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Expert Board

Alexander Soroka
Managing Partner at Network VC
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Mae Zheng
Investor at TA Associates
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James Gee
Global Partnerships Manager @ Startup Grind
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Jordan Wahbeh SVVG
Managing Partner at SV Venture Group
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Julia Berezovska
Venture Partner at Climate Solutions Fund - Berkeley Haas,
Founding Director at Sustainable Innovation Council, Chief Innovation Officer, Founding Member at Ibcentre
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Stratos Davlos
Partner at Project Voice Capital Partners, Founder & CEO at AIByte
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Dimitar Kotov
Financial Advisor at Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC
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Ashwin Lalendran
Angel Investor, Investor at Moxxie Ventures
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Gary Fowler
CEO, President, Co-Founder at GSD Venture Studios
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Alex Stolyarik
Product Leadership and Ecosystem Partnerships in AI/XR
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Yogi (Yugan) Sikri
Digital transformation SME focused on Gen AI, Cloud, data, AI/ML at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Startup Advisor and Mentor at Z Nation Lab
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Maxim Strelchenko
Founder @ Network Silicon Valley Club | Partner @ Network VC
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Ulvi Rashid
Venture Capitalist

Finance and Investment Director at Traction Fund.

Traction Club Partners at GP
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Dhal Kashish
Robotics Engineer at Apple, Robotics Software Engineer at Vecna Robotics
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Asher Bond
VC Investor at VU Venture Partners
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Vasyl Dub
3x founder, Stanford Longevity Ambassador, Mentor for Entrepreneurs
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Vitaliy Tymoshenko
CEO of SmartExpert, a member of the Forbes Technological Council, Startup owner of ContentBuilder.ai
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Denis Gutenko
Partner of Network VC
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ORGANISERS

Startups pitching live

Global partners

Unicorn Battle in Silicon Valley,
December 18, 2024

This event is part of the one-day Sand Hill Acceleration Program:

Where Startups participate in small group meetings with VCs, Mentors, and Advisers who will tell them:

  • How does the Venture Market work in Silicon Valley
  • How to make a perfect Pitch Deck
  • How do Venture Funds choose Startups
  • How to prepare for Top Accelerators
  • What legal issues with investors can be


WELCOME TO UNICORN BATTLE IN SILICON VALLEY – Global Startup Pitch Contest where famous international VCs and Business Angels meet extraordinary startups from all over the world!

SEED - SERIES A.
INDUSTRY-AGNOSTIC.
LIMITED TICKETS.



In this startup pitch event, 10 extraordinary startups will compete for the attention of:

1. 10 VC funds with a combined AUM of $5b+;

2. Top AI, Robotics, AR, Product experts from MAANG, Tesla, Berkeley;

3. Managing Partners of corporate funds like KPMG.

The finalists of our 400+ previous events in 55 countries have raised $1b+ - they are alumni of the YC, Alchemist, NVIDIA Inception, Techstars and more.⁠



KEY INFORMATION:

Location: Silkroad Innovation Hub, 320 High St Palo Alto
Date: December 18, 2024
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Pacific time)
Language: English


CHECK OUT OUR PREVIOUS EVENT: https://vimeo.com/892745912

AMONG OUR 2021-2023 WINNERS:

1. Largest:

Solides ($112M, Warburg Pincus)
BioSapien ($37.1M, SOSV)
Accern ($34.8M, Mighty Capital, Fusion Fund)
HelloBetter ($27M)
1MRobotics ($25M)
Ottopia ($26.5M)


2. Outstanding stories:
Micronoma ($17.5M)
8base ($15.3, Techstars, Alumni Ventures)
Sense Neuro Diagnostics ($14.2M, US Department of Defense, National Science Foundation)
Xandar Kardian ($13.7M)
PlanetWatch ($11.9M)
RxLive ($10.5M)
Remedly ($10.6M, Newchip, StartX)
Xandar Kardian ($13.7M)
RxLive ($10.5M)
UpLyft ($10M)

3. Techstars alumni:
8base ($15.3, Techstars, Alumni Ventures)
EnviCore Inc. ($3.1M, Techstars)
NovaXS Biotech ($1.9M, Techstars)
Autority ($1.3M, Techstars)


4. 500 Global alumni:
Umoja Labs ($1.6M, 500 Global)
Clockster ($1.5M, 500 Global)
Wisear ($1.4M, Techstars, Kima Ventures)

5. Y Combinator alumni:
Matidor.com ($1.9M, Y Combinator)


6. Alchemist alumni:
Seasony ($3.9M, Alchemist)


Contact us: vst@startup.network

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AGENDA

1 Session
1 Session
1 Session
PST (GMT - 8):
4:30 - 5:00 PM: Registration
5:00 - 5:30 PM: Panel discussion
5:30 - 7:00 PM: Pitch competition
7:00 - 8:30 PM: Networking reception

VENUE

Silkroad Innovation Hub, 320 High St Palo Alto
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