156 Unicorn Battle in Silicon Valley, October 1, 2019
Startups
Wise
4.27
Winner of Battle
LullaMe
3.36
Chef Koochooloo
3.27
Zoom Abroad
3.20
Soñador Inc.
2.91
socialmix
2.82
CTOgram
2.30
HoloAsh, Inc.
2.18
Laoviland Experience
1.00
Judges
Mehmet Onarcan
Brad McManus
Ossama Hassanein
Jennifer Azapian
Anupam Rastogi
Sudhir Kadam
Allison Steitz
Marin Lesot
Jesus Mauricio Flores
Jon Nathanson
Kazuki Kaneuchi
Ashish Bhatia
Mallika Ramamurthy
Cigdem Toraman
Juan Acosta
Nilesh Shah
Speakers
Nuno Goncalves Pedro
Allison Steitz
Marin Lesot
Anupam Rastogi
Juan Acosta
Agenda
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Registration, welcome Pizza.
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm: Introduction by Organizers.
6:15 pm - 7:00 pm: Panel Discussion on the topic: "Crowdfunding vs Angel-funding vs Venture Capital".
During this section, the true sharks of the investment industry will share their own experiences.
7:00 pm – 7:15 pm: Coffee Break.
7:15 pm – 9:15 pm: Startups Competition.
Each founder will have 4 minutes for a pitch, and another 5-10 minutes for questions, comments, and suggestions by Judges.
9:15 pm - 10:00 pm: Networking.
It is a good opportunity to spend time with the right people of the venture community in an informal setting with pleasure and profit.
About:
Congratulations to the winner of the 156th Unicorn Battle - Wise
Wise, a Techstars NYC 2019 company, offers next-gen business banking features that include an FDIC-insured checking account and Visa debit card in partnership with BBVA USA. In the coming months, Wise plans to roll out additional small business-focused products and services such as payments, invoicing, credit card and point of sale.
We are grateful to the experienced and influenced VCs and Angel Investors, which joined the Judges’ Panel at the Startup Battle!
You can find the list at the section Judges on the event page: https://battle.startup.network/events/396686/#judges
Special gratitude goes to our star Venue Partner - Star Spece.
On Star Space's work campuses, you’ll meet like-minded entrepreneurs who work for being and living, not just for making a living. They are hosts, but consider it your own space to be. Join in with the community for coworking, private offices, or events. Star Space is here to make you, your ideas, and your company shine.
The Startup Battle was started with Panel Discussion.
Alexander Soroka, CEO at Startup.Network, became the Moderator of the Panel Discussion.
All Speakers are announced at the section Speakers on the event page: https://battle.startup.network/events/396686/#speakers
This time, our sophisticated Speakers talked about differences between investment options"Crowdfunding vs Angel-funding vs Venture Capital".
The second part of the Battle was dedicated to the Pitch Competition.
Ten pre-selected Startups were presented to the wide audience of the venture community.
During the Pitch Competition, Judges marked each startup.
You can find the rating of all Startups according to the Judges' voting at the section Startups on the event page https://battle.startup.network/events/396686/#startups
Startup.Network is grateful to Investors, Experts, Entrepreneurs and Guests who attended the 156th Unicorn Battle in Sunnyvale.
Don’t miss the upcoming:
- 157 Unicorn Battle in Los Angeles on October 10;
- 161 Unicorn Battle in New York on November 12 ;
- 162 Unicorn Battle in Boston on November 14.
Testimonials
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
