Wallet Max Presents Planet Positive Pitch Competition

​If you are a Startup Team interested to pitch, or a Tech Investor interested to judge:

• ​Please submit your interest at: getwalletmax.com/contact

​(Deadline for all submissions is May 23rd)

​​​New York Tech Week in June brings together an inclusive community of startup ecosystem builders. And at Wallet Max, we are proud to partner with CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) and VU Venture Partners to expand this collaboration to corporate leaders and private investors with a goal to increase fundraising access for innovative startups at the intersection of technology, inclusion, and impact.

​​​Join us for a diverse Startup Pitch Competition and Panel of Tech Investors and Industry Experts that triggers meaningful networking and mutual exchange of resources. Reserve your seat at the conversation today!

​​​✅ Connect with startup leaders, impact investors, and corporate executives.

​​​✅ Discover how to enhance sustainable and inclusive practices, and grow your business.

​​​✅ Join a community of ecosystem partners and service providers in deep tech.

​​Reserve your space today.​

​​Read more about monthly Climate Forward™ events from Wallet Max throughout 2025:

​​🎯 www.getwalletmax.com/climate-forward-2025

​​Your host & panel moderator:

​​Bhuva Shakti, Founder & CEO at Wallet Max, in partnership with CLA and VU Venture Partners.

​​​​Agenda:

• ​​​​5:00 PM to 5:45 PM: Check-in and Networking

• ​​5:45 PM to 7:30 PM: Tech Week Pitch Competition & Investors Discussion

  • ​Line Up of Startups (more to be announced)

    • ​Metal Light

    • ​Palatial

    • ​URAWarrior

    • ​Solvrays

  • ​Line Up of Investors & Experts (more to be announced)

    • ​Carrie Jaquith: Global Head of Digital Product, Abaxx Technologies

    • ​Yang Cheung: Co-founder and CEO, pixyit

    • ​René Bastón: Venture Partner at Covenant Venture Capital

    • ​Timothy L. Hoffman: Program Director for Climate Initiatives at Columbia Technology Ventures

  • ​​Bhuva Shakti: Founder & CEO at Wallet Max

• ​​7:30 PM to 8:00 PM: Winners Announcement with Q&A

• ​8:00 PM to 9:00 PM: Networking and Closing

​​​​Reserve your space today!

​​​About Wallet Max: 

​​Wallet Max is an inclusive global community of corporate executives and venture capitalists with a mission to expand fundraising access for high-growth startups in the technology, AI, fintech, and climate sustainability sectors.

With more than 10 investments directly in impact entrepreneurs thus far, Wallet Max’s network of 1,000 innovators and 60 partners regularly meet in person and virtually throughout the year to mutually exchange connections and drive collective action. Wallet Max ecosystem of events and initiatives are prominent during the New York Fintech Week, the New York Tech Week, and the New York Climate Week every year.

Wallet Max's Planet Positive Podcast is a monthly interview with female investors driving impact globally. Aligned with our mission to challenge the status quo, we showcase personal and professional journeys of diverse investors (Angels, VCs, PEs, Family Office, Corporate Venture) looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments. Supporting sustainable innovations is good for people's wellbeing, planet survival, and financial profits.

Learn more about Wallet Max 2024 success and 2025 global initiatives: https://getwalletmax.com/climate-forward-2025

​​About CLA:

​​CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) is experienced in delivering integrated wealth advisory, outsourcing, audit, tax, and consulting services to help businesses succeed.

​​https://www.claconnect.com/en/

​​About VU Venture Partners:

​​VU accelerates the growth and success of its portfolio companies by actively supporting customer acquisition, partnerships, capital raising, hiring, marketing, and exit strategies.

​​https://www.vuventurepartners.com/

​​About Bhuva Shakti:

​​Bhuva Shakti (she/her) is the visionary founder and CEO driving sustainable innovation at Wallet Max, a global community of executive women and venture capital investors with a mission to expand fundraising access for high-growth sustainable startups. With an MBA from Columbia University in New York and as a senior executive director on Wall Street for three decades, Bhuva has managed diverse financial portfolios and launched several digital transformation products for investment banks, capital markets, and payment networks.

​​Bhuva’s leadership and risk governance oversight, during the global financial crisis and the pandemic, was pivotal for the success of regulatory compliance and mergers acquisitions at the world's top banks and credit rating institutions. Bhuva is a board director and fractional C-Suite advisor for social impact businesses, and a keynote speaker advancing economic inclusion and climate-fintech partnerships.

​​Bhuva is the USA country director for World Business Angels Investment Forum and the Chief Ethics & Culture Officer for Women in AI worldwide. She leads the fundraising strategy and product operations for market expansion and manages investor relations throughout the diligence and investment. Bhuva is the founder of Bhuva’s Impact Global that provides board advisory services and enterprise risk management for public and private corporations.