VIRTUAL EVENT
TIME : 6:30 PM eST
Meet Venture Capitalists & Angel Investors- Pitch Your Idea (ON ZOOM)

RSVP on link below
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PORTION OF PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO NEW YORK CARES.
http://www.newyorkcares.org

Pitch Your Idea
Are you a startup looking to pitch your company in front of an audience and panel of expert Startups, VC’s and Audience?
This is your chance. Meet, field questions, and get immediate feedback from investors and Audience

Meet the VCs and get advice on how founders should calculate and justify their valuation at an early stage?

Agenda & Learning
– Introduction
– What can companies do to get off the ground and raise VC money
– How to get featured in popular publications
– What do VCs want in the founder?
– What is the best way to get in touch with Angel Investors or VCS?
– What are the biggest mistakes founders make when pitching VCS?

HOW THIS WORKS
Interested startups are required to block a slot in the ticket section on the event.
There are 2 types of slots available;
3 MINUTES PITCH SLOT OR
1.5 MINUTES PITCH SLOT

RSVP on link below
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Panelists:

Laurent Grill – Partner and Lead Investor at Luma Launch
Laurent is an entrepreneur turned Venture Capitalist who works with start-up founders to successfully build scalable teams, strong company cultures and disruptive products. Laurent believes that there is a fundamental need for additional support in the early stage ecosystem in Los Angeles and other budding technology hubs around the US and globally. This desire to support these growing tech communities led him to his current role as Partner and Lead Investor at Luma Launch, a pre-seed to seed venture fund. Luma Launch is focused on early-stage startups solving major problems in a handful of categories including the future of work, healthcare and education, supporting underserved communities and environmental solutions/clean energy.
LikednIn – http://www.linkedin.com/in/laurentgrill/

Nihal Maunder – Investment team at Toyota AI Ventures
Nihal Maunder works on the investment team at the early stage venture firm Toyota AI Ventures, responsible for sourcing startups, evaluating opportunities, and working on internal technical projects.
Prior to joining Toyota AI Ventures, Nihal worked at Johnson Controls’ innovation lab alongside the artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning team, where he built full-stack AI solutions. He also co-founded an AI startup in the talent acquisition space and participated in the FreeVentures and SkyDeck startup accelerator programs at the University of California, Berkeley.
Nihal received a bachelor’s degree in data science from UC Berkeley.
LikedIn – https://bit.ly/3fw305v

Chinedu Enekwe – Partner at Aux21 Capital
Partner at Aux21 Capital, the 1st & 2nd gen immigrant VC, investment fund advisor, securities attorney and startup mentor.
Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chineduen/

Siya Raj Purohit – General Partner of Pathway Ventures
Siya Raj Purohit is the Co-founder / General Partner of Pathway Ventures. Prior to starting Pathway, she was an early employee at Udacity and Springboard. She’s the author of Engineering America, a book on the country’s jobs-skills gap that she published as a college sophomore, and regularly guest lectures about the Edtech & Future of Work sectors. Siya is an alum of the University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University.
LikedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/siyarajpurohit/

Hosted By – Toronto Entrepreneurs, Startup & Business Coalition.

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RSVP on link below
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PORTION OF PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO NEW YORK CARES.
http://www.newyorkcares.org