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152 Startup Battle in Silicon Valley, July 31, 2019

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Startups

ZenSports

Average rate:
3.93

Winner of Battle

Mass

Average rate:
3.93

Winner of Battle

BayPOS, Inc.

Average rate:
3.69

Zeki

Average rate:
3.64

Omniaz: DRNK

Average rate:
3.46

Cortexxus Inc.

Average rate:
3.29

adam.ai

Average rate:
3.00

Insynctive, Inc.

Average rate:
3.00

kNEEBU

Average rate:
2.93

Jointer.io

Average rate:
2.92

Neuromatic

Average rate:
2.50

Judges

Slater McClean

Startup Director and Product Manager at GSVlabs. He leads the company’s development of startup resources and the Passport platform. Additionally, Slater manages GSVlabs Maverick Accelerator, a custom 2-year accelerator that leads to early stage technology companies through major strategic initiatives such as fundraising, go to market strategies and product development. As Startup Director Slater built and launched the GSVlabs Investor Forum, a network of over 450 venture capitalists from all over the world. The network includes investors from A16Z, Battery Ventures, Venrock, Lightspeed and Sequoia. Since its launch in 2016, the Investor Forum has helped facilitate over 150 investor introductions and led to millions in funding for startups in the GSVlabs network. Slater is also an investing partner with the Maverick Fund, an early-stage angel syndicate that partners with audacious early-stage founders taking on big ideas. The fund has made 14 investments over 2 years with 83% of the portfolio companies receiving follow on funding with one exit. Prior to joining GSVlabs, Slater helped run a non-profit accelerator based in San Luis Obispo with the goal of helping Cal Poly students start businesses.

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Vasily Nikolaev

Venture Partner at Network.VC; Partner at Quantum Wave Fund.

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Purvi Gandhi

Partner, CFO at Hone Capital. Purvi has over 20 years of experience in CFO roles in the international investment management industry, across Silicon Valley and Asia, along with startup company experience. Through her roles as CFO at H&Q Asia Pacific (spin-out from JP Morgan Chase), Taiyo Pacific and Allegis Capital, Purvi was involved in private equity, venture capital, public equities/hedge funds, and distressed assets. As CFO of healthcare informatics start-up MedVantage, she helped lead the company through a Series A round at a valuation of $30M, and scaled it from 12 to 60 employees prior to its acquisition by IMS. Beyond core CFO expertise, Purvi has in-depth experience in capital raising and operational expansion in Asia, and has served as a strategic advisor and board member to startups in the US and Asia. Purvi started her career at Deloitte and also worked at Charles Schwab. Purvi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from UC Berkeley. She passed the CPA exam in the State of California.

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Robert Neivert

Venture Partner at 500 Startups running the blockchain program and specializing in B2B seed investments. Previously he was an executive for startups having founded or worked at eight companies with four exits and four companies still operating. Robert was CEO for last two venture funded startups. He also maintains a broad domain of expertise, having held leadership positions in products, marketing, and operations. Academic credentials include a BA, BS, MS, and MBA degree from Stanford, Wesleyan, and Santa Clara. He is a 500 startups Venture Partner, a mentor/advisor for Cardinal Ventures, Stanford iFarm, and Stanford's Treehacks program as well as an executive advisor for over 15 funded startups, and previously held the position of Executive in Residence at Quest Venture Partners.

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Marisa Alma McGinnis

LP in Blumberg Capital Fund III and a Managing Director at Golden Seeds. Marisa is a startup investor in 25 startups including RenovoRx, Merge, Namogoo, Kreditech Holding SSL GambH, FundBox Ltd, FeeX Wisdom of the Crowds, Inc. Trulioo Information Services Ltd., WunderCar Mobility Solutions GabH, Yotpo Ltd, Seek Mobile Ltd., Sqream Technologies Ltd., Seek Mobile Ltd., Roam Analytics, SimplyCredit Inc., Arcadia Data, BioCatch, Ltd, Zibby, Inc. Acquired startups are Cyvera by Palo Alto Networks and Zooz (acquired by PayU). She has an undergraduate degree in Microbiology, a law degree (member of the California State Bar) and a broker’s real estate license (licensed by the California Department of Real Estate).

