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Join fellow conference attendees at Flight Club Chicago for a relaxed evening of food, conversation, and Social Darts. Meet new people, reconnect with fellow attendees, and unwind after a full day of ideas and conversations.

This casual, inclusive social experience includes hosted appetizers and snacks, opportunities to connect in a more informal setting, and interactive dart games in small groups. No dart experience is needed; the games are easy to learn and fun for beginners and experienced players alike.

Whether you are a student, young professional, mid-career professional, longtime member, or attending an OPEN Chicago event for the first time, this event is for you.

This is a separate, optional conference add-on. Advance registration is required, and tickets are available only while capacity lasts. This event is for guests ages 21 and older.

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Zunaira Arshad is an Investment Partner at Watershed Ventures, where she partners with visionary founders building early-stage companies across healthcare, B2B software, and AI. Her work centers on identifying and backing exceptional founders and high-potential markets, particularly those that have been overlooked by traditional venture capital.

Zunaira believes some of the most consequential companies are built by founders who see opportunities others miss. She is particularly drawn to entrepreneurs tackling complex problems at the intersection of technology, economic opportunity, and human needs, and works closely with founders from the earliest stages to help them build enduring companies.

Prior to joining Watershed Ventures, Zunaira was an investor at Drive Capital, a multi-billion-dollar venture firm based in Columbus, Ohio, where she focused on backing founders and markets underserved by traditional venture capital.

Earlier in her career, Zunaira advised high-growth startups across healthcare and fintech in New York and began her work in technology at ConsenSys, the pioneering blockchain venture studio founded by Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin. There, she led content strategy and market research across a portfolio of more than 50 companies working at the intersection of finance and technology.

Zunaira holds a B.S. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from Yale University. She brings the rigor of a scientist, the perspective of an entrepreneur, and the conviction of an investor to her work with founders building what comes next.

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Ahsan Jamil is the Founder and Managing General Partner of sAi Capital, a pioneering Pakistani growth equity firm focused on frontier technology and advanced engineering companies. Under his leadership, sAi Capital became the first venture capital firm in Pakistan in seven years to raise and deploy locally sourced capital.

Over the past three years, he has led investments through sAi Capital’s inaugural $10 million fund, pursuing a concentrated, high-conviction investment strategy defined by active governance, operational engagement, and long-term value creation. The firm’s core portfolio companies now represent a combined enterprise value of $45–50 million, based on independent valuations by BDO. Building on this foundation, he is pursuing a multi-fund strategy targeting $100 million in capital deployment to accelerate the global expansion of advanced engineering companies and enable strategic M&A.

A technologist and business leader with more than two decades of experience, Ahsan has led enterprise-scale technology transformation initiatives, with experience spanning global organizations including Google, Infosys, and Tata Consultancy Services. His career brings together deep technical expertise, strategic execution, and a track record of building and scaling technology platforms.

Previously, as Chief Data Officer of a holding company generating more than $18 billion in annual revenue, he developed a pioneering personalization platform that became the second platform to achieve Twitter-scale capabilities. He also led the consolidation of multiple technology entities across the group's subsidiaries into a unified, highly scalable enterprise platform. Earlier in his career, he contributed to the team responsible for the $5.2 billion Sears–Kmart transaction and subsequently helped establish the consolidated organization's foundational data infrastructure, enabling an integrated, enterprise-wide source of truth.

1e:T605,Kalsoom Lakhani is the Co-Founder and General Partner of i2i Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in technology-enabled companies in Pakistan. A longtime builder of startup ecosystems in emerging markets, she founded Invest2Innovate (i2i) in 2011 to support entrepreneurs, build startup capacity, and strengthen Pakistan's broader innovation ecosystem and other growth markets. Over a career spanning more than 15 years, Kalsoom has worked with and trained entrepreneurs and ecosystem leaders across Pakistan, Nepal, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Kosovo, and Kazakhstan. She has spoken at global forums including the World Economic Forum, Aspen Ideas Festival, Global Entrepreneurship Summit, and SXSW. She previously served as a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, is an alumna of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community, and is a Kauffman Fellow. Since 2016, she has also contributed to research behind Beloved Economies, which explores new models of leadership, collaboration, and organizational innovation. Kalsoom holds a B.A. in Foreign Affairs and Middle East Studies from the University of Virginia and an M.A. in International Affairs and Conflict Resolution from George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Her work at the intersection of venture capital, entrepreneurship, ecosystem building, and emerging markets brings a valuable perspective to OPEN Chicago’s 2026 theme, “Beyond Intelligence: Building What’s Next.”1f:T623,Zunaira Arshad is an Investment Partner at Watershed Ventures, where she partners with visionary founders building early-stage companies across healthcare, B2B software, and AI. Her work centers on identifying and backing exceptional founders and high-potential markets, particularly those that have been overlooked by traditional venture capital. Zunaira believes some of the most consequential companies are built by founders who see opportunities others miss. She is particularly drawn to entrepreneurs tackling complex problems at the intersection of technology, economic opportunity, and human needs, and works closely with founders from the earliest stages to help them build enduring companies. Prior to joining Watershed Ventures, Zunaira was an investor at Drive Capital, a multi-billion-dollar venture firm based in Columbus, Ohio, where she focused on backing founders and markets underserved by traditional venture capital. Earlier in her career, Zunaira advised high-growth startups across healthcare and fintech in New York and began her work in technology at ConsenSys, the pioneering blockchain venture studio founded by Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin. There, she led content strategy and market research across a portfolio of more than 50 companies working at the intersection of finance and technology. Zunaira holds a B.S. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from Yale University. She brings the rigor of a scientist, the perspective of an entrepreneur, and the conviction of an investor to her work with founders building what comes next.20:T589,

Whether you are a student, young professional, mid-career professional, longtime member, or attending an OPEN Chicago event for the first time, this event is for you.

Venue: Flight Club Chicago, 111 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60601
Time: 5:00 - 7:30 p.m.

This is a separate, optional conference add-on. Advance registration is required, and tickets are available only while capacity lasts. This event is for guests ages 21 and older.

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Faisal Jeddy is CEO of the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), where he works to expand Pakistan’s IT exports and connect local technology companies with global opportunities. He brings more than two decades of experience in Silicon Valley, including senior leadership roles at BDO and, most recently, as Global Chief Strategy Officer at Systems Limited and Visionet. His expertise spans global growth strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and public offerings, with a focus on helping businesses scale through strategic partnerships.

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