SPEAKERS

Mark Hamade
Advisor & Co-Founder at CanETHPool, Strategic
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Maria Malavenda
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Morvareed Salehpour
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Brendan Rogers
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Keith Herman
Founder of IPA Equities
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Kevin R. Soltani
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Jesse Mauck
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Vanessa Dawson
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Bill Baker
Co-Founder/CBO & Initial Investor at NuQ
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JUDGES

Jonathan Shinto
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Travis Steffen
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Barbara Bickham
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Dylan Bergenfeld
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Morvareed Salehpour
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Alexey Likuev
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Lev Filimonov
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Bill Baker
Co-Founder/CBO & Initial Investor at NuQ
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Robert Smith
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Kaustav Chaudhuri
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Josh Schlisserman
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Lawrence Kourie
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Mark Hamade
Advisor & Co-Founder at CanETHPool, Strategic
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Brendan Rogers
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Kevin R. Soltani
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Jesse Mauck
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Vanessa Dawson
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Maria Malavenda
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Keith Herman
Founder of IPA Equities
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ORGANISERS

Startups pitching live

NearSight
Average rate:
4.00
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BUTTON Wallet
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3.75
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Fuel Fitness Resturants
Average rate:
3.73
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Bsamply, Inc.
Average rate:
3.67
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Cher
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3.33
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Hourly Stocks, Inc.
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2.94
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Lyftron
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2.88
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Third Opinion AI / Third Opinion Care
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2.80
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MESO
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2.59
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Shivers
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Startup Battle,
May 30, 2019

Congrats NearSight with the first place in the Battle.

Startup.Network conducted the 145th Startup Battle in Los Angeles on May 30th.

This event was supported by Edward Charles Foundation and Forest Nation.

More than 20 VCs and Angels attended the event.

We express special gratitude to Experts who came to the Battle to share their knowledge and constructive suggestions with current-day Entrepreneurs.

The Judges Panel included:

  • Jesse Mauck, Founder of Zigr Inc.;

  • Barbara Bickham, Founder & Managing Director of Women’s Innovation Fund Accelerator | Founder/CTO - Trailyn Ventures - Blockchain Advisory | Chief of the Block - Blockchain Accelerator ;

  • Bill Baker, Co-Founder & Inventor at NEWtritionIQ (NQ);

  • Keith Herman, Founder of global investment firm IPA Equities; Serial entrepreneur, consultant, advisor, global speaker, board member, writer, mentor and advocate for disruptive blockchain technologies and numerous charities;

  • Lev Filimonov, Founding partner at LA Fund, LA Ventures and Check_n Bar;

  • Alexey Likuev, CEO at Ditch Cash | Partner at Gromado LLC, a consulting firm for tech startups;

  • Kevin R. Soltani, CEO GIMA Group, Inc. | Founder of California Blockchain Alliance;

  • Maria Malavenda, Founder, Chief Executive Officer at EVVEMI, Inc.;  

  • Jor Law, Business advisor, finance and securities attorney;  

  • Morvareed Salehpour, Attorney and Speaker | Managing Partner at Salehpour Legal Consulting;

  • Vanessa Dawson, CEO and Founder of The Vinetta Project;

  • Travis Steffen, Founder and CEO, FlashCourse | Venture Partner at 7BC.VC ;

  • Robert Smith, Founder, General Partner at IECP Ventures | Serial Entrepreneur, VC, Impact Investor;

  • Dylan Bergenfeld, Director at Interstate Venture Capital;

  • Josh Schlisserman, Principal at WestWave Ventures;

  • Jonathan Shinto, Investment Partner under Vera Phonier Inc. | Co-Founder of CHATalk.co.

The Startup Battle was started with Panel Discussion. Amazing Mark Hamade became the Moderator of the Panel Discussion at the 145th Startup Battle.

This time our Speakers answered to the questions of the following topic “How to structure your startup to get investors excited”. The Speakers observed the questions about key facts what force investors to invest in startups as well as common errors what can grave startup. What is more, our Guests and Entrepreneurs had an opportunity to listen to a couple of advice and admonition from each of our Speakers.

Meet our skilled Speakers:

  • Maria Malavenda, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at EVVEMI, Inc.;

  • Morvareed Salehpour, Attorney and Speaker | Managing Partner at Salehpour Legal Consulting;

  • Brendan Rogers, Co-Founder/leading recruiting at Wag!;

  • Keith Herman, Founder of global investment firm IPA Equities. Serial entrepreneur, consultant, advisor, global speaker, board member;

  • Kevin R. Soltani, CEO GIMA Group, Inc. | Founder of California Blockchain Alliance;

  • Jesse Mauck, Founder of Zigr Inc.;

  • Vanessa Dawson, CEO and Founder of The Vinetta Project;

  • Bill Baker, Co-Founder & Inventor at NEWtritionIQ (NQ).

The second part of the Battle was dedicated to pitching competition. Ten pre-selected Startups showed their promising projects to the wide audience of the venture community.

During the Startup Battle, Judges marked each startup.

According to the voting results, the winner of the Battle became NearSight, a mobile solution to replace old fashioned reading glasses, with an average score of 4.00 points.

The second place was BUTTON Wallet with a score of 3.75. It is the messenger based wallet.

The third place with 3.73 points took Fuel, a fast-casual chain with fitness food.

The fourth place was Bsamply, Inc., connecting & empowering the fashion industry.

The fifth place belonged to the startup that helps people connect to co-own homes - Cher.

The sixth place was Hourly Stocks, Inc.;

The seventh place was Lyftron;

The eighth-place belonged to Third Opinion Care;

The ninth was MESO;

The tenth place was Shivers.

Learn  more about presented startups at https://battle.startup.network/ua/events/390679/#startups

Startup.Network is grateful to Investors, Experts, Entrepreneurs and Guests who attended the 145th Startup Battle in Los Angeles.

Join upcoming the 151st Startup Battle, San Francisco on July 25th, the 152nd Startup Battle, Silicon Valley on July 31st, and the 153rd Startup Battle, Los Angeles on August 7th.

Follow our announcements on the Startup Battle list!

Feel free to invest in promising startups with Startup.Network!

See you at Startup Battles!

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