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Nuno Goncalves Pedro

Venture Partner at Grishin Robotics | Managing Partner, Founder at Strive Capital. Grishin Robotics is a series A and B Sand Hill firm focused on Smart Hardware with investments in companies such as Zume Pizza, Starship, Zipline, Spin, Yellow, Ring and others. He is also the Managing Partner & Founder of Strive Capital, the San Francisco Bay area's first quant micro-VC firm, now focused on "deep" AI and Blockchain, with investments in companies like AppAnnie, KeepSafe and Gusto. He has had a 22 year career in Tech as a Product Manager, Operator, Investor and Board member in the Bay area, Europe and Asia, and was previously a Senior Expert and member of the Asia-Pacific leadership team at McKinsey & Co, based in Beijing. He is a frequent speaker at some of the world’s top Technology and Internet events.

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Ben Bartlett

Partner at Tackett Bartlett LLP. Berkeley City Councilmember and Fmr. Vice Mayor Ben Bartlett is a nationally recognized policy leader. Since 2016, Ben has passed more than 60 measures focused on innovation, opportunity, and inclusion, including: - Prefabricated Housing for the Homeless; - Health Innovation Zone; - Electric Vehicle Infrastructure; - Telemedical adoption; - Unionized Jobs in Robotics and Automation. Ben is currently working to integrate government and Blockchain through public finance, currencies, and personal data markets. Ben authored Berkeley’s Tokenized Debt Offering (Berkeley ICO) using blockchain technology to issue bonds. He is author of the Smart Path Blockchain investment and policy thesis. Professionally, Ben is a partner in Tackett Bartlett LLP where he provides counsel for Blockchain entrepreneurs, governments, and venture funds.

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Jules Walker

Senior Director, KPMG’s Emerging Technology Practice. Jules leads the business development efforts for KPMG’s Emerging Technology Practice in the Bay area and Pacific Northwest, focusing on creating and expanding relationships with VC-backed technology companies. He works closely with early-stage startups as well as mature private companies approaching IPO. He has spent his 20+ year professional career in financial services working for companies such as Bank of America, Robert Half and Textron Financial. Most recently, Jules was a Principal with Ravix Group, providing finance/accounting and HR solutions for early-stage companies. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Connecticut and his MBA from Middlebury College.

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Carol Mao

Vice President at Fusion Fund. Carol has extensive experience in US and Asian capital markets. Prior to joining Fusion Fund, she was a Senior Investment Banking Associate at Deutsche Bank and CITIC Securities International for a total of over five years. During this time, she participated in or completed more than 15 IPO/M&A/Bond/pre-IPO investment transactions. Carol holds a M.B.A. degree from Columbia Business School, a M.S. in Financial Mathematics and Statistics from HKUST and a B.S. in Mathematics from Peking University.

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Tina Choi

CEO & Co-Founder at Travonde | Angel Investor and Advisor at Astia. A 15 year Apple Alumnus managing global operations/supply chain launching Apple’s iconic products & services and co-created many groundbreaking Inclusion and Diversity initiatives such as the recently announced Apple Entrepreneur Camp. She is now the Founder of Travonde, a leisure and entertainment platform for baby boomers and their families powered by AI and machine learning. She also acts as an Astia Advisor and Astia Angel investing in women-led ventures targeting above-market investment returns.

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Erlend Bø

Investor. Investment Executive. Advisory Board Member at Main Management, LLC. Advisory Board Member at Cavendish Global. Experienced executive with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services and technology industries. Skilled in Capital Raising, Business Development, Angel Investing, Asset Management, and Hedge Funds. Strong entrepreneurship professional with a B.Eng focused in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Honors Degree from University of Surrey.

