VC<>Startup Connect: Denver Edition
VC<>Startup Connect is a series of community-driven curated networking events for VCs, angels, startups, and infrastructure providers, offering valuable connections for fundraising, partnerships, and go-to-market insights. And we welcome you at the Denver Edition.
What to expect:
→ Panels with industry leaders (VCs, Infrastructure providers, Serial founders) Apply to speak.
→ Startup’s pitch session with immediate feedback from VCs and grants providers. Apply to pitch.
→Prize pool from Cointelegraph (media credits) and partners
(cash and service credits)
→Curated networking environment of VC, founders and builders
Apply to be a sponsor: anna.shakola@cointelegraph.com
Event agenda:
14:00-14:15 | Networking 🤝
14:15-14:45 | Panel "Beyond Hype: The Infrastructure Needed for a Sustainable Web3 Economy".
Featuring Emilio Canessa from DFINITY (ICP), Nathan Gurr, from Polygon Ventures, Amar Odedra from Algorand Foundation, Clara Tsao from Filecoin Foundation. Moderated by Elena Obukhova from Supermoon.
14:45-15:10 | How DeFI Ecosystems grow 🍆 and die 💀
Featuring Vlad Degen from TON Foundation.
15:10-15:40 | Panel "Investing in the U.S. and Beyond: How American Innovation Drives Global Web3 Market Growth".
Featuring James Newman from Republic, Robert Le from Supermoon Ventures, Bobby Beniers from CoinFund, Nenter Chow from Animoca Ventures, Tess Hau from Tess Ventures. Moderated by David Shengart from Unicorn Factory Ventures.
15:40-16:10 | Pitch competition 🏆
The winner will get a $10k media support grant from Cointelegraph Accelerator!
Featured startups: onicai, OpenChat, MotoDEX, MU Digital, ltvprotocol.
16:10-16:15 | Winner announcement by Anna Shakola from Cointelegraph Accelerator.
16:15-16:45 | Builders vs. Investors: The Web3 Narrative and the Evolution of Capital Markets
Featuring ian from Foresight Ventures, Hersi Shima from BlackRock, Alice L from CoinMarketCap, Felix von Hanstein from Dialectic, Henry Bezant from Laser Digital. Moderated by DeFiMaximalist.
16:45-17.30 | Networking 🤝
Our Previous Events:
→ Paris Edition: https://lu.ma/hm8x8857
→ Dubai Edition: https://lu.ma/tr49vgwe
→ Kyiv Edition: https://lu.ma/VCStartupcommect
→ Brussels Edition: https://lu.ma/37h0m9w8
→ Singapore Edition: https://lu.ma/1wfc3lq8
→ Dubai Edition 2: https://lu.ma/659a894x
About Cointelegraph Accelerator
The program helps find and support the next generation of leaders in the Web3 space, bringing together investors, startups and relevant stakeholders to contribute to the development of Web3. The Accelerator offers a high-quality program focused on the participants' needs in fundraising, marketing and business development.
About ICP
The Internet Computer hosts secure, network-resident code and data. Build web apps without Big Tech and current IT. Applications are immune to cyber attacks and unstoppable, capable of processing tokens, and can run under exclusive DAO control.