Women Founders Pitch & Showcase
Join us for an evening of inspiring pitches from up to 10 women founders, each showcasing innovative ideas and solutions. This event brings together women entrepreneurs ready to demo their startups in front of a panel of investors and industry experts, gaining valuable feedback and potential support.
Don't miss this opportunity to connect with investors, mentors, and a community passionate about supporting women-led innovation.
Agenda
5:00 - 5:30 PM | Check-in & Networking
5:30 - 5:40 PM | Welcome & Introduction
5:40 - 6:15 PM | First Pitch Session (5 Founders + Q&A)
6:15 - 6:30 PM | Break
6:30 - 7:05 PM | Second Pitch Session (5 Founders + Q&A)
7:05 - 7:20 PM | Judges’ Feedback & Closing Remarks
7:20 PM | Networking & Wrap-up
Our judges
About Mala Ramakrishnan
Mala is an entrepreneurial leader with 20+ years experience in leadership roles in product, engineering, and marketing in companies of varied sizes: startups all the way to publicly traded companies.
As the visionary founder of Progressive Ventures, Mala is fueling the next wave of AI innovation, out of Silicon Valley, California.
She is also the Founder and Chief Technology & Product Officer of Cuvo, a machine learning platform that automates digital personalization using LLMs in media products.
She is also Co-founder & President at Founders Creative, a social enterprise that elevates under-represented founders. https://www.founderscreative.ai/
About Vincent Mao
As a General Partner at Bouken Capital, Vincent empowers very early-stage startups in AI, Climate Tech, and B2B/B2C in their fundraising journeys. He is also Partner at Global Millennial Capital, investing in pre-seed to series A in AI, Climate Tech, Blockchain, and Cloud Computing. He also holds Venture Partner roles at VU Venture Partners and Erez Capital.
Vincent also brings a decade of past experience driving innovation and growth at tech giants including Google, Meta, and Walmart. He has led the effort to scale Meta’s global demand strategy and analytics, Google’s North American digital strategy in key business units, delivering multi-hundred-million-dollar impacts, and accelerating Walmart’s omni-channel commerce growth.
With a keen eye for cutting through the noise in disruptive innovation, Vincent has a track record of investing in promising startups including Starday Foods, Flex, Open AI and many more. Additionally, he serves on the advisory boards of several startups and has been a judge in startup pitch competitions.
About Brian Zhan
Brian Zhan is an investor at CRV, where he partners with pioneering AI and data-driven startups, including Voyage AI, Skild AI, LanceDB, and several others in stealth mode.
Brian served as the product lead at Starburst, collaborating with the original Presto creators to launch the company’s batch analytics product. He built an active open source community of over 200 companies using Starburst’s open source product Trino (renamed from Presto) for batch analytics.
Prior to Starburst, Brian was Facebook’s first product manager for Presto and Spark, playing a key role in building the company’s data infrastructure. His blend of technical expertise and product vision allows him to provide valuable guidance to founders at CRV.
About Host
EchoHer is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women and non-binary funders and founders. We host monthly in-person events, networking sessions, pitch nights, and panel discussions. We aim to increase women's representation and success in entrepreneurship.
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About the Multiverse
The Multiverse is your ultimate destination to the most thriving tech ecosystems around the world including Silicon Valley.
At The Multiverse, we offer a range of programs and services to help innovators, entrepreneurs scale their businesses. We also help investors and their portfolio companies expand and reach to global markets.