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Nicole DeMeo

Partner / Chief Marketing Officer at Andra Capital LLC. Nicole DeMeo is an accomplished business launch, growth, scaling and turnaround expert. As a Partner at Andra Capital, fractional CMO (Chief Marketing Officer), go-to-market strategist, and advisor Nicole works closely with executive teams and boards to guide strategy and growth. A Silicon Valley veteran and global citizen leading teams across the world, she has developed strategies and guided companies and funds through multiple phases of their lifecycles for over 20 years. She has provided business strategy, fundraising expertise, brand positioning, messaging, go-to-market strategies and marketing for Fortune 500 companies including Apple, HP and Accenture and has expanded on those roles for many high visibility start-ups and venture capital funds. In her career she has helped to raise over $500MM in private and public markets, as a part of executive teams, an advisor or board member. Her participation in over 50 company launches – including four of her  own – created significantly increased valuations, acquisitions and IPOs. Nicole has served as brand ambassador and marketing strategist for industry leaders such as Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and Carly Fiorina (with great stories from those days). A few notable start-up companies she has worked with include Real Names, When.com, Peak Games, EyeEm and as CMO for of Glispa Global Group. Nicole has worked with several venture funds and incubators including Earlybird Venture Capital, Hitfox Group and most recently as the Partner and CMO of Andra Capital ($1B fund democratizing VC late-stage technology investments via the Blockchain.) She is currently advising and providing C-level strategy to high growth funds and startups including i2Chain, Barnraiser and Hannah Systems.\\r\\n\\r\\nFueled by her desires to give back, she has also worked with some major non-profit organizations including The September 11th Fund, New York Community Trust, American Red Cross, and more and has served on the Boards of Chop’s Teen Center and The Sonoma Valley Film Festival. She is a frequent public speaker and has been profiled in the media getting involved with several organizations (e.g. UPWARD, Tech Bay Area Advocates, How Women Lead) that are in support of mentoring, diversity, female founders and investors. \\r\\n\\r\\nShe is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and in all her spare time she delights in making wine and helping people celebrate life as the owner of Media Luna Vineyards (Mendoza, Argentina) with her award-winning, delicious wines distributed in the Bay Area.

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Jesus Mauricio Flores

Principal at HACK Fund. Civil engineer and Commercial Diver from Venezuela. Relationship in business development in Latam for H/F. Developed my own 100k fund, Capital Kreation, in 2017. Focus in growing Startups Ecosystems in LATAM.

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Anupam Rastogi

Partner at Emergent Ventures and focuses on seed and early-stage investments in transformative startups in the AI, Data, Cloud and Smart Mobility spaces. Anupam has led or played a substantive role in over 15 successful technology investments globally, ranging from early to expansion stage, and several large exits. Prior to Emergent, Anupam founded NX Partners to help high-potential SaaS companies accelerate growth rates and outcomes, and worked closely with half a dozen startups across the enterprise landscape. Previously, Anupam held investing roles of increasing responsibility at NGP Capital, a global venture firm with $1.2B+ AUM. At NGP Capital, Anupam led the Intelligent Enterprise investing team, identifying and investing in companies at the intersection of data, IoT and machine intelligence. Earlier, he helped drive the firm’s smart mobility and logistics investment practice. Prior to his investing career, Anupam spent several years in the mobile, enterprise and data analytics spaces, bringing to market four new products, setting up a big data analytics stack in a Fortune 100 environment, and authoring five international patents and publications. Anupam holds Computer Science degrees from IIT Delhi and UT Austin, an MBA from The Wharton School, and studied Technology Commercialization at MIT. He can be reached via Twitter at @anupamr.

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Ken Kengatharan

Managing General Partner at Atheneos Ventures | Executive Chairman at Helios Orion | CEO at Auxesia Orion. Ken is biotech executive with significant experience in successfully setting-up and securing capital for multiple companies from an idea. \r\n\r\nExperience: Start-up, investment + growth, M&A, licensing, business strategy, rapid+capital efficient pharma. R&D, product development, IP, digital systems.

