[January 2012] Investor Feedback Forum and Pitch Showdown

Thursday, January 12 (6:30pm EST – New York)

Register to Attend ($20/$30 – includes pizza/soda)

Apply To Pitch (Pitching includes Gust/Angelsoft application and pitch coaching from McAdory “Mac” Lipscomb)

Gil Beyda

Art Chang

Micah Rosenbloom

Mark Wachen

Panelists (alphabetic order)

Gil Beyda (@gilbeyda) Founder & Managing Partner at Genacast Ventures
Art Chang (@achangnyc) Founder at Tipping Point Partners
Micah Rosenbloom (@micahjay1) Founder Partner at Founder Collective
Mark Wachen (@mwachen) Managing Partner at DreamIt Ventures

Startup Pitches

Alison Anthoine - Paperlex
Francisco Prat - LifeWellth
Viktor Marohnic - ShoutEm
Crowley Tom - Enthusiast Nation
Oladapo Ajayi - AppsBidder
Jeff Thomson - Prodideo.com
Max Belenitsky - Text A Cab
Joana Anker - Little Compass

Agenda

6:30pm – Pizza, networking and introductions
6:45pm – Investor Feedback Forum – 10 startups pitch to an investor panel; the panel provides actionable advice for each pitch
8:15pm – Pitch Showdown - audience voting via Twitter; winners announced and prizes awarded
8:30pm – Drinks at nearby location

Format

Feedback Forum and Pitch Showdown is designed to:

Help early stage startups refine their investor pitch
Provide helpful, actionable advice on each startups business model from active, early-stage tech startup investors
Demonstrate to the audience how investors evaluate startup pitches
Award prizes to the most viable startups, based on audience and panel voting.

The three winning startups are automatically invited to pitch to the NY Angels.

At the Investor Feedback Forum, the panel and the startup pitches are integrated into a single session. Startups pitch to a panel of early-stage technology investors. Each startup gives a pitch and brief demonstration of his/her product. The panel and audience ask follow-up questions after each pitch. The panel gives constructive feedback to each startup pitching. At the end of the series of pitches, the audience votes for their favorite pitches via Twitter. The winners are announced and prizes are awarded. Then we go for drinks nearby.