Pitch Night & Investor Panel Discussion With Grishin Robotics & Band of Angels
Pitch and learn from Silicon Valley VCs at our Pitch Night and Investor Panel Discussion with Ashish Aggarwal of Grishin Robotics ($100 million VC fund) and Ron Collett of Band of Angels.
Our investor panel is made up of Ashish Aggarwal of Grishin Robotics, who are actively investing in early stage startups out of their $100 million fund; and Ron Collett, VC at Band of Angels, Silicon Valley’s oldest seed funding organization with over 277 companies, 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.
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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AGENDA
6:00pm – 7:00pm: Registration and networking
7:00pm – 8:00pm: Investor discussion & startups pitches
8:00pm – 9:00pm: Meet the investors and network
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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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+++ASK THE VC – NEW EVENT COMPONENT+++
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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Date:
Thursday, 8/30/2018
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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
Ashish Aggarwal
Investor
Grishin Robotics
Ashish’s most recent investments include the likes of Zume Pizza here in San Francisco, as well as Yellow, a Brazil-based mobility startup.
Ashish is a Mentor at Google Launchpad Accelerator and, prior to investing, worked as Director of M&A and Corporate Development at Opera Software and as a software engineer at Yahoo!.
Ashish has an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Innovation and a Master of Engineering Management, Design & Operations from Northewestern University, as well as a Master of Business Administration from London Business School.
Ron Collett
Angel Investor
Band of Angels
Ron has a breadth of experience in what it takes to be a successful startup as the current President & CEO of NMX Global Software, a company among the pioneers of the SaaS model. Prior to this, Ron held senior roles at prominent consulting firm, McKinsey & Co.
Ron holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence, Intellectual Property & Corporate Law from the University of Santa Clara, as well as a Bachelor of Science from Drexel 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.
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