Online Event
Founder Showcase: Startup Pitch & Networking Event, with Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures)
Hear an inspiring keynote and watch international pre-seed startups pitch
Date
Dec 10, 2025
Time
12:00 pm - 02:00 pm
Address
Online Event
The Founder Showcase is Silicon Valley's leading international startup pitch event, helping pre-seed startups learn, launch, and connect with investors. At this interactive online event, you can watch the pitches of promising pre-seed startups from across the globe. We'll also have an inspiring keynote presentation from Jenny Fielding, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Everywhere Ventures, where she shares insights into the evolving startup funding landscape, her book Venture Everywhere, how to build a startup in the age of AI, and more. Stay after the pitches to network with international founders, investors, and executives.
About the Founder Showcase:
The Founder Showcase is Silicon Valley's leading international startup pitch event, helping seed-stage startups learn, launch, and connect to investors. Since 2008, speakers like Elon Musk and startups like Udemy and Thumbtack have presented on our stage. Learn more about this premier event at FounderShowcase.com.
The Founder Showcase is Silicon Valley's leading international startup pitch event, helping seed-stage startups learn, launch, and connect to investors. Since 2008, speakers like Elon Musk and startups like Udemy and Thumbtack have presented on our stage. Learn more about this premier event at FounderShowcase.com.
Keynote Speaker:
- Jenny Fielding - Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Everywhere Ventures - is one of the most active global pre-seed investors, having invested in 300+ companies as the first money in. As the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Everywhere Ventures, Jenny has built a thriving community of 500+ founders and operators who help source, diligence, and invest in the next generation of startups across three core verticals: money, health, and work. Prior to launching her own fund, Jenny spent 7.5 years as Managing Director at Techstars, where she invested in a portfolio of companies with a current market cap exceeding $10B. She is a two-time founder, a lawyer by training, and an adjunct professor at Columbia University and Cornell Tech. Jenny is also the author of Venture Everywhere, a book that challenges conventional thinking and inspires readers to build boldly across borders. Grab your copy here.
Featured Investors:
- Ignacio Marchionna - Director at Draper Startup House Americas - Prepares, connects, and inspires entrepreneurs through equity-free programs, networking events, and demo days across Latin America and New York City. He has supported 225+ founders through 25+ programs and co-leads early-stage investments via the Draper Startup House Angel Club. Ignacio also hosts Startup Sounds, a bilingual podcast featuring founders and investors from the global Draper network. A Wharton MBA and Lauder Institute graduate, he previously led fintech and e-commerce projects at Mercado Libre and advised clients across Latin America as a management consultant.
- Aidan McKee - Executive Board Member at WaterWipes & Director of Recruitment & HR Talent Development at Integr8 Resources - Investor, business strategist, and board advisor, driving global business growth and organisational effectiveness. He has played a pivotal role in scaling WaterWipes from 24 to over 400 employees, aligning people strategy with business performance to achieve sustainable expansion. His expertise spans business design, strategic blueprinting, leadership transitions, and executive coaching, with a strong focus on mentoring, talent development, and retention.
Featured Founder Pitches:
- Jai Chinnakonda - Founder & CEO at ENGAIZ - An Agentic AI-powered Unified Cyber Risk Management platform that helps SMEs assess, mitigate, comply, monitor, and transfer cyber risk, powered by specialized, action-oriented Multi-AI Agents. This tech startup firmly believes that human-led engagement, enhanced by AI-driven technologies, can help businesses mitigate digital risks and build digital trust.
- Obinna Umeh - CEO at Growwr AI - Growwr is an AI-powered work platform that helps businesses hire and manage vetted tech talent faster, smarter, and without bias. Using skill-based algorithms, behavioral models, and integrated work tools, Growwr matches global companies with high-performing talent in minutes. With built-in project management, task tracking, and secure payments, it enables teams to hire, collaborate, and deliver, all in one place.
- Abbas Ibrahim - CEO & Co-Founder at WeekOne - An AI-powered platform designed to make onboarding new employees seamless, engaging, and impactful from day one. It's an all-in-one platform transforms the way a company welcomes and integrates new hires, setting them up for success from week one.
- Inderjeet Singh - Co-Founder at Jsmon - Jsmon is a JavaScript security platform that helps developers monitor, scan, and detect threats in their JavaScript code. Trusted by over 1.6K users and securing more than 800K files, Jsmon offers automated scanning, change detection, and AI-powered explanations to help teams protect their frontend code with ease.
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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.
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.
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