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Jordan Wahbeh

Managing Partner at Bay Angels | Partner at Andra Capital. Jordan partners with startups and investors to grow, scale, fundraise and achieve their objectives through operations, fundraising, business development, product development, and team leadership. As an experienced leader and advisor, he assists or leads in business operations and development, market growth, org transformation, and customer management. As a Partner at Andra Capital, and Bay Angels’ Managing Partner, Jordan has a strong network of resources and SMEs along with a varied portfolio of startups companies. His engagements include VCs, Angels groups, Accelerators, and Corp VC in Silicon Valley, across USA, Korea, Dubai, Brazil, MENA region, and EC. With 20+ years’ hands-on and leadership experience, he is quite skilled in engineering, business, SW development, IT, Hi-Tech, customer management, AI, Big Data/Analytics, Industrial IoT, and manufacturing.

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Erwin Hosono

A partner at Mighty Capital where he backs founders who are building products that transform lives and create value at scale. He was previously a a principal at Bradford Equities Management LLC, a middle market private equity firm in New York. Before that, he was a research analyst at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC. When not working with start-ups, Erwin serves as a board member of two education non-profits.

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Margaret Laffan

Vice-President of Business Development at TalentSeer - a specialized AI Talent Partner dedicated to building and nurturing AI teams for companies at various growth stages. In her role, Laffan is leading the development of new partnerships to accelerate the expansion of TalentSeer’s AI talent ecosystem. Additionally, Margaret is a Venture Partner with BoomingStart Ventures, a $1.5b fund focused on AI, Robotics and Autonomous Driving early-stage startup companies. Over the course of her expansive career, she has spent 9+ years at Software giant SAP culminating in her role driving Sales and Business Development for SAP\'s AI solutions. More recently Laffan was Client Executive at AllyO, an end-to-end AI recruiter with automated and conversational engagement platform. She holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Dublin, and has 15+ years working in Industry, non-profit and start-up sector. Laffan is published on Forbes and contributes to other media.

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Kazuki Kaneuchi

Manager of Business Development at SoftBank Telecom America Corp.

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Mallika Ramamurthy

Community Partner for Fintech Connector. A technology professional working on digital and business transformation projects across a range of technologies to resolve client problems. In her role as Community Partner for Fintech Connector for the San Francisco Bay Area she is vested in connecting professionals, organizations, and entrepreneurs in local communities to collaborate on ideas and bringing fintech innovation to a global audience.

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Ashish Bhatia

Angel Investor. Ashish has made angel investments in 10+ companies since 2014. IntelliVision, acquired by Nortek. Authy, acquired by Twilio. Cirrosecure, acquired by Palo Alto Networks. Minjar, acquired by Nutanix. MakeLeaps acquired by Ricoh. Strikedeck acquired by Medallia. He is part of Board of Advisors of Joveo as a technical advisor. He was a judge and a panelist at the pitching event at Venture Summit West 2019, Startup Battle 144, Startup Battle 152, Private Investor Summit 2019, and Pitch Global pitching events. He blogs about security, books, and programming at https://ashishb.net.

