Online Event

Pitch Your Ideas to Founder Institute IP Investors & Experts

Get actionable, instant feedback on your startup idea and learn best practices for pitching.

Date
Aug 26, 2026
Time
06:00 pm - 07:30 pm
Address
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This is your chance to pitch your startup idea directly to some of the most accomplished investors in the startup world. Presented by the Founder Institute IP Accelerator, this free virtual event puts you in front of a panel of multi-exited founders, LPs, and renowned Silicon Valley VCs, the kind of feedback most founders wait years (and warm intros) to access. Whether you have a polished pitch or a napkin-stage idea, you'll receive candid, constructive feedback from people who have built, exited, and funded companies at the highest level.
Additional Information:
To prepare, start with your one-sentence pitch.  

What You'll Learn
  • How investors actually evaluate early-stage ideas — hear multi-exited founders, LPs, and Silicon Valley VCs react to live pitches in real time, so you learn what excites them and what raises red flags
  • How to sharpen your own pitch — whether you present or watch, you'll walk away knowing how to frame your problem, traction, and defensibility in the language investors respond to
  • Why defensibility matters in your pitch — how IP and patent-pending status change the investor conversation, from the only accelerator that graduates its entire cohort patent-pending
  • How to join a global, virtual accelerator — what the Founder Institute IP Accelerator offers founders anywhere in the world, in collaboration with the Hubble community

Who Should Attend
  • Founders and idea-stage entrepreneurs seeking expert feedback on their pitch
  • Early-stage teams preparing for accelerators, angels, or pre-seed rounds
  • Aspiring founders who want to learn investor expectations and pitch structure
  • Anyone interested in observing live pitch critiques and best practices

Additional Resources:
Explore other Startup Events, learn more about How to Pitch Your Startup and Funding Benchmarks and Milestones, or visit our Insights Blog for more startup tips.

About Founder Institute:
The Founder Institute is the World's Largest AI-Native Company Builder, giving idea-stage, first-time founders, and employees making the leap to entrepreneurship the tools, global network, and proven methodology to build an AI-powered startup from zero to funding. Since 2009, our structured programs have helped over 9,000 founders across 100 countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 6 continents, our mission is to empower talented and motivated people everywhere to build impactful, AI-powered companies.

Speakers

Kathryn

Kathryn Vatt

Founder and Chief of Intellectual Property @ VATT IP Management

Jason

Jason Butcher

Orbit Capital

Bettina

Bettina Briz

Investor, Advisor to Many Early Stage Startups @ Cloudberry Ventures, Mural Ventures

Harold

Harold Hughes

CEO @ Bandwagon

Platinum Partners

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