Online Event
Founder Showcase @ FounderX: Global Startup Pitch & Networking Event
Learn about cutting-edge technology businesses
Date
Aug 04, 2022
Time
01:00 pm - 06:00 pm
Address
Online Event
Founder Showcase is Silicon Valley’s leading international startup pitch event, helping pre-seed startups learn, launch, and connect to investors. On this interactive online event you can watch presentations from promising pre-seed startups from across the globe, and hear inspiring talks from Andrew Filev (Founder & CEO of Wrike), Jenny Fielding (Co-Founder & General Partner at The Fund) and Patrick Lee (Co-Founder and Former CEO, Rotten Tomatoes). In addition, there are several networking sessions to connect with hundreds of international founders, investors, advisors and executives in attendance as part of the FounderX Global Conference.
This event is being hosted as part of FounderX: the VIP Gathering of the Global Founder Institute Network.
Learn more about the Founder Showcase at FounderShowcase.com.
Previous Founder Showcase companies have raised over $1.5 billion in funding. A short-list of companies that did one of their first public pitches on the Founder Showcase stage include Udemy, Relay Rides, Thumbtack, Realty Mogul, Kaggle, and many more. Learn more about the Founder Showcase at FounderShowcase.com
Learn more about the Founder Showcase at FounderShowcase.com.
Previous Founder Showcase companies have raised over $1.5 billion in funding. A short-list of companies that did one of their first public pitches on the Founder Showcase stage include Udemy, Relay Rides, Thumbtack, Realty Mogul, Kaggle, and many more. Learn more about the Founder Showcase at FounderShowcase.com
Meet the Keynote Speakers:
Andrew Filev is the founder and CEO of Wrike, a collaborative work management platform that was acquired by Citrix for $2.25BN in 2021. Wrike was included on Deloitte’s Technology Fast™ 500 list for the sixth consecutive year in 2020, named a Leader in the Forrester Wave on Collaborative Work Management Enterprise Tools for the third time in 2020, and selected as a top workplace by the Bay Area News Group for the fifth straight year in 2019.
Andrew has more than 20 years of experience in the technology sector and his insights on entrepreneurship, productivity, and the future of work have been featured in leading business publications, including Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc., and The New York Times.
He was named an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 Award Finalist in Northern California and Bay Area News Group 40 Under 40 nominee.
Jenny Fielding is a Co-Founder & General Partner at The Fund, a first-check venture fund and community of 400 founders and operators who care deeply about supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs. The Fund is currently active across eight funds and 175+ portfolio companies.
Andrew Filev is the founder and CEO of Wrike, a collaborative work management platform that was acquired by Citrix for $2.25BN in 2021. Wrike was included on Deloitte’s Technology Fast™ 500 list for the sixth consecutive year in 2020, named a Leader in the Forrester Wave on Collaborative Work Management Enterprise Tools for the third time in 2020, and selected as a top workplace by the Bay Area News Group for the fifth straight year in 2019.
Andrew has more than 20 years of experience in the technology sector and his insights on entrepreneurship, productivity, and the future of work have been featured in leading business publications, including Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc., and The New York Times.
He was named an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 Award Finalist in Northern California and Bay Area News Group 40 Under 40 nominee.
Jenny Fielding is a Co-Founder & General Partner at The Fund, a first-check venture fund and community of 400 founders and operators who care deeply about supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs. The Fund is currently active across eight funds and 175+ portfolio companies.
Jenny also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Colombia University, and has invested in the first-check to 200+ companies. Previously, Jenny was the Managing Director of Techstars NY for nearly 8 years, a Kauffman Fellow, and the Head of Digital Ventures at BBC.
Patrick Lee is a veteran entrepreneur, who has started six startups (three exited) across three countries; including Rotten Tomatoes, where he was a Co-Founder and Former CEO. Patrick is currently a Managing Partner @ PKO Investments, a syndicate that invests in startups at the intersection of tech+entertainment. The syndicate has invested into 44 companies since March 2021 and has raised over $33M for those companies across 410+ active investors.
He is also an Advisor to companies including Analogue, Casetify, ChargeSPOT, Dataherald, Immortal Studios, Instaread, Kiwibot, Leo AR, Morty, Oishii, Tales, and more.
Meet the Investor Panelists:
Patrick Lee is a veteran entrepreneur, who has started six startups (three exited) across three countries; including Rotten Tomatoes, where he was a Co-Founder and Former CEO. Patrick is currently a Managing Partner @ PKO Investments, a syndicate that invests in startups at the intersection of tech+entertainment. The syndicate has invested into 44 companies since March 2021 and has raised over $33M for those companies across 410+ active investors.
He is also an Advisor to companies including Analogue, Casetify, ChargeSPOT, Dataherald, Immortal Studios, Instaread, Kiwibot, Leo AR, Morty, Oishii, Tales, and more.
Meet the Investor Panelists:
- Danny Tamez: Founder & CEO of Gum
- Chuck Ng: Partner at PreAngel Partners
- Burak Büyükdemir: Founder at Etohum
- Shin Nagpal: Sr. Tech Manager, Amazon
- Ozan Sonmez: Co-Founder at SAGE & Zillion Pitches UC Berkeley SCET Global Ambassador
- Aaron Welker: Global Strategic Programs (ARtM) Marketing Lead at Dell Technologies
Meet the Founders Showcasing their Companies:
- Johannes Rohrenbach, Co-Founder & CEO at Mavuno
- Michael Fodera: CEO at Trova
- Sannssi Cisse : Co-Founder at V-Tay
- Subodh Karmarkar Founder & CEO at RefundWiz
- Sarah Lucena Founder at Free the Freela
- Lukas Simianer CEO & Founder at Clusiv
Previous Founder Showcase companies have raised over $1.5 billion in funding. A short-list of companies that did one of their first public pitches on the Founder Showcase stage include Udemy, Relay Rides, Thumbtack, Realty Mogul, Kaggle, and many more.
Who Should Attend?
- Angel and early-stage investors looking to invest in startups
- Alumni, mentors, and friends of the Founder Institute
- Anyone interested in launching a technology company
- Anyone interested in learning about the innovative companies coming out of Founder Institute and beyond
This event will be attended by 1000+ entrepreneurs, investors, and executives from across the globe.
Learn more about the Founder Showcase at FounderShowcase.com
Learn more about the Founder Showcase at FounderShowcase.com
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