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[ SF Tech Week ] |
Pitch Perfect - Your Ideas Big Break
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With Hardik Jagda (Chairman, Proximity Works), Mala Ramakrishnan (CTO/CPO, Cuvo), Vince Lane (Mav3rick Ventures), Lei Du (Sancus Ventures). |
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Oct 08 (Tue) @ 02:00 PM
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Pitch Perfect: Your idea's big break is your shot to get in front of people who can change everything for you.
Present your idea, get it validated, gain critical feedback, & secure the resources needed to take it to the next level!
At this event, you'll have the opportunity to demo your startup & showcase your vision to a panel of judges including VCs, industry experts, & potential investors.
Applications from those who want to be considered for demo slots are open. Apply here to be part of the action.
It's designed for founders who are ready to fundraise & for investors eager to discover the next big thing. The day will be packed with demos, elevator pitches, networking, & collaboration, all within a vibrant community of creators & thinkers.
Witness groundbreaking pitches, gain feedback from seasoned professionals, & connect with others who share your passion for innovation.
If you're ready to elevate your startup, this is where you make it happen.
Our judges:
About Mala Ramakrishnan
Mala is an entrepreneurial leader with 20+ years experience in leadership roles in product, engineering, & marketing in companies of varied sizes: startups all the way to publicly traded companies.
As the visionary founder of Progressive Ventures, Mala is fueling the next wave of AI innovation, out of Silicon Valley, California.
She is also the Founder & Chief Technology & Product Officer of Cuvo, a machine learning platform that automates digital personalization using LLMs in media products.
She is also Co-founder & President at Founders Creative, a social enterprise that elevates under-represented founders. https://www.founderscreative.ai/
Mala is a third time startup founder & has outstanding ability at driving business strategy in establishing product-market fit of enterprise products. She has hands-on technical ability & is gifted in commercializing deep tech.
About Vince Lane
Vince Lane is an investor & entrepreneur with extensive cross-border experience in founding & scaling businesses across various industries, strategic planning, venture capital, technology, digital entertainment, & investment management.
As the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Mav3rick Ventures, Vince spearheads investments in Deep Tech, AI, & Web3 technologies from hubs in San Francisco, New York, Shanghai, Singapore, & Hong Kong.
He also serves as a venture partner at Hermitage Capital, a private equity firm with $1.8 billion in assets. He is a partner & senior advisor at collab., a decentralized, vertically integrated, community-driven college student housing asset investment & management platform currently overseeing $90 million in assets.
About Hardik Jagda
Hardik Jagda is a Silicon-Valley based entrepreneur, investor, speaker, & engineer. He's the Founder, Chairman, & CEO of Proximity Works - the company behind Proximity Tech, Studio Proximity, Proximity (PX) Ventures, Proximity Foundation & Colarity AI.
Proximity now operates across 4 countries, with offices in USA, Sweden, India, & Dubai, with Proxonauts spread across 25 cities. Specializing in delivering cutting-edge AI, technology products & services, design, & marketing solutions to clients worldwide, they're a team of skilled geeks with a proven track record of delivering high-performance, reliable, & scalable solutions.
Before Proximity, Hardik led engineering teams at several product startups. He focuses on solving complex problems with technology, scaling products internationally, & creating long-term value for customers.
About Lei Du
Lei Du has over a decade of experience in engineering, data science, & operations & boasts a proven track record of success in the tech industry.
As a Partner at Sancus Ventures, he invests in software infrastructure, open source, & developer tools powered by AI & Blockchain. He's also a Data Science Advisor for Monterey AI, contributing to developing next-generation product insight tools.
Lei's career journey began at Microsoft, where he honed his skills in improving search quality through deep neural nets. He then built & led the data science & risk teams at Opendoor, where he helped the company scale as a real estate market maker & process over $10 billion in assets. As the head of data at NewsBreak, Lei built the analytics infrastructure for the No.1 news app in the US.
He also co-founded Huma Finance, where he built income-based DeFi solutions for the masses, empowering individuals & communities to achieve financial independence.
Agenda
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Check-in & Networking
2:30 PM - 4:20 PM - 10 Teams, 5-Minute Demos (including a short break in between)
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM - Break
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM - Lightning Pitches for attendees (1 minute each, up to 10 slots)
Space is limited-register your interest today, & we'll notify you soon if your registration is approved!
About 42px Media
42px Media is an AI-first marketing agency obsessed with going beyond vanity metrics, & bringing real tangible value to businesses through pixel-perfect storytelling.
Storytelling, brand building, & community development - their Founders have owned these domains & work tirelessly to help brands achieve their full potential in the digital age. Know more about them by visiting 42px.ai
About EchoHer
EchoHer is a vibrant community dedicated to empowering women & non-binary founders & funders. Founded in Silicon Valley, its mission is to amplify diverse voices in entrepreneurship through supportive networking, insightful panels, & collaborative workshops.
They host monthly events designed to connect & inspire, fostering growth & success for all members. By providing a platform for sharing experiences & insights, EchoHer helps entrepreneurs achieve their full potential.
Individuals are invited to join & be part of a movement that celebrates & elevates women & non-binary leaders in business. For more details or partnership opportunities, interested parties can contact EchoHer at info@echoher.org.
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This event is a part of #TechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs & startups to bring together the tech ecosystem.
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