​What does a candid conversation with experienced investors actually sound like?

​Join Venturous Counsel for the fourth installment of Inside the Investor Mind, an informal, founder-focused conversation designed to give attendees a closer look at how investors think.

​We’re bringing together a panel of experienced investors and startup advisors with different backgrounds, perspectives, and approaches to venture investing. Patricia Liu, founder of Venture-Ready Pitching and co-president of MIT Angels, will join the panel, with additional panelists currently being confirmed. The conversation will be candid, practical, and shaped by the people in the room, with plenty of space for founder questions and direct discussion.

​The event will also feature pitches from a small group of selected startups. Presenting founders will receive live feedback from the panel, while attendees will get to hear how investors respond to companies and pitches in real time.

​Interested in pitching? Submit your startup for consideration HERE.

​Program

​4:30 PM – Arrival and introductions
4:45 PM – Investor panel and Q&A
5:45 PM – Startup pitches and investor feedback
6:15 PM – Dinner, drinks, and networking

​About the Investors

​Cristina Apple Georgoulakis

​Cristina is an early-stage investor, operator, advisor, and board member who has spent her career on both sides of the startup and venture table. A former Partner at 776, she is now a Founding Advisor and Founder Mentor at WHIPSAW, serves on the board of ScorePlay, and is a Founding Advisor to Shark Tooth Biotech.

​Before entering venture capital, Cristina co-founded an e-learning SaaS company in Barcelona and later moved to San Francisco, where she helped open Typeform’s first U.S. office. She went on to hold leadership roles at Typeform and Contentful, building and scaling teams inside high-growth technology companies. She now works closely with early-stage founders on fundraising, growth, and the difficult decisions that come with building a company.

​Cristina is also a writer, speaker, rare disease advocate, and mother working to advance research and awareness around her son’s rare genetic disease.

​Learn more: /claki

​Patricia Liu

​Patricia is a startup pitch advisor and angel investor who works with early-stage founders on pitch decks, presentations, and communicating the venture-scale potential of their companies. She is the founder of Venture-Ready Pitching and currently serves as Co-President of MIT Alumni Angels of NorCal.

​Patricia also advises founders through Alchemist Accelerator and Inception Studio and serves as an advisor and selection committee member at Berkeley SkyDeck. She has taught “Pitch Perfect: Mastering the Startup Presentation Deck” through Stanford Continuing Studies.

​Earlier in her career, Patricia spent nearly a decade at Accenture consulting with Fortune 500 companies before pursuing the culinary profession, including work with the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group. She holds both a BS and an MEng in computer science from MIT.

​Learn more: /pjlconsulting

​About the Host

​Venturous Counsel is a mission-driven law firm that serves as United States fractional general counsel to values-aligned and diverse-led startups and investors.

​Gratitude

​A special thank you to Korea Venture Investment Corp. (KVIC) for sharing its facilities for this event.

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