3rd Annual Always Be Closing Pitch Battle

Name: 3rd Annual Always Be Closing Pitch Battle
Start: 2021-08-25T17:30:00-07:00
End: 2021-08-25T19:00:00-07:00

Irvine
Wed, Aug 25, 2021, 5:30 PM (PDT)

About this event

Winners get a 1:1 meeting with one of our judges and free Membership to Startup Grind's new membership community for Founders ONLY!!

Criteria:

You must be to be an early-stage company based in Southern California (We consider Southern California to be made of the following counties: Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside, and San Diego.)

Your company must be less than 5 years old.

Your company has raised less than $1.5 million USD in funding and not closed a "Series A" round of financing.

Submission Process: Please Fill Out THIS FORM and Register for the Event

Please have your YouTube video link (public or viewable link) ready to go no later than Friday, August 20, 10PM Pacific Standard Time. The pitch has to be 90 seconds or less (we will count this!). Startups advancing to pitch to the investors will be notified by Sunday, August 22nd 6PM. For questions or concerns please email jessica@startupgrind.com

The pitch must include the following items (we will count this):

1. Introduce team members presenting and your ask (funding amount).

2. Define the problem and explain why your audience should care.

3. Explain your solution. How is your product/service going to create a solution?

4. Company traction

5. Relevant experience to back up your business

Happy Hour
Lets get together and socialize after the virtual battle! We will be meeting up at Bar Louie - The District

Startups

Moderator

TJ Kinion

LearningFuze

Program Manager

Judges

Barbara Bickham

WIF AX (Women’s Innovation Fund Accelerator)

Co-Founder | Managing Director

See Bio
Dr. Silvia Mah

Next Wave Impact Fund

Lead Investor | General Partner

See Bio
Sherwin Estanislao

Creative Interlace Tech Ventures

Founding Partner | CEO

See Bio
Travis Lindsay

Titan Angels

Co-Founder

See Bio

Barbara Bickham

WIF AX (Women’s Innovation Fund Accelerator)

Barbara Bickham has 25+ years of experience in technologies ranging from IoT, Blockchain, Augmented Reality, and Artificial Intelligence. Ms. Bickham is the CTO of Trailyn Ventures, an Advance Tech and Blockchain Advisory Firm, providing strategic advice and technical execution for companies incorporating Blockchain and/or Artificial Intelligence into their products and workflows. Previously she was the Director of Engineering for Flexeye where she architected, designed and coded the 2014 Gartner Cool Vendor Award-Winning REST API for their IoT platform. Other companies Barbara has worked for include: Thinque Systems, RAND, Network Associates, St. Jude Medical, Xerox, and US Robotics. She is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of WIF AX a Seed/Series A Impact Fund building underrepresented, sustainable, emerging tech companies. Their industry focus includes: Consumer Goods, Last-Mile Logistics, Blockchain, AI, Mixed Reality and IoT. WIF AX portfolio companies contain a C-suite made up of at least 50% women and operational plans which contain sustainability considerations.

Dr. Silvia Mah

Next Wave Impact Fund

Dr. Silvia Mah, is a leading advocate for empowering women-owned businesses on a global level. Her mission is to promote, nurture, and invest in small businesses that allow women to excel around the world. Dr. Mah serves as Executive Director of Hera-Labs, an SBA-funded accelerator program for women-owned businesses; Founding Partner of Hera Fund, a startup fund; Founding Member of Hera Angels, a female-focused angel investing group; Advisory Board member of Hera Hub, a spa-inspired coworking global enterprise; Curriculum Developer/Lead Mentor at The Basement, a UCSD undergraduate accelerator; and serves on boards of technology companies & university innovation centers. Dr. Mah holds a Ph.D. in Marine Molecular Biology from UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography, an M.B.A. from UC San Diego Rady School of Management, and a B.S. in Biology with Honors from Pepperdine University. When not working, Dr. Mah enjoys beach days & Disneyland with her husband and 3 children in San Diego.

Sherwin Estanislao

Creative Interlace Tech Ventures

Sherwin has over 20 years of experience investing in various industries from real estate to tour production and everything in between. He has successfully started, grown and exited companies including a professional MMA Federation, music production and property investments. CI Tech Ventures is Sherwin's latest endeavor aimed at providing technology investments to a variety of industries and applications. Sherwin has a proven track record in identifying talent, assembling teams, and bringing smart money to the table. With an extensive network of resources, Sherwin has helped in the implementation of unique strategies to transform startups into successful businesses.LinkedINLos Angeles Journal article

Travis Lindsay

Titan Angels

Travis is an experienced educator, coach, and investor. At California State University, Fullerton, Travis has been a driving force in the growth of the Center for Entrepreneurship and the founding of the university's first incubator, the CSUF Startup Incubator. Additionally, Travis is a founder and co-manager of Titan Angels, LLC, an investment fund that invests in early stage companies.Travis' passion is educating and mentoring the next generation of business leaders. At California State University, Fullerton, Travis has worked with hundreds of students and community members in and out of the classroom providing feedback in all areas of business, including: help with pro forma financial forecasting, integrated marketing plans, development of operational strategies and more. At Titan Angels, Travis provides incisive feedback to founders that they use to better position themselves in the market.

3rd Annual Always Be Closing Pitch Battle

Irvine
Wed, Aug 25, 2021, 5:30 PM (PDT)

About this event

Winners get a 1:1 meeting with one of our judges and free Membership to Startup Grind's new membership community for Founders ONLY!!

Startups

Moderator

TJ Kinion

Judges

Barbara Bickham

Dr. Silvia Mah

Sherwin Estanislao

Travis Lindsay

When

Brought to you by

Jessica Acosta

TJ Kinion

Atlás Blake

Global sponsors

Local sponsor

Partners

3rd Annual Always Be Closing Pitch Battle

Irvine Wed, Aug 25, 2021, 5:30 PM (PDT)

About this event

Winners get a 1:1 meeting with one of our judges and free Membership to Startup Grind's new membership community for Founders ONLY!!

Startups

Mustard

Fuzelo

Gypsee

Stock Card

Japa Health

Moderator

TJ Kinion

Judges

Barbara Bickham

Dr. Silvia Mah

Sherwin Estanislao

Travis Lindsay

Barbara Bickham

WIF AX (Women’s Innovation Fund Accelerator)

Dr. Silvia Mah

Next Wave Impact Fund

Sherwin Estanislao

Creative Interlace Tech Ventures

Travis Lindsay

Titan Angels

When

Brought to you by

Jessica Acosta

TJ Kinion

Atlás Blake

Global sponsors

AMEX

Dell Technologies

DuploCloud, Inc.

Local sponsor

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Partners

LearningFuze

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Orange County Startup Council

Eureka Building

Ideas Platform X Corporation

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Braid Theory

Ellevate Orange County

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TAPS Brewery

Irvine
Wed, Aug 25, 2021, 5:30 PM (PDT)