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Expert Board

Alexander Soroka
Managing Partner at Network VC
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Keshia Theobald-van Gent
VP @ BDev Ventures
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Gary Fowler
CEO, President, Co-Founder at GSD Venture Studios
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Stratos Davlos
General Partner at Talos VC, Partner and CTO at Virgo Investment Group, Founder & CEO at AIByte
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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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Abiodun (Abi) Adisa
President at Oridun Capital Management
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Asher Bond
VC Investor at VU Venture Partners
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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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Sudhir Kadam
Managing Partner at FYDA Venture Partners, LLC
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Dimitar Kotov
Financial Advisor at Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC
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Denis Gutenko
Partner of 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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Orr Zeitler
Staff Technical Program Manager - Service Operations at Tesla
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Alex Stolyarik
Product Leadership and Ecosystem Partnerships in AI/XR
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Startups pitching live

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Unicorn Battle in Silicon Valley,
May 27, 2025

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: April 23, 2025
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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Silkroad Innovation Hub
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