Pitch + Prize Reception

Join us for the 2018 Pitch & Prize Reception for StartHereNow 2018, the women's startup weekend. 

• This is the culmination of the 3rd annual StartHereNow women's startup weekend.
• Join us to see ten outstanding women-led startups pitch & receive $50,000 in prizes! 
• Open bar and light refreshments follow.

Agenda

3:00 - 5:00 pm:

• Competing startups give their final pitches & demonsrations in a high-energy format. Five minutes to pitch & demo, 3 minutes Q&A from judges
• Prizes awarded

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

• Reception, open bar & light refrehments

2018 Judges: 

• Gabriella Rowe | Managing Director, Station Houston
• Samina Farid | Entrepreneur & Investor
• Barbara Burger | President, Chevron Technology Ventures
• Juliana Garaizar | Angel Capital Association, Investment Committee at TMC Fund, Kauffman Fellow
• Stephanie Campbell | Managing Director, Houston Angel Network
• Amanda K. Edwards | Houston City Council, At-Large Position 4
• Diana Murakhovskaya | Co-Founder at Monarq / Investor / Advisor / Entrepreneur

2018 Sponsors: 

• Sustaining: Silicon Valley Bank 
• Gold: Quorum Software
• Silver: AECOM, Chevron
• Bronze: OPEN Houston, Rice Alliance, Strahan Cain
• In-Kind: Vela Wood, Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Doerr Institute for New Leaders, KIT, Rebellion Photonics, Madhatter Coalition, Orange River Advisors, Rena O Productions, the City of Houston’s Office of Business Opportunity, Bonanza Marketing, Carbono Dev, Fifteen Media, Growthlii, and Nordstrom.

About StartHereNow

StartHereNow is a startup weekend for women. Part incubator, part pitch-day, brainstorming session and hackathon, we help you Start your business. Here. Now.