Pitch Your Ideas to Investors & Experts

⏱ Your 8-Minute Investment:
- 🎤 3 minutes to deliver your pitch
- 💬 5 minutes of live Q&A and direct feedback from our expert panel

📬 **Want to pitch?**
Email Alex, host of GGW Pitch Bootcamp, to grab your slot: vcteam@goglobal.world

🎯 You’ll Walk Away With:
- Insights into what *really* resonates with investors
- Clarity on where you're losing attention and how to fix it
- Simple techniques to strengthen your narrative and delivery
- A better understanding of the questions you'll face in real pitch meetings

👥 Our Experts:
🌟 Jeni Chang, Managing Director at Founder Institute & VC (pre-seed - Series A)
Jeni is an investor, advisor, and startup leader with extensive experience helping founders build and scale companies. As Managing Director at Founder Institute and Founder & CEO of Brass Tacks, she has guided hundreds of early-stage startups on market fit, fundraising, and scaling. She also serves as Board Member & Head of Investor Relations at Women Founders Bay, where she connects female founders with capital and drives community growth in the Bay Area.

🌟 Roy C. Vella, Co-founder & CEO, Next CoLab
Roy is a digital strategy expert with over 25 years of experience leading growth and innovation at the intersection of tech and finance. A Stanford JD/MBA, he built and scaled mobile and fintech ventures in the US and Europe, advised global enterprises, and served on multiple boards. Today, he works with startups and Fortune 500 companies alike, guiding them on digital transformation, AI, and commercial strategy.

🎉 Bonus Opportunity:
The top pitch of the day will secure a priority slot at our next GGW Sharks event to pitch in front of 5 investors.

Founder Institute San Francisco, Oakland, Seattle, Portland & Las Vegas
​Interested in our program?  Meet the SF Directors!  Jeni & Dave
Our upcoming Fall cohort starts soon! Apply by Oct 12th ➡️ https://fi.co/san-francisco

 

💥Excited to be partnering with our host Go Global World!!💥 
By helping others, you help your business.
The Go Global World platform connects investors with relevant startups. Get rid of irrelevant startup applications and swap them with relevant ones from other investors using our closed community platform with personalized investor and startup profiles.
Their community has a global reach, bringing together individuals from all around the world.

​Additional Resources:
Find more Startup Events, learn about Funding Benchmarks and Milestones, or visit our Insights Blog for more startup tips.

​About the FI Venture Network:
The FI Venture Network is an exclusive network of investors actively funding pre-seed and seed-stage startups. 

​​About Founder Institute:
The Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. Since 2009, our structured accelerator programs have helped over 7,000 entrepreneurs raise over $1.75BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 100 countries, our mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.