Leap: Online Speed Dating

​Calling all Pre-seed and Seed founders!

​On January 27, Leap returns — giving Seed and Pre-seed startups the chance to secure funding. We’re bringing together 10 early-stage startups and 10 seasoned investors for 7-minute, one-on-one speed-dating meetings.

​Participants may secure funding directly from investors, and the winner is fast-tracked to the final stage of the P2S investment process.

​This time, confirmed investors include:

​🔹 Nikolay Kirpichnikov (Smart Partnership Capital) — Ondato, Respond.io, eToro, PitchMe, AMMA
🔹 Alex Korchevskiy (I2BF Global Ventures) — ServiceTitan, Airalo, Nothing
🔹 Sergei Bogdanov (Yellow Rocks) — Buddy, Praktika AI, GPU Audio
🔹 Martin Tobias (Incisive Ventures) — 2x IPO CEO, founder of LoudEye ($175M raised) and Upgrade Labs, now a pre-seed investor with 70+ portfolio companies, including Zapier, Carta, and UiPath.
🔹 George Lin (Halfcourt Capital) — Consensus, Rain AI, Jozu, Stochastic
🔹 Gary Benerofe (Mu Ventures) — Balance, Alloy, Videowise
🔹 Chet Kumar (Argonautic Ventures) — Grab, SuperAnnotate, Procore, The Honest Company
🔹 Alexander Zemlyak (Geek Ventures) — Colors AI, Nomad Data, The Food Company
🔹 Jakub Zimola (J&T Ventures) — 720 Degrees, Scratch Wars, FetView
🔹 Anton Baranchuk (West Coast Equity Partners) — Robinhood, Klarna, Socure, OpenWeb, Glean, Anthropic
🔹 Danny Pantuso (Mucker Capital) — ServiceTitan, Honey, Kong
🔹 Mike MacCombie (Generous Ventures)

​Format

​The event will take place online on Airmeet and will last 80 minutes. Each startup will have a 7-minute session with each of the 10 investors.

​Prize

​The winner will receive a fast-track to the Pre-Seed to Succeed investment committee.

​If you have any questions please contact us: [email protected], [email protected].

​​​P2S.vc

​Pre-seed to Succeed (P2S) is helping young and ambitious companies raise their first funding round. It's an investment program launched by AltaIR Capital, Yellow Rocks, Smart Partnership Capital and I2BF Global Ventures. The P2S is designed for startups in the early stages with MVP and first traction and focuses on the following industries: B2B / SaaS, FinTech, AI, Future of Work, Productivity Tools, Digital Health, HR Tech.
The program offers initial funding from participating venture companies, ongoing support from seasoned experts and mentors, and 50% of the next round for proven startups.

​​​More information about the program: p2s.vc