Bay Area Founders Club - Demo Day 1
The Bay Area Founders Club is excited to announce the 1st Demo Day, co-hosted with Amino Capital, Stanford AGI Adventists Community, Open Future Forum, IgniteGTM, and AI+ Community. We are seeking entrepreneurs ready for their second round of funding.
Our VC committee will review all the projects and select 5 to 8 of them. Andy Zhu, the 2015 'Warren Buffett Charity Lunch' winner, and Firth Griffith, Managing Partner at MissionBlue Capital, will engage with the founders and provide business insights for the selected projects before Demo Day.
Demo Day Highlights:
Congressional candidate Rishi Kumar will be delivering the opening remarks at our demo day! In November 2022, Rishi received an impressive 42% of the votes, the highest for any challenger in 30 years. With his background as a hi-tech executive, GM, and technologist, Rishi has a wealth of experience to share on how to grow a business and succeed. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from one of the brightest minds in Silicon Valley!
Andy Zhu, an investor and the winner of the 2015 "Warren Buffett Charity Lunch" will share his experiences and would be glad to answer all your questions regarding entrepreneurship.
Firth Griffith, Managing Partner at MissionBlue Capital and Co-founder of two top-decile performing cross border technology venture capital funds in Silicon Valley.
Sue Xu, Managing Partner at Amino Capital. AMINO Capital is an early stage venture firm based in Palo Alto, focused on investments in big data and data driven technologies. To date, Amino has funded over 160 companies mostly in seed and Series A, including 21 successful exits, 11 unicorns, and over 15 startups with valuations above $100 million.
Gloria Zhang, Investor at DCM Ventures, a venture capital firm with over $4 billion under management. Since 1996, DCM has invested in more than 300 technology companies across the U.S. and Asia.
Murray Newlands, a VC with 20 years of marketing and C-level leadership experience, driving revenue growth in SaaS/B2C organizations, such as top-tier VC-backed Turing, Front, and CRS. He has received numerous industry accolades.
Agenda:
1:30-1:45 Opening
Moderator: Siqi Lin, Head of Campaign at Cresta, Stanford Fellowship Recipient
Welcome: Paul Fang, Ph.D., Founder of Bay Area Founders Club
Opening Remarks: Rishi Kumar, US Congressional Candidate for CA-16
1:45-2:30 Demo
Quarrio - The pioneer of Conversational Analytics, enabling business users to engage in conversations with their data using Natural Language.
Presenter: KG Charles-Harris, CEO of Quarrio, United Nations Entrepreneur of the Year. Co-founded, built, and sold SoftCom, Nesta, & EMANIO.
Collov AI - An AI interior design platform that transforms your inspiration into a home.
Presenter: Xiao Zhang, CEO of Collov AI, PhD 21’ Stanford.
SaveChain - A non-custodial payment service for global e-commerce and remittance.
Presenter: Igor Khmel, CEO of SaveChain, successfully exited one startup, former McKinsey, Citadel, Sberbank, Mentor at Harvard Blockchain Accelerator, Stanford MBA.
2:30-3:00 VC Panel Discussion
Andy Zhu, Winner of the 2015 Warren Buffett Charity Lunch
Firth Griffith, Managing Partner at MissionBlue Capital
Sue Xu, Managing Partner at Amino Capital
Gloria Zhang, Investor at DCM Ventures
Murray Newlands, Founder of Open Future Forum
Kun Peng, Founder of Stanford Blockchain Accelerator
The Bay Area Founders Club consists of 120+ startups and 80+ VCs. Most startups have raised $1-5M, with some exceeding $20M. Our mission is to foster a strong and collaborative community of AI and Web3 entrepreneurs and investors, where we can all grow together. We aim to support the most promising and impactful AI and Web3 projects in the Bay Area and beyond. We understand that the road to success is not always linear, so we will support our founders to pivot, persevere, and raise funding as needed. We also believe that building a strong community goes beyond just business and investment. Therefore, we do life together through golf events, dinner parties, bouldering, or skiing trips. By fostering a supportive and tight-knit community, we believe we can drive the growth and mainstream adoption of AI and Web3 technologies.
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