11/16 Startup Pitch Salon | Investor Feedback
🚀 WeShine Entrepreneurship Salon and EntreConnect
We are excited to co-host a monthly highly curated startup pitch event, bringing together top early-stage founders, seasoned investors, and engaged audiences for an event of insight, feedback, and community.
🌟 What to Expect
Live Startup Pitches: Hand-selected startups present their ventures on stage
Investor Feedback: Renowned investors share real-time insights and advice
Audience Voting: Cast your vote for the most promising pitch of the event
Award Session: Winning teams will receive exclusive coaching opportunities
💡 Final Selected Startups
Ogent AI (Anup Balagopal): an executive assistant that automates SMB workflows across POS, accounting, and vendor tools to drastically cut manual work and boost margins.
Continuum (Michelle Shocron): automates After Effects to generate real-time personalized social content, cutting campaign production time by 95% and increasing ROI.
InsightsOut (Nima Imani): an AI mental-health companion that turns reflections into clear emotional patterns and personalized guidance.
Investra, Inc (Lilit Yenokyan): provides instant AI-driven property analysis to help realtors and investors evaluate returns and make fast, data-backed decisions.
Verza (Serge Amouzou): building the financial OS for creators, centralizing accounting, taxes, and financial management in one automated platform.
OpenGraph (Julia Kim): collects large-scale robotic manipulation data 1,000× faster, powering the training of general-purpose Physical AI.
FLIKFORGE (Jeff Allen): a video DataOps platform used by Adobe, OpenAI, and Google to streamline and automate video data workflows.
Buzzable (Hesam Jafari): an agentic AI platform that unifies event creation, community growth, networking, and ROI analytics for the event industry.
💼 Participating Investors/Advisors:
Allen Hu, Parter @ CVC
Priyesh, Qualcomm Ventures
Jason, Managing Parter @ Lamarka Consulting
Bain, PHX Capital
Yanchen S., General Partner @ Roundtable Ventures
Suresh, Procept BioRobotics
Lu Wang, WeShine Technical Advisor
Carey, Investment Analyst
Oleh, Mentor @ Beta University
Prerak T, Paypal, Ex- Meta
Neeraj N, Meta
Call for Investors:
We are forming a powerful Investor Advisor Group to support early-stage founders. Benefits include:
✔️ Early access to top-tier pitch decks
✔️ Recognition as a Featured Guest Investor
✔️ Community Impact Award from WeShine
👉 Interested? Please let us know. https://forms.gle/X5WdMbLphs1NgvHNA
🎟 Audience – Be Part of the Action
Attend the event to:
Hear some of the most promising new startups
Learn from expert feedback
Vote for your favorite pitches
Connect with the local founder-investor community
🌐 Organizers
About the Organizers
🌟 WeShine Entrepreneurship Organization
Bay Area–based nonprofit bringing together top entrepreneurs, investors, scientists, and business leaders. We facilitate investment opportunities, help businesses expand globally, and provide expert coaching. With 100+ pitch events & founder meetups hosted, our community truly lives by “We Shine Together.” WeShine Linkedin
🌟 EntreConnect
EntreConnect is a dynamic community of entrepreneurs and investors, founded in 2023 to empower those building and scaling businesses. We have brought together 32,000+ entrepreneurs, operators, business leaders, and investors through our events, fostering collaboration and fueling innovation across the global startup ecosystem. Follow our LinkedIn for upcoming events. 👉 Sign up here to secure exclusive early access!
🌟 Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs (SVE)
Part of F50’s global network, SVE is the largest grassroots founder movement in the Bay Area, active since 2008. With 38,000+ members, we empower entrepreneurs to showcase innovations, pitch ideas, and connect in Silicon Valley’s vibrant ecosystem.