Bruin Tank Startup Pitch Competition

420 Charles E Young Drive West,Los Angeles CA 90095

26 February, 2023

Description

Interested in learning more about startups, entrepreneurship, or how pitching works? Come out to Bruin Tank 2023 on February 26, 2023! See teams battle it out live as they pitch their ideas to a panel of star-studded judges representing funds such as M12, Techstars LA, Boost VC and Halogen Ventures etc. Investors from Gryhon Ventures, Rough Draft Ventures, and Crescent Fund will also be in attendance ready to write checks to student startups! If that doesn’t sound like enough fun, we will also have a mini job fair with an AI startup recruiting for student interns. Finally, our presenting guest speaker will be Blake Michael, Disney Channel star from Lemonade Mouth and Dog with a Blog, who is now a founder and VC investor. You do not want to miss out on this event! Follow us on Instagram @bruintank.ucla to stay up to date with event details, perks, prizes and more! If you would like to participate in the pitch competition, apply by submitting your 5min pitch video here: bit.ly/bruintank2023 Judges in attendance: Ahmed Mirza - Investor @Techstar LA Cheryl Fichter - Portfolio Development Manager @M12 (Microsoft's venture fund) Adam Draper - Founder & Managing Director @Boost VC Jesse Draper - General Partner @Halogen Ventures Nick Eischens - Co-founder, COO @Popl Max Strickberger - Founder @IF Ventures Kevin Liu, Helena Zhang - Investor @Decent Capital Puneet Nanda - CEO @GuruNanda LLC Student-run venture funds in attendance (ready to write checks from $25K to $150K): Rough Draft Ventures, Crescent Fund, Gryphon Ventures