2025 MatchPlay Startup Summit
Join us for the 2nd annual MatchPlay Startup Summit, located in the heart of Midtown NYC!
A curated event where founders, investors, innovators and ecosystem enablers connect, collaborate, and raise capital. Following up from last year’s successful inaugural summit in Austin, TX, this year’s experience expands programming to maximize invaluable connections and enhance deal flow.
Let's build bridges, break boundaries, and unlock the full potential of entrepreneurial innovation
What to Expect:
Summit (1–4pm): Panels, fireside chats, and startup spotlights focused on fundraising and scaling.
Networking (4–6pm): Cocktail reception with curated introductions between founders, investors, and partners
VC–Founder Dinner (7–9pm, INVITE-ONLY): Exclusive dinner for high-potential founders and active investors.
Who Should Attend: Founders raising capital, investors seeking curated deal flow, startup ecosystem enablers and partners supporting early-stage venture growth
NOTE: Please register using the form (you will be e-mailed upon successful registration & approval).
We look forward to welcoming you in harnessing the joint strength of our entrepreneurial and venture ecosystems and creating memorable connections together!
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⛳ About MatchPlay
MatchPlay Group is a syndicate of funds that conducts due diligence, navigates founders, and matches them to the right investors at the optimal time.
Through its rigorous due diligence and founder navigation process, MatchPlay identifies, evaluates, and supports early-stage companies across life sciences, fintech, and B2B SaaS. The platform not only bridges capital and opportunity but also provides hands-on guidance to help founders refine their strategy, scale sustainably, and prepare for institutional investment. MatchPlay’s ecosystem is built on collaboration, transparency, and precision — ensuring that both founders and investors achieve aligned, long-term success.
How To Get Involved
For any assistance, queries or partnership inquiries, reach out to:
Shawheen Attar (Co-Founder: MatchPlay Group)
[email protected]
About Lowenstein Sandler
Lowenstein Sandler’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) group provides a tailored approach to the legal strategies and services essential for the successful launch, growth, and culmination of new enterprises. Our collaborative, multidisciplinary ECVC practice takes a 360° approach to innovation, investment, and business, representing both investors and startups across the technology, life science and healthcare vertical throughout all stages of a company’s life cycle.
Each year, our ECVC group helps create hundreds of new businesses and closes thousands of transactions. Because we represent both investors and companies seeking financing, we are ideally positioned to facilitate fruitful relationships between startup, emerging, and growth companies and providers of capital. Our law firm serves as outside general counsel to many technology and life science companies, often counseling them on matters involving financings, licensing, and intellectual property.
Have questions or want to connect? Reach out to Abe Kwon (Partner - Emerging Companies & Venture Capital, Lowenstein Sandler) at [email protected].