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Vince Kohli

General Partner at Dream Pitch Ventures | High Impact Super Angel Investor | Silicon Valley Exponential Mentor Maker | Serial Entrepreneur | Angel Investor. Vince Kohli is Silicon Valley tech visionary, inventor, serial entrepreneur for 18 plus years, super angel investor, global venture mentor maker, blockchain popularizer, enterprise software cloud innovator, social enterprise for purposeful community, tech startup advisor, corporate startup scaleup mentor, capital markets, high frequency trader at wall street, product strategist, visionary design thinker, innovative business models, open systems, scaling technology, philanthropreneur ologist, investor relations, evaluating and conducting due diligence on ICOs, market outlook for Bitcoins and ICOs, smart contract platform, enterprise blockchain product design development, and token model economy expert. Vince is inventor of \\\'Problem Thinking\\\' with proven understanding of Failing Fast vs. Exponential Failure working with Silicon Valley accelerators and Incubators and Corporate Venture Capital firms. Specific to StartUp Vince has invented 7 Second Pitch and Q of Q leads to P of P framework (Quality of Question leads to Prototype to Product). Vince is author of new book - Trillion Dollar Question. In 2016, Vince invented concept of Decentralized Thinking focused on the Blockchain Intelligence and helping venture backed Enterprise Blockchain companies in 6 verticals like IoT, IIoT, MedTech, FinTech, EnergyTech, EducationTech and SpaceTech. Vince"s all round international technology business experience as an execution architect with Accenture, SAP ERP expert, silicon valley tech founder, serial entrepreneur, social entrepreneurship coach, super angel investor, product designer and corporate strategist makes him a sought after startup business design advisor / mentor at Google, Stanford University, Singularity, Launch, IBM, StartX, AngelHack, Google4Entrepreneurs, 500 StartUps, Innovation Catalyst at UCSF for digital health 500 + hardware and software design for medical devices, corporate startup innovation at Honda and Samsung, Corporate Ventures with HP Ventures, and Samsung NEXT Ventures, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Venture Lab - IE Business School, Plug and Play, and StartUp Judge at NASA, Google, IBM, Stanford, StartX, Draper University, Founder Institute, Founders Space, PitchForce, Pitch Globally, California State University, UC Berkeley, and MIT. Vince is on mission to Impact 1 Billion Entrepreneurs via professional business mentorship and has completed 2,101 Silicon Valley mentee team on April 7, 2019, and 2,102 Silicon Valley mentoring mentee team at Stanford, on April 9, 2019.

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Cigdem Toraman

StartersHub US and Startupbootcamp Scale San Francisco Managing Director. Cigdem Toraman has significant experience in entrepreneurship, marketing, sales, technology, media, finance, retail and venture capital. She has consistently played leading roles in eight different corporate companies in her career of 30 years. Currently, Cigdem Toraman also has responsibilities as a business advisor to an executive board member of several startups (Monument, Segmentify, Cabture, Teleporter, Wisboo, Smart Mimic, Sixa, Eventbaxx, Meditopia, Thread In Motion, Poltio, Kimola). She teaches classes on marketing, e-commerce, digital and social media, business development, sales and entrepreneurship at several universities and corporate companies.

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Kaustav Chaudhuri

Founder at Pitch Global Network of Networks | Mentor at Alchemist Accelerator. Kaustav Chaudhuri (KC) is an author, speaker, advisor, and thought leader. He is the founder of Pitch Globally, with chapters in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and London. KC has a vast and profound knowledge of the ecosystem of startups. He has built a colossal network of key people that spans the entire value chain of startups in the heart of Silicon Valley. KC was part of a team of Silicon Valley experts who wrote “The First Mile” (John Wiley), a book on entrepreneurship commissioned by TIE, largest organization of entrepreneurs in the world. He is also the author of “Design Your Mindset” which is in the editing stage. Prior to the world of startups, he worked for large multinational companies like HCL Technologies, TCG Software ( outsourcing arm of PE& VC Fund affiliated to George Soros) etc. KC is also a long term Executive Committee Member of the Leukemia& Lymphoma Society. Currently he focusing on expanding Pitch Global’s training program and strengthening Pitch Global’s online presence to intensify bootcamp style training program, to streamline the seed/early stage investment process in a more organised manner.

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Tilo Bonow

Founder and CEO of PIABO | Keynote speaker | Investor

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Speakers

Shawn Flynn

Director Of Business Development at TechCode Accelerator - US. Shawn spent over 4 years living and conducting business in Beijing, China. After successfully founding and growing a profitable education company, he has since moved back to San Francisco to invest his experience, connections, and resources back into the startup ecosystem. Regularly working with incubators, accelerators, angel groups, VC, local governments, and institutions to promote economic growth.

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Jennifer Kristen Lee

Practical and commercial deal lawyer for emerging companies and their investors at DLA Piper. Helps companies grow and achieve liquidity across borders. Jennifer concentrates on corporate and securities transactions, including venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic transactions. Jennifer advises emerging companies, venture capital funds, corporate venture arms and private equity firms from formation to liquidity. She strives to provide practical, commercial and cost-effective advice and drives outcomes for her clients. Jennifer serves on DLA Piper’s National Leadership Group for Emerging Growth and Venture Capital.

