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. 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.