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Official Judges

USA
Alexander Soroka
Managing Partner at Network VC
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Canada
Kelly Luo
Founder and Investor at Mans International
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USA
Ashley Trick
Venture Capitalist at Capital6
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USA
Charletta Jean-Louis
General Partner at Mighty Oaks Capital Partners
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Pakistan
Sarah Peracha
CEO at Peracha Ventures
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USA
Cindy Ho
Junior Partner at Stout Street Capital, Director of Operations atUNMET Conference, National Program Manager at VC Day
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United Arab Emirates
Walied Albasheer
Founding Partner at Intuitio Ventures
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USA
Sudhir Kadam
Venture Partner at FYDA Growth Partners
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USA
Gary Fowler
CEO, President, Co-Founder at GSD Venture Studios
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Slovakia
Tomas Pivarci
Founder & CEO
at EQT Ventures | Investor with Banker Expertise; Chemistry, Defence and Energy Industry
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Portugal
Andre Florido
VC @ Antler
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Japan
John Kojiro Moriwaka
Venture Partner of Mendoza Ventures,
Venture Partner of BE Health Ventures,
Advisor of CVVC,
Advisor of Arka Venture Labs,
Director of Startup Grind Tokyo/ Nagoya/Fukuoka
Official columnist of Forbes JAPAN
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Expert Board

ALEX GOLOD
President @Fusion Software Solutions LP@One Way Ventures |
Investor@Chicago ArchAngels Startup Advisor and Mentor
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Leon Eisen
Venture Partner at Network VC | Senator at World Business Angel Investment Forum
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Aleksandra Pietrzykowska
Analyst at SCIB, Member at European Women in VC
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Guillaume Kloof
Venture Partner at Wefunder
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Keith Herman
Founder at OURACO, Podcast Host at Funding and Disrupting with Keith Herman
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Chandan Sardeshmukh
Co-founder and Managing Partner at PiCube Ventures, Mentor, Early-stage Investor
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Mike Freier
Principal and Lead Consultant at Product Management Consulting Group Inc.
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Ajay Jain
Founder & Managing Partner of Silverneedle Ventures Fund
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Nektar Baziotis
Artificial Intelligence | EdTech | Entrepreneur

Chief Executive Officer - Founder
@ ICARUS AI E-Learning,

President - Co-Founder
@ENKI Technologies inc.,

Chief Technology Officer
@Expert Dojo
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Sarfraz Nawaz
Product EIR at Mighty Capital
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Vitaliy Gnatenko
Chief Analytics Officer at Startup.Network
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Mr John D. Evans, CFA
Founder & General Manager of SEIML Ventures
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ORGANISERS

Startups pitching live

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Unicorn Battle - Silicon Valley - Online,
February 12, 2025

Welcome to the Unicorn Battle - Silicon Valley - Online – 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.

Pitch format: 1,5 min pitch + 3 min Q&A 

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ATTENTION: 

The 1st-place winner will receive free access to pitch live on stage at the in-person Unicorn Battle in Silicon Valley, as part of the 1-Day Sand Hill Acceleration Program.

Both the Winner and Runner-ups will also get a 50% discount to join the full Sand Hill Acceleration Program.

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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:

Date: February 12th, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM (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: jo@startup.network


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AGENDA

1 Session
1 Session
1 Session
PST (GMT - 8):
8:50 - 9:00 AM: Registration
9:00 - 9:20 AM: Judges introduction
9:20 - 10:20 AM: Pitch competition (1,5 min pitch + 3 min Q&A )
10:20 - 10:30 AM: Winner announcement
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