Flip the Script: Reverse Investor Pitch
Fundraising is one of the only relationships where you’re expected to make a major life decision about someone who never had to impress you first. We’re changing that for one afternoon during NY Tech Week.
Lou Abrams, Director of Startup Banking at Silicon Valley Bank, has been on your side of the table. As a former fintech founder, he’s lived the fundraising grind: the coffee chats that go nowhere, the partners who never respond, the pressure of trying to read someone across a table while also selling your life’s work. He built this event because he wished it had existed when he needed it. So this one’s for the founders.
Investors on Deck
8 early-stage investors take the floor for 2.5 minutes each, making the case for who they are, what they back, and why you’d want them in your corner. Then a lightning round with the kind of questions you won’t find on their website.
No panels, no pitch decks, no PowerPoints. Just the humans behind the capital, in a room with founders who are building something real. Come meet them before you ever have to pitch them.
The Afternoon
12:30 — Doors open, food and drinks
1:15 — Investors take the floor
2:00 — Open floor, keep the conversations going
3:00 — Wrap
Who Should Attend
Pre-seed and seed stage founders, especially if you’re raising or planning to in the next 6 to 12 months. We’re capping founder attendance to keep the room intimate and the conversations real. RSVP subject to approval. Priority given to active founders.
Hosted By
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, is the bank of the world’s most innovative companies and investors. SVB provides commercial banking to startups in the technology, life science and healthcare, private equity, and venture capital industries. SVB operates in centers of innovation throughout the United States, serving the unique needs of its dynamic clients with deep sector expertise, insights and connections. Learn more at svb.com.
Sponsored by
Escalon Services, is a back-office services partner that helps growing companies stabilize finance and HR quickly, so leaders can focus on building the business instead of managing operational complexity. We support financial operations, accounting, revenue optimization, HR, recruiting, payroll, and more. Escalon isn’t just an outsourced back-office solution. We’re a strategic growth partner that helps teams scale with confidence. Discover more at https://escalon.services/.
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