Pitch Night & Investor Panel Discussion With Vertex Ventures & Band of Angels
Date: June 28, 2018
Pitch and network at our Pitch Night and Investor Panel Discussion with Eva Khoo of Vertex Ventures and Bruce Schechter of Band of Angels.
Have the opportunity to pitch your startup to Eva Khoo, Investor at Vertex Ventures. With over 50 successful exits including Waze and Mobike, Vertex manages assets in excess of $1.5 billion across all its funds.
Bruce Schechter is an Investor at Band of Angels, Silicon Valley’s oldest seed funding organization. Band of Angels has seeded over 277 companies with 55 profitable M&A exits and 10 Nasdaq IPOs. The organization has founded companies such as Symantec, Logitech, and National Semiconductor and has senior executives at the likes of Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, and Intuit.
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We’re bringing technology and crowd-sourced info seeking together to make Q&A time more valuable for you all. Head to http://meet.ps/pitchnight to ask our VCs a question (any time before or during the event). Upvote and downvote the questions you see from other audience members. If your question is selected, you’ll have the opportunity to introduce yourself and your company to our investor panel before asking your question.
If you are a startup founder or entrepreneur, this is an event you don’t want to miss!
Seating is limited, so reserve your ticket now.
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EVENT DETAILS
The event will start with a round-table discussion where our investors will talk about the fundraising process and what it takes to successfully raise funding. Pre-selected startups will pitch to the investor panel for 5 minutes with their slide deck, followed by feedback and Q&A from the investor panel.
Whether you are attending as an audience member or have been selected to pitch, all attendees can learn from these investors, their quality feedback and unique insights. Connect with these investors afterward during general networking, and create a relationship with them and their firms.
If you are a startup founder or entrepreneur, this is an event you don’t want to miss!
Dinner and drinks are provided. Free parking available.
Seating is limited, so reserve your ticket now.
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HOW TO APPLY TO PITCH
Apply using the link below for an opportunity to pitch your company to the investor panel. You must purchase a General Admission ticket to submit your pitch deck for consideration. All pitch deck submissions must be in a PDF format.
Selected companies will have 5 minutes to pitch their company, including slide deck, to the investor panel. Questions and feedback from the investor panel will follow for an additional 5 minutes. There are a limited amount of pitch slots available, so submit your pitch deck now for consideration.
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Agenda
7:00pm – 8:00pm: Investor discussion & startups pitches
8:00pm – 9:00pm: Meet the investors and network
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Date:
Thursday, 6/28/2018
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6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location:
Founders Floor
2 North 1st St., 5th Floor
San Jose, CA 95113
Investor Panel
Eva Khoo
Principal
Vertex Ventures
Prior to Luxe, Eva was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, advising public and pre-IPO companies in the technology, media and telecom space. Eva holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Bruce Schechter
Angel Investor
Band of Angels
He is an active advisor/investor in a variety of tech startups, including Life360 (50M+ users), Proformative, TreasuryCurve, and Simplure.
He is also the founder and President Emeritus of the Intel Alumni Network. Bruce is active in mentoring student entrepreneurs at both Stanford (StartX Accelerator) and Purdue University. Bruce received a BS in Physics and Math from Purdue University, where he graduated with Highest Honors and Phi Beta Kappa, and he received an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Who Should Attend
In addition, startup founders and entrepreneurs who are NOT ready to pitch are welcome to attend as audience members. This can be a highly valuable learning experience to better understand the pitch process and what investors look for as well as learn from feedback given by the investor panel, then, apply these learnings to your own startup!
The Pitch Night Format
Selected companies will then have 5 minutes to pitch their company, including slide deck, to the investor panel. Questions and feedback from the investor panel will follow for an additional 5 minutes.
Use the below URL for an opportunity to pitch your company to the investor panel.
All pitch deck submissions must be in a PDF format. There are a limited amount of pitch slots available, so submit your pitch deck now for consideration.
Free street parking
Free parking garage
Public transportation
You may request a refund up to 48 hours before the event. Unfortunately, any refunds requested less than 48 hours before the event cannot be honored. Thank you for your understanding.
Disclaimer
By participating in this Founders Floor Event, you agree to this liability disclaimer: www.foundersfloor.com/disclaimer