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Roger Royse

Founder and Owner of the Royse Law Firm (www.rroyselaw.com). A midsize firm that helps build great companies. The Royse Law Firm has offices in San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Southern California, and maintains a China desk (Beijing) and New York City affiliate. Practicing law since 1984, Roger’s background includes work with prominent San Francisco Bay area and New York City law firms. He is a frequent speaker, writer, radio guest, blogger and panelist for bar associations, CPA organizations, and\\\\r\\\\nbusiness groups. Roger is a Northern California Super Lawyer, is AV Peer-Rated by Martindale Hubbell, and has a “Superb” rating from Avvo.

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Agenda

7:00 pm - 7:10 pm: Introduction by Organizers.

7:10 pm - 8:00 pm: Panel Discussion with the true sharks of the investment industry on the following topic: "Breaking Down A Term Sheet". Experts will go through term sheets, what they are, what provisions matter, and how to negotiate them.

8:00 pm – 8:15 pm: Coffee Break.

8:15 pm – 10:30 pm: Startups Competition. The second stage is devoted to presentations by entrepreneurs. Each founder will have 15 minutes: 5 minutes for a pitch, and another 10 minutes for questions, comments, and suggestions by Judges.

10:30 pm - 11:00 pm: Networking. It is a good opportunity to spend time with the right people of venture community in an informal setting of great startup meeting with pleasure and profit.

Funds

Cocoon Capital Management

Capital300

Unlock Venture Partners

Emergent Ventures

About:

Two Startups, ZenSports and Mass became the winners of the 152nd Startup Battle, Silicon Valley!

Rigorous Judges were so excited by both Startups that could not choose just one.

Congratulations to: Marta Parke, CEO at Mass and Mark Thomas, CEO at ZenSports!

Startup.Network and GSVlabs are satisfied by conducting the Startup Battle in San Mateo on July 31st.

11 promising Startups were presented to 20+ Venture Fund Members and active Angel Investors as well as 100+ super involved Guests.

According to the Judges’ voting results both Startups - ZenSports and Mass have got the same rating and got 1st place! That is pretty understandable, just take a look at this future Unicorns:

ZenSports is a mobile peer-to-peer sports betting marketplace where anyone can create and accept sports bets with anyone else in the world, without the need for a bookmaker.

Mass is world edge computing. Mass enables anyone with a computer to earn universal income and supplies businesses with the power of the world’s computers.

The Startup Battle was started with Panel Discussion.

Shawn Flynn became the Moderator of the Panel Discussion. Shawn is a director of business development at TechCode Accelerator - US.

All Speakers are announced at the section Speakers on the event page: https://battle.startup.network/events/394903/#speakers

This time, our sophisticated Speakers revealed Term Sheet, Shawn asked speakers:

What are the most common terms in a term sheet? How should a founder look at a term sheet as a whole? What are common vesting terms for founders of a company? What are the advantages and disadvantages of doing a convertible note? How do term sheets different from seed to A-round? What is a founder-friendly board? And other questions within the topic.

The second part of the Battle was dedicated to the Pitch Competition.

Eleven pre-selected Seed stage Startups were presented to the venture community.

During the Pitch Competition, Judges marked each startup.

Find the list of Judges on: https://battle.startup.network/events/394903/#judges

Full list of attendees startup could be reached on: https://battle.startup.network/events/394903/#startups

We hope that all attendees had good experience!

Here is some testimonial:

“ Shawn was a super moderator: very organized with some great questions. As usual, I learned a lot from listening to my fellow seasoned panelists. You did a great job, as usual, organizing the event and I was impressed with the quality of the startup pitches and startup founders, especially Mass.”, Marisa Alma McGinnis, LP in Blumberg Capital Fund III.

We’d like to say special gratitude to our great Partner - GSVlabs.

And thanks for the professional help personally to Slater McClean - Startup Director and Product Manager at GSVlabs.

