Lifograph SF Pitch Night with NexStar Partners ($100M fund) & Gelt Ventures (early stage VC)

You are invited to meet and pitch to Istvan Jonyer, VC at NexStar Partners ($100M fund) and Jake Chapman, VC at Gelt Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm.
 
Also in the investor panel will be Dea Wilson, Venture Partner at Founders Floor Accelerator, member at Tech Angels, Founder of Silicon Valley Incubator and CEO at Lifograph - The Wiki of People.
 
Only a few Early Bird Pitch tickets available. RSVP early. Food and drinks are provided.  
 
 
PRIZES:
- Lifograph sponsorship package ($750 value)  
- interview on Silicon Valley startup radio station, part of Wall Street Business Network ($500 value) 
- 2 tickets to Lifograph events (up to $60 value)
 
First place winner will also have an opportunity to arrange for a private meeting with the investors.

  
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:  
 
Startups looking for funding are invited to pitch. 
You may also attend as a spectator and take advantage of a great learning and networking opportunity.  
 
 
FORMAT: 
 
90-second verbal elevator pitch (no deck) followed by non-rebuttal feedback from the investor panel. 
 
At the end of the event, the investor panel will choose three pitch winners who will be able to choose one of the free prizes.
  

 
 INVESTOR PANEL  
        

ISTVAN JONYER
 
Istvan Jonyer is a venture capitalist at NexStar Partners, a $100M fund, focusing on mobile media, AR, VR, IoT and wireless innovations. 
 
Before NexStar he was an entrepreneur and startup advisor, Head of Device Partnerships for Google TV at Google, software engineer at Nortel Networks, as well as Assistant Professor of Computer Science with a research focus on machine learning. 
 
He holds a PhD in machine learning and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. 
  

  

 
JAKE CHAPMAN
 
Jake Chapman is a VC and Partner at Gelt Venture Capital, a venture capital firm focused on seed stage startups who are solving hard problems with innovative and scalable solutions.
Before Gelt Ventures, Jake was a VC and Partner at Sazze Partners, also an early stage VC fund.  
He was also a Founding Investor and Advisor at The Batchery, a startup incubator based in Berkeley. 
Jake invests in companies of all types, especially in those where his operational expertise, business development, customer acquisition and related skills can be a difference maker. 
Jake is a published writer with articles appearing in peer reviewed journals as well as in TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Pando and WIRED Magazine.
He was also on air guest judge for the TechCrunch pitch off competition. 
Jake has a BA in Political Science from UC Berkeley and as well as a JD from Berkeley School of Law, where he was Research Assistant and Managing Editor of the Berkeley Business Law Journal. 
 

  

 
DEA WILSON 
 
Dea is the Founder of Lifograph - The Wiki of People.   
She is a serial entrepreneur, Venture Partner at Founders Floor Accelerator and Founder of Silicon Valley Incubator. 
 
She is also a member of Tech Angels.  Her investment interest is in consumer, mobile and SaaS startups.    
 
Dubbed "Ms. Silicon Valley", Dea is what people call a "super-connector", her expansive network including the "Who's Who" in startups, venture capital, technology, entertainment, etc.    
 
Dea has been featured and interviewed in many media publications including Entrepreneur Media, Silicon Valley Business Journal, Yahoo Finance, Investor Business Daily, etc. 
 
As an Executive Director at The VC Network and LifographTV, Dea interviews many prominent VCs, angels, executives and founders in Silicon Valley and tech.  
 
She has a Masters Degree from University of Washington and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business (University of Pennsylvania).
 

   
AGENDA:
 
6:00pm - 6:30pm – registration and networking
6:30pm - 8:30pm – pitches
8:30pm - meet the investors, networking 
9:00pm  - event ends


  
REFUND POLICY 
 
We are happy to refund your ticket if refund is requested 24 hours before the event.  
Unfortunately, any refunds requested less than 24h in advance cannot be honored.
However, you can sell or transfer your ticket to someone else before the event starts.
Thank you for your understanding. :-)
 

 
DEMO/SPONSOR TABLES 
 

 
Reserve a demo or sponsor table and get great exposure.    
Demo/Sponsor table includes:   
- 2 (two) event tickets  
- 1/2 (half) table    
- Promotion before and during the event
 
Your logo will be displayed on the event description (if submitted 24h before the event).   
You will also be able to talk for a few minutes in front of the attendees and tell them about what you do.   
Limited availability.  
 

 
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