Pitch + Prize Reception
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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.
Our mission is to create a supportive and collaborative environment where women can bring to life ideas that they are passionate about and build companies that solve big problems.
FAQ:
- The location for the finals is the Liu Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Rice University.
- The Liu Lab is on the ground floor of the Cambridge Building on the Rice University Campus, located at the corner of Main and Cambridge Streets, Houston, TX 77005.
- Parking is available in the basement of the Cambridge Building.
- Please check in at the front desk upon arrival.
- For more information, see www.startherenow.org.
Location
Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Cambridge Building on the Rice University Campus)
Houston, United States
Houston, United States
Date
From 30th September 2018 - 03:00 PM
to 30th September 2018 - 05:30 PM
to 30th September 2018 - 05:30 PM