Hardware Pitch Night - Studio 45
Join us for an evening of live pitches and demos from hardware founders working on frontier technologies for the physical world.
We'll be showcasing 6 breakthrough hardware startups pitching to a live panel of leading VCs giving on the spot feedback. Real pitches, real feedback, and the kind of in-person networking that only happens when people who love hardware, build hardware, and invest in hardware are in the room.
Here's the agenda for the night:
6:00-6:45pm: Arrival & Networking
6:45-7:45pm: Pitches & Feedback
7:45-9:00pm: Networking & Wrap up
Startups:
This month we're offering a two-week mini-accelerator exclusive to this hardware community in partnership with TheSprintFit.
Sign up to get live pitch mentoring and matchmaking under the guidance of Founder Kruti Baires and Investor Tess Robinson. Then get a chance to pitch the night of this event!
🗓️ Join the Info Session at this link 👈 - the cohort starts Sep 9th!
Judges:
If you invest in hardware, we'd love for you to join our panel of judges. Email nate@informal.fund if interested!
Brought to you by:
RiseLink Semiconductor company building WiFi chips for AI-connected devices. RiseLink works with hardware builders from prototype to production and is growing one of the first developer ecosystems for physical AI. riselink.ai
informal is a freelance collective for the most talented independent professionals in hardware. Whether you’re looking for a single contractor, a full-time employee, or an entire team of professionals to work on everything from product development to go-to-market strategy, the informal collective has the perfect collection of people for the job.
informal fund is an angel syndicate for hardware investors. It's hard enough to build a hardware startup: finding hardware friendly capital shouldn't be too. informal fund connects the dots between investors who know hardware and the founders building it. If you're an accredited investor, apply to join the syndicate here.
TheSprintFit is built for Unseen Founders—the women, non-binary, and underrepresented change-makers working on urgent problems in HealthTech, FemTech, Women's Health, MedTech, SaaS Fintech, Consumer Tech, B2B workflows, AI—often without the networks that unlock capital.
Studio 45 - informal spaces SF is a physical space for entrepreneurs and teams building hardware in SF. Located in Mission/Bernal Area, the studio gathers the community, resources, space, and tools needed to build a business making physical products.
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