[September 2011] Investor Feedback Forum and Pitch Showdown

Pitch contest winners: DailySecret, Qrio.us, Nelbee

Gil Beyda

Brad Harrison

Edward Reitler

Michael Yavonditte

Panelists (alphabetic order)

Gil Beyda (@gilbeyda), Founder & Managing Partner at Genacast Ventures
Brad Harrison (@bradharrison1), Managing Partner at BHV and Partner at Point Capital Partners
Edward Reitler, Founder at ARC Angel Fund, Senior Partner at Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt
Michael Yavonditte (@mikeyavo), Venture Partner at ff Ventures, CEO at Hashable

Startup Pitches

Lior Messinger - Medicasting
Ankur Jain - Gift Side Story
Derek Webster - LocalBonus
Edward Valentini – Nelbee (3rd place)
John Federico - Qrious (2nd place)
James Saadi - Automato
Phaedra Chrousos - Daily Secret (1st place)
Gene DeRose - Want.it
Satjot Sawhney - ShareRebate
Graham Lawlor – BrightMap

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.

Every startup pitching receives free pitch coaching from Indicate Media.

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.