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Expert DOJO space
UNIT 308, 395 Santa Monica place

Venture Experts Panel

Venture Hollywood Director Robin Rowe

Each expert on our panel is asked how he or she got started in the business, investment strategy and thoughts on the current market. Then it’s open Q&A with the audience. Bring your best startups question! If there’s a venture expert you would like to see on a future panel, let me know.

Location

ExpertDOJO
395 Santa Monica Place
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Parking: Parking in the mall. ExpertDOJO is in the top floor of the mall on the center courtyard.

Agenda

• 6:30pm Check-in
• 7-7:50pm Celebrity Experts Panel (Intro then audience Q&A)
• 8-9pm Startup Pitches (6 x 10 minutes each)
• 9pm+ Networking

Founders Pitching

1. GeoTrue: Map routing for rapid transit or your mobile app – Robin Rowe
2. Graphite Comics: Freemium comics platform –  Michael Eng
3. BillZero: A Millennials pay-the-bills solution – Nathan Briggs
4. TBA
5. TBA
6. TBA

To participate as audience, RSVP. To be a presenter, see Secret to Becoming a Pitchfest Presenter. Everyone is welcome. Female and minority entrepreneurs are particularly encouraged to join us.

Statistically speaking, it takes 50+ pitches before a CEO succeeds in raising funds for his or her startup. While investors come to our events, some incognito, the point of pitching is not to immediately land an investor. Nobody writes a check on the first meeting. It’s to hone pitches and start building brand awareness.  If you’re a presenter, the good news is only 49 pitches to go! For the rest of us, there’s plenty to be learned by watching others pitch.

A good pitch deck is like being well dressed. Crucial for making a good first impression, but charm and integrity matter more. When investors give us money, what they are saying foremost is they believe in our character, that we have earned their trust.

Want to reach me, Robin Rowe? Connect with me on LinkedIn. Contact me there about becoming a presenter or speaker at my events.

Past Speakers

• Autochrome Ventures Vaughn Blake
• Boustead Securities Eli Ansari
• CKR Law Matthew Sferrazza
• Conservaco Mark Thimmig
• Gap Capital Partners Gabrielle Pantera
• Interstate Capital Phil Tassi
• London and Partners James Cummings
• Nordic Eye Venture Capital Richard Sussman
• Quake Capital Partners Lucas Pols
• Rough Diamond Capital Samuel Lee

Past Presentations

1. BizOpsAI: Online marketplace for buying and selling small businesses – Frederic Rough
2. Bonafi.io: Is it real or fake? Blockchain catching counterfeits – Steve Kuh
3. Brickathegame: Sliding tile word search game for iOS – Mark Andrews
4. Censio.love: Dating one person at a time with AI –  Wellington Moreno
   View Censio pitch deck
5. Checkplis: Mobile app for restaurant POS – Abner Flores
6. Chedr – Rigo Garcia
   
7. Coin Squad: Crypto investor tech support – Frederic Rough
8. Credo360 – Irakliy Khaburzaniya
9. CyberFolio.live: Crypto gamified – Ralf-Rainer von Albedyhll
10. Drain Sensei: Sewer monitoring with IoT – Milind Waikul
11. Driven by Safety: Remote breathalyzer – Rodney Stearns
12. Earnster: Teens earn while doing family tasks – Candice Walker
13. Fitforbucks: Fitness rewards from local merchants –Gennadiy Kats
14. Get Settled In: Your personal moving concierge powered by AI – Jeremy Hatcher
15. Goalkeeper – Valerie Alexander
16. Hotbox: Marijuana Safe Spaces – Eric Caldwell
17.  Juqebox.io : Live Streaming for Music Performances – David Sanville
    View Juqebox Pitch Deck
18. Kindra Connect: Dating authenticity – Gina Levy
19. Kindred Quarters/KNDRD.io – Christine McDannell
20. Pibox – Ivan Talaychuk
21. SharedChain – Luke Ho-Hyung Lee
22. uHoo: An awkward-free way to talk to strangers – Kazuki Fujii
23. ZoomAdmin – Michael Paltayan
24. Zumby: Find Income Properties – Jeb Carty