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Pitch Your Deep Tech Startup to Investor Panel of VCs and Angels (On Zoom)...

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Thu, April 2, 2020

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PDT

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Zoom (Update: Event Link Will Be Provided in Confirmation Email)

San Francisco, CA 94105

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PITCH YOUR STARTUP TO INVESTOR PANEL OF VCS AND ANGELS (ON ZOOM) + 1:1 VIRTUAL NETWORKING

***ATTENTION: DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, WE ARE MOVING TO A 100% WEBINAR FORMAT ON ZOOM. EVENT LINK WILL BE PROVIDED IN YOUR CONFIRMATION EMAIL.***

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Are you a tech startup looking to pitch your company in front of an audience and panel of expert VC and Angel judges? This is your chance. Meet, field questions, and get immediate feedback from investors. Our judges will come from a variety of industries - generalist as well as deep tech (AI, AR, Blockchain, Biotech, etc). Network with other investors and founders in the crowd.

This event will have a special focus on Deep Tech startups, with 4-5 slots reserved for Deep Tech startups and 1-2 slots for Generalist, non-Deep Tech startups.

Who Should Apply?
We have several (5-7) spots available for innovative tech startups. Apply today for a chance to present your venture on stage! Applications are open until March 25 (Wednesday 11:59PM PST) - click here to apply!

Application Link: https://bit.ly/2VvLd4J

Not part of a startup?
Get tickets and join us! Pitch Your Startup Event is a great networking and learning opportunity.

Want to Judge?
Are you an Investor or Seasoned Exec looking to invest or increase your deal flow in deep tech and innovative tech startups? Want to know elite or up-and-coming founders or other high achievers to grow your personal network? Apply today for a chance to preside as a judge in one of our monthly exclusive pitch events.

Application Link: https://bit.ly/383cfD5

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Agenda:

6:00pm - 6:05pm: Opening Remarks
6:05pm - 7:30pm: Pitch Your Startup to VCs & Angels
Judges:

Ronald Weissman - Member, Board of Directors, Angel Capital Association; Chairman, Sofware Industry Group, Band of Angels

Dr. Ronald Weissman has been a VC and Angel investor for more than twenty years. He chairs the Software Group for the Band of Angels, Silicon Valley’s oldest angel group and is on the Board of Directors of the Angel Capital Association. He was a partner for seventeen years at global PE / VC firm Apax Global, focusing on US and cross-border technology investing. He has invested in or advised 70+ companies and has served on 30+ Boards of Directors. He was a senior executive at Verity (enterprise search) when the company won large cap turnaround of the year (1999) and at NeXT, reporting to Steve Jobs. He has lectured about venture and angel capital at Stanford, Berkeley, the American University of Armenia, the Deggendorf Institute of Technology and the University of Santa Clara and has worked to promote private capital-funded innovation ecosystems in Hong Kong, Armenia, Ukraine, Chile, Australia, Israel, New Zealand and the US White House. He was one of three US angels profiled in The American Angel (2017). His investment focus is on artificial intelligence and analytics.
Isaac Babbs - Founder, CEO, Handmade Ventures

Isaac is a long time sell side M & A advisor, entrepreneur, executive, executive advisor, and angel investor in the software space. Isaac is currently CEO and Founder of Handmade. Handmade is a software executive advisory service and angel investment group that advises, invests in, and sells software start-ups in a partnership with great entrepreneurs. Isaac has been involved with seven successful M & A outcomes as an executive advisor: Mapper.ai (acquired by Velodyne Lidar 7/2019), Advangelists (acquired by Mobiquity 12/2018), Hook Mobile (acquired by Kaleydra 8/2018), Starmaker Interactive (acquired by Beijing Kunlun Tech 8/2016), Datasnap.io (acquired by Neustar 10/2015), Mixamo (acquired by Adobe 6/2015), and Deep Forest Media (acquired by Rakuten 3/2015).

Isaac is also involved with six companies that are going long and big: Blue Hexagon (cybersecurity), HouseCall Pro (SaaS platform for home service providers), Factual (location data platform), OpenSignal (crowd source data for carrier analytics), Swrve (engagement marketing), and Visualix (spatial computing). As an operating executive, Isaac has held top executive leadership positions in the mobile space with three of them being successful exits from being involved early on: Millennial Media (went public NYSE), Qualcomm, Infospace Mobile, Atlas Mobile (acquired by Infospace Mobile), and Sorrent which became Glu Mobile (went public Nasdaq). Prior to mobile, Isaac held senior software executive positions at Macromedia, shockwave.com, and Silicon Graphics.
Alex Casassovici - Co-Founder, CEO, Azarus; Angel Investor

Alex is the CEO and co-founder of Azarus.io, an interaction layer connecting creators and their audience through game data. Alex is a serial entrepreneur and a technologist. He advises companies and invests through various syndicates in the technology sector. He is an international speaker covering the impact of blockchain in gaming and the use of content in games engagement and retention strategies.When he’s not working, you can find him trail running in the Marin headlands, leading the local elementary school’s engineering club, scuba diving in kelp forests, or completing quests, solving puzzles or bush-hiding in PC, console and mobile games.
Howard Li - Investor, RAVV; Co-Founder, CEO, Ignite Partners; Angel Investor

Howard is a serial entrepreneur who began his startup journey during highschool. He founded a couple of companies in VR/AR and 3D Printing and successfully helped bring several startups to market. He is currently a Venture Capital Investment Associate at Ravv, invested at SkyDeck Fund I, Realwear and SabaChat. He focuses on seed-stage hardware startups with a check-size between $3 - 5 million, but is open to investing in different sectors. With a continuous passion for helping founders, he would love to hear exciting new ideas and connect for founders. Don’t hesitate to send an email to Howard.li@ravv.com.

7:00pm - 7:30pm: 1:1 Virtual Networking

Join us for 1-on-1 Virtual Networking! Attendees will have 5 min to checkin for the event. After, you will video chat 1-on-1 with another attendee for several minutes. You will then be set with another attendee round-robin in our allotted time. You can choose who you want to meet. Watch a video on how it works.

Our private link will be included in your confirmation email, or emailed separately. Please set up your profile early (at a minimum, include your linkedin) to match with people you want!

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Venue: Zoom (Event Link Will Be Provided In Your Confirmation Email)
San Francisco, CA 94105

Notice of Photo/Video Consent: Video footage (including 360 Video) and/or photos may be taken during this event, which may or may not include your recognizable image. Please be advised, by participating in this event, you agree to allow AR + CV and its partners to use the images in print, digital or web-based formats for promotional and archival purposes.

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