Founder School Summit: Guests
About the Summit
Join us for an invite-only event for accredited investors, organized by Founder School, with pitch sessions, panels, and a final happy hour with live music from DJ Buba.
🗓️ Thursday, June 20th, from 8:30 AM - 7 PM.
📍Hosted at Mana Tech.
Speakers and Judges ✨
Juha Mikkola - 3x founder, 2 exits.
Anisa Mirza - 2x YC founder.
Mario Ruiz - Co-founder - Infinity Ventures ($158M).
Eliam Medina - Founded Willing (Sold to Metlife).
Ana Cristina Gadala- Principal - QED.
José Luis Silva Co founder -Dux Capital ($50M).
Ariel Jaduszliwer - Co-founder -Brainstorm Capital ($20M).
Esteban Reyes - Founder of Zenda Capital.
Frida Leibowitz - Founder of Debbie.
Rini Greenfield - Founded Rethink Capital.
Ryan Pruitt - MD, Ocean Azul Partners ($40M).
Moderators
Alex Kearns - MD Citizens Bank.
Patricia Pacheco - MD Bank of America.
David Correa - MD JPMorgan.
Agenda
9:00 AM - Welcome & Fundraising
9:30 AM - Pitch sessions
10:30 AM - Panels
How to and NOT to pitch a VC
Horror stories from my raising my seed round
11:30 AM - Pitch sessions
12:30 PM - Lunch
2:00 PM - Pitch sessions
3:45 PM - Break
4:00 PM - Panels
VC perspective: What you wish more founders would know about raising their first round
Zero to exit: Biggest founder lessons learned
5:00 PM - Happy Hour
About Founder School.
A nonprofit with the mission of turning underrepresented tech professionals into top 1% founders. Our incubator helps students test ideas, find a co-founder, build the first MVP, and get paying customers - in 12 weeks. In 2023, our top grads raised an average of $300k within 6 months.