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Popular Event 
With Kruti Baires (Founder, TheSprintFit), Tess Robinson (FTB Capital Group).
Sep 24 (Thu) @ 06:00 PM       FREE
Venue, To Be Announced, SF

 
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Join us for an evening of live pitches & demos from hardware founders working on frontier technologies for the physical world.

We'll be showcasing 6 breakthrough hardware startups pitching to a live panel of leading VCs giving on the spot feedback. Real pitches, real feedback, & the kind of in-person networking that only happens when people who love hardware, build hardware, & invest in hardware are in the room.

Here's the agenda for the night:
6:00-6:45pm: Arrival & Networking

6:45-7:45pm: Pitches & Feedback

7:45-9:00pm: Networking & Wrap up

Startups:
This month we're offering a two-week mini-accelerator exclusive to this hardware community in partnership with TheSprintFit.

Sign up to get live pitch mentoring & matchmaking under the guidance of Founder Kruti Baires & Investor Tess Robinson. Then get a chance to pitch the night of this event!

Apply to pitch at this link - the sprint cohort starts Sep 9th!



Judges:
Soul Dayan, Senior Associate at True Ventures.

If you invest in hardware, we'd love for you to join our panel of judges. Email nate@informal.fund if interested!

Brought to you by:
RiseLink Semiconductor company building WiFi chips for AI-connected devices. RiseLink works with hardware builders from prototype to production & is growing one of the first developer ecosystems for physical AI. riselink.ai

informal is a freelance collective for the most talented independent professionals in hardware. Whether you're looking for a single contractor, a full-time employee, or an entire team of professionals to work on everything from product development to go-to-market strategy, the informal collective has the perfect collection of people for the job.

informal fund is an angel syndicate for hardware investors. It's hard enough to build a hardware startup: finding hardware friendly capital shouldn't be too. informal fund connects the dots between investors who know hardware & the founders building it. If you're an accredited investor, apply to join the syndicate here.

TheSprintFit is built for Unseen Founders-the women, non-binary, & underrepresented change-makers working on urgent problems in HealthTech, FemTech, Women's Health, MedTech, SaaS Fintech, Consumer Tech, B2B workflows, AI-often without the networks that unlock capital.

Studio 45 - informal spaces SF is a physical space for entrepreneurs & teams building hardware in SF. Located in Mission/Bernal Area, the studio gathers the community, resources, space, & tools needed to build a business making physical products.

By registering for this event, you agree to share your registration information sponsors of this event.
 
 
 
 
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