Startup Battlefield 200 is a serious spotlight at each Disrupt, and we’re thrilled to search out out which of the hundreds of startup candidates will get the possibility to pitch to top-tier VCs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. Be part of us at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 28–30 to witness the epic showdown the place each contender is ready to make a big influence.
Get an insider’s view of what the judges search for in a viable firm as they supply detailed suggestions on their analysis standards. Don’t miss the possibility to be taught from their professional insights and uncover the essential traits that result in startup success, solely at Disrupt 2024.
We’re excited to introduce our subsequent set of traders who will consider the startups and dive into every pitch with an intensive and probing Q&A session. Keep tuned for extra huge names coming your method quickly!
Alice Brooks, Associate, Khosla Ventures
Alice is a associate at Khosla Ventures thinking about sustainability, meals, agriculture, and manufacturing/provide chain. She has labored with a number of startups in robotics, IoT, retail, shopper, and STEM schooling and has run mechanical, electrical, and app improvement groups within the U.S. and Asia. She has additionally established and managed manufacturing operations at factories in China and Taiwan. Previous to KV, Alice was founder and CEO of Roominate, a STEM schooling firm serving to ladies be taught engineering ideas by way of play.
Mark Crane, Associate, Common Catalyst
Mark Crane is a associate at Common Catalyst, a enterprise capital agency that works with seed to endurance-stage founders to assist construct firms that may face up to the take a look at of time. He focuses on sourcing and investing in later-stage funding alternatives similar to AuthZed, Bugcrowd, Resilience, and TravelPerk. Previous to becoming a member of Common Catalyst, Mark was a vice chairman at Cove Hill Companions in Massachusetts. Beforehand, he was a senior affiliate at JMI Fairness and an affiliate at North Bridge Development Fairness.
Sofia Dolfe, Associate, Index Ventures
Sofia companions with founders who leverage their distinctive perspective and private understanding of an issue to create companies that result in behavioral shifts, highly effective community results, and the reshaping of total industries, from grocery and e-commerce, to monetary providers and healthcare. Sofia can also be one in all Index Ventures’ gaming leads, working with a number of the high gaming firms in Europe, creating the following technology of iconic gaming titles. She spends most of her time within the Nordics however works with entrepreneurs throughout the continent.
Christine Esserman, Associate, Accel
Christine Esserman joined Accel in 2017 and focuses on software program, web, and cell expertise firms. Since becoming a member of Accel, Christine has helped lead Accel’s investments in Blackpoint Cyber, Linear, Merge, ThreeFlow, Bumble, Distant, Dovetail, Ethos, Guru, and Headway. Previous to Accel, Christine labored in product and operations roles at a variety of startups. Christine is from the Bay Space and graduated from the Wharton Faculty on the College of Pennsylvania with a level in finance and operations.
Haomiao Huang, Founding Associate, Matter Enterprise Companions
Haomiao from Matter Enterprise Companions is a robotics researcher turned founder turned investor. He’s notably obsessed with firms bringing digital innovation into bodily economic system companies, with a give attention to sectors like logistics, manufacturing, and transportation and on superior applied sciences like robotics and AI. Haomiao spent 4 years investing in arduous tech alongside Wen Hsieh at Kleiner Perkins. Previous to that he based the sensible dwelling safety startup Kuna, constructed self-driving vehicles at Caltech, and, as a part of his PhD analysis at Stanford, pioneered the aerodynamics and management of multi-rotor UAVs. Kuna was a part of Y Combinator’s Winter 14 batch.
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The Startup Battlefield winner, who will stroll away with a $100,000 equity-free prize, might be introduced at Disrupt 2024 — the startup epicenter. Be part of 10,000 attendees to witness this groundbreaking second and see the following wave of tech innovation.
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