and costs, deepen global teaming and collaboration by selecting and implementing immersive technologies for their training and social interaction programs

• Strategic partnering with immersive technology companies to grow their business/revenue, optimize operations and strategic alliances, and position competitively with potential investors

• Providing XR marketplace research and relevant merger integration services

Nina is a successful executive with extensive background at the intersection of management consulting, financial services, technology, entrepreneurship, and training/education. In addition to her role at Recalibrate XR, she also serves as an adjunct professor at City University of New York College of Technology and a Chief of Staff at Recalibrate Capital, an investment firm focused on using technology in real estate investments. Her prior experience includes working with clients in capital markets, banking, insurance, life sciences, technology, and education sectors, at KPMG, Ernst & Young, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. Nina earned her Master of Arts in Mathematics of Finance from Columbia University, Bachelor of Science from Long Island University. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and is a member of the Women’s Bond Club, a network for women executives.

Nina is passionate about future of work and healthcare, global education, diversity and inclusion initiatives and social causes like veterans’ mentoring, domestic violence prevention and healthcare charities. She was a speaker at several industry conferences, and will be releasing her XR podcast soon, so stay tuned!

Call for Sponsors: Pitch Competition for Entrepreneurs

Our VRARA Entrepreneurship and Venture Financing Committee is organizing a Pitch Competition for Entrepreneurs and we are seeking sponsors for a cash prize for the winning pitch/Entrepreneur!

If interested to sponsor, email info@thevrara.com asap

Also, our next Online Meet is July 13th. The topic will be "How to build a pitch deck" and we will announce and open up the application for the pitch competition.

Ryan Ramkhelawan appointed Co-Chair of our Entrepreneurship and Venture Financing Committee

We are excited to add Ryan Ramkhelawan as a thought-leader to our Entrepreneurship and Venture Financing Committee. Join our next Online Meet! Check schedule here.

Ryan is a serial startup founder turned venture development professional. After taking two medical device startups through FDA, market entrance, to scale and one to exit he joined Start Co. as Director of Acceleration in 2018 and was promoted to VP of Venture Development in 2020. He is responsible for early collaboration between startups and corporate partners in a variety of industries, internal & external business accelerators, innovation scouting services and teaching lean startup principles. Other areas of responsibilities include: development of new products and services, founder coaching / mentorship and networking between startup ecosystems across the globe.

In addition, he is an experienced medical device executive with over 15 years of clinical experience in perioperative services, organ transplantation and human tissue dissection. His business and clinical accomplishments allowed him to become a founding member of the Forbes Technology Council and a member of the Young Entrepreneur Council. Also, he received recognition as Top 40 Under 40 by the Memphis Business Journal and The National Vascular Recognition Award for the longest saphenous vein recovery without surgical error in the nation.

I am ecstatic to serve as Co-Chair of the Entrepreneurship and Venture Financing Committee. I hope to contribute by bringing my experience as a startup founder and providing access to entrepreneurial resources to fellow Members of the VR/AR Association.  

- Ryan