GSVlabs is a global innovation platform based in the heart of Silicon Valley. It accelerates startups and connects corporations to exponential technologies, business models, and ideas. GSVlabs creates powerful network effects by catalyzing the innovation ecosystem and connecting Silicon Valley to the World and the World to Silicon Valley.

Startup.Network is thankful to Startups' teams, Judges, Speakers, Guests, and Partners for attending the event and involvement to the Startup Battle.

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

Join our upcoming events:

155 Unicorn Battle in San Francisco, September 26;

156 Unicorn Battle in Silicon Valley, October 2;

157 Unicorn Battle in Los Angeles, October 9.

See you at Unicorn Battles (former Startup Battles)!

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Testimonials

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Open profile Liz Polizzi Oertle, CEO and Co-Founder Nanno Startup Profile

Ok, yes I'm excited that we won the Startup Battle this week. But mostly I want to let my other entrepreneur friends out there know that this event is really great. The Judges were all very impressive active investors - and all super engaged with Q&A and feedback - the programming beforehand was excellent, and all the companies that pitched were outstanding. If you have an opportunity to participate in one of these events, do it!

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Open profile Anna Mesheryakova, CEO Third Opinion Care Startup Profile

The main thing I would like to share is the event went beyond our expectations.

The venue was really full of interested people and even overcrowded, and that created the right emotional state for the pitching startups and for the audience. We met a few potential investors and made very valuable connections during networking.

After 1 month we are still in connection with the attendees of that Startup Battle. We are working on the Third Opinion Care development together.

We will definitely consider participating in the next events organized by the same team.

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Open profile Petr Neustroev, Founder and CEO Nexus Intuitive Surgical technologies Startup Profile

After participating in the Startup Battle, which was held by Startup.Network in the Silicon Valley, we gained tremendous amount of experience on how to build the startup and attract investments. Especially it was very cool to talk with MS. He gave us a lot of advice. If it were no it for this event, we would not be able to get such advice. Then we actively worked on searching for investors which we did. We began due diligence but we realised that we did not want to take any investments on the early stage. Again, useful advice from Mike Sandler, his criticism to be precise, helped us to find the way. At this point, we have several investors from among the surgeons, but for now, we are managing on our own.

Now we have an MVP that is not just a set of tools but a surgical robot. The manufacturing of the primary product is taking place in Taiwan. At this point, it is on the stage of being certified.

If somebody asks me whether I need any investments in the early stages, I will say no. It is significantly more important to develop the right network and to get proper advice.

Everything that happened is the credit to Startup.Network!

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Open profile Svitlana Malovana, CEO & Founder Raccoon.World Startup Profile

I want to thank Statup.Network for precious experience and help we've got during startup battles in USA and Berlin.

Mentors your team chooses for jury on battles are always very professional and ready to help.

We got valuable feedback and a good quantity of insights.

Raccoon.World team continues communication and builds relationships with several investors we met on the battles.

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Open profile Vladimir Goloborodko, Co-Founder SmartPay - hands free payment service Startup Profile

Hello!

We took part in several Startup Battles, organised by Startup.Network, in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Minsk, Almaty, Kharkov and attended Startup Battle in San Francisco.

I believe that it helped us to be selected from more than 1000 competitors for acceleration program in the Netherlands, where we were the only startup from Eastern Europe.

Attending the Startup Battles is very beneficial for expending networking and gaining useful feedback. In particular, the feedback, what we got on Startup Battle, from the investor form the Silicon Valley helped us to find new and more perspective niche and make the pivot. We would be glad to collaborate with the Startup.Network team again.

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Open profile Ivan Terekhin, Co-Founder BINO Startup Profile

We took part in two Startup.Network events: Startup Battle in Moscow and Startup BAttle in Silicon Valley.

We won the 1st place in Moscow and got a lot of attention from the media and investors. After that event, we received lots of useful pieces of advice and attended meetings with investors.

And we won the 3d place in Silicon Valley, and right after the pitch Marvin Liao
(Partner 500 Startups) offered us to join 500 Startups accelerator. Being acquainted with Marwin helped us one more time in Moscow in some time.

We would be glad to pitch at Startup Battles again!

Thank you.