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Speed Dating with Investors - In-Person Event 8/21/24

Calling on founders to pitch one-on-one to investors at a single event in a speed dating format - a rare and invaluable opportunity for founders to pitch face-to-face!

Speed Dating with Investors is designed to provide founders with the opportunity to pitch to many investors in one single event.

Join them Wednesday, August 21 from 5:00PM to 9:30PM at 2040 Main Street #2nd floor, Irvine, CA 92614.

An industry agnostic event in Southern California that brings a tone of value to scalable startups & capital raise opportunities at the stages of pre-seed, seed or series A.

The event will feature the following:

  • Check-in and Networking

  • Presentation by Withum on Crypto and Investments

  • Dating Investors: Investors ready to date one-on-one with founders

  • Dating Founders: 60 startups ONLY, first come first serve, will pitch to a minimum of 7 investors one at a time 1.5-minute pitch followed by 2.5 minutes of Q&A and feedback.

  • Startups will be grouped into 3 groups. Each group, A, B, and C will consist of 20 startups.

  • Speed dating starts with group A. Each group will be able to pitch to investors for approximately 40 minutes giving each startup 4 minutes with each investor followed by 1 minute to transition from one investor to the next.

  • During the transition time, investors will have the opportunity to rate the startups on the Demo Day app.

  • Then they transition to group B then group C.

  • While each startup group is pitching to investors, the startups that are in the waiting groups will have the chance to connect with advisors and service providers.

  • Food and refreshments will be provided

  • A unique and fun event to help startups potentially find their next capital

Limited spots, register today!

Get 20% off General Admission tickets - limited to the first 10 - using this promo code: OCSC20SD24

Please register here to attend.

Thanks to Pismo Ventures and Withum for offering this local startup event, the details, and the graphic!