Jules Miller keynote speaker

Jules Miller is seasoned investor, 3-time entrepreneur and ‘intrapreneur.’  She focuses on the intersection between large companies and startups, and is an expert in corporate innovation, venture capital, blockchain and legal tech.

She co-founded IBM Blockchain Ventures, runs the IBM Blockchain Accelerator and was previously head of the IBM Blockchain Garage for North America. She was named a top 100 influencer in blockchain in 2019.

Jules is also co-founder and managing partner of Prose Ventures, a VC fund and "investment manager as a service" that invests in legal and compliance technologies. Jules was previously a partner at LunaCap Ventures, a venture debt fund investing in diverse founders, and was COO of gender lens investing pioneer BRAVA Investments.

As an entrepreneur, Jules co-founded and led two legal tech companies: Evolve Law (acquired by Breaking Media), a digital media and events company for legal innovators, and Hire an Esquire, a venture-backed tech startup providing attorneys on-demand to law firms and in-house legal teams. She also co-founded Carbonado Group, an environmental sustainability consulting firm, and spent 7 years as an ‘intraprenuer’ helping companies including EY, Salesforce.com and Tiffany & Co. to launch and grow new business units around environmental and social responsibility.

Jules earned her BA from UCLA and her MSc from The London School of Economics. She is a Kauffman Fellow and and advisor/mentor to a variety of startups and women in tech.