One of the most popular activities at the TechCrunch conference is watching high-profile startup founders pitch in a pitch competition. Seriously, who doesn’t love gaming? And Crypto Pitch-off is one more compelling reason to go to TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto on November 17 in Miami. Let’s take a look at the judges that our intrepid rookies are looking to impress.
But first (hey, you should have seen this coming) if you haven’t already done the deed, buy your pass now. Changes in the crypto world are fast and furious – like when Binance aimed to buy FTX but backed out more than 24 hours later. Did you know that Binance founder CZ will be speaking at the event? you do not at all They want to lose that.
Okay, back to the race. Be in the room as three of the brightest early-stage crypto startups take the stage in front of a live audience – three days for startups to receive the VIP disruptive experience of TechCrunch’s 200 early-stage startups for prestige, media and investor interest and, drumroll please, an automatic spot in the Startup Battlefield 200 at Disruption 2023. Scene – chose for free.
The contestants will pitch their technologies to this panel of expert VCs: Grace IsfordPrincipal, Lux Capital; Wen-wen cow, Partner, Gradient Ventures; And He wants zeroGeneral Partner, Galaxy Ventures – Check out their bonafide below.
Grace Isford It invests in Web3, data infrastructure, and nexus of AI/ML applications. She focuses on crypto and blockchain infrastructure companies building the next-gen web3 stack, as well as data and machine learning startups that are hyper-personalizing user experiences and transforming legacy industries.
At Lux, Isford works with companies like Tactic, Goldsky and RunwayML. Prior to joining Lux, she worked at Canvas Ventures and Handshake (in product management), and earned a BS and MS from Stanford University.
Before joining Gradient Ventures, Wen-wen cow He was the CEO and co-founder of NexTravel (YCW15), a leading enterprise travel solution serving thousands of customers including Lyft, Twilio and Stripe. She grew the business to more than $100 million in annual sales before exiting to TravelPerk in 2020.
Prior to founding NexTravel, Lam worked with startups in leadership roles. She earned her MBA in Economics from UC Berkeley and her MBA from USC Marshall School of Business and started her career in technology at LinkedIn.
He wants zero Focuses on initial investments in protocol layer infrastructure, DeFi applications and software products. Nowell started in research at Galaxy Ventures and developed commercial risk software.
Before joining Galaxy, he built incentive tokens for the Ethereum protocol FOAM as an intern. He holds a BS in Mathematics and Architecture from Stanford University. He is a board member of Skolem Technologies and has led over 13 investments for Galaxy.
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