During our 2025 Venture Capital & Growth Equity Annual Meeting we invite you to join us for a session taking a deep dive into strip sales covering key considerations for GPs. The session will efficiently cover process, structure, and various legal considerations. We will begin at 8:00am on Friday morning in Grand Ballroom I and J. The session will end around 8:30am, just in time for you to join the annual meeting's general session. 

Speaker Information

Full Name
Stephen West
Job Title
Partner
Company
StepStone Group
Speaker Bio
Mr. West is a member of the private equity team, focusing on venture capital and growth equity investments.

Prior to StepStone, Mr. West was a member of the research team at Greenspring Associates, a venture capital and growth equity investment firm that merged with StepStone in 2021. Prior to that, Mr. West was a technology investment associate at JMP securities focused on cybersecurity and an associate management consultant within the strategy and organization practice at Booz Allen Hamilton. Mr. West served as a human intelligence officer in the Marine Corps.

Mr. West received his MBA from Georgetown University and BS in general engineering with an Arabic minor from the United States Naval Academy.
Stephen West
Full Name
Brett Depenbrock
Job Title
Principal
Company
StepStone Group
Speaker Bio
Mr. Depenbrock is a member of the private equity team, focusing on venture capital and growth equity investments.

Prior to joining StepStone, Mr. Depenbrock was a vice president with Greenspring Associates, a venture capital and growth equity investment firm that merged with StepStone in 2021. Prior to joining Greenspring Associates, he was an MBA senior product manager intern at Amazon and a management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton.

Mr. Depenbrock received his BS in business administration with a double major in finance and international business from Georgetown University and has an MBA from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.
Brett Depenbrock