EchoHer Pitch #11: A Virtual Stage for Women Founders
A Virtual Stage for Women Founders is an opportunity for selected founders to share their startup with the EchoHer community.
Founders will first complete the pitch application. The EchoHer team will review all submissions, and selected founders will receive an email confirmation with next steps. We will also host an office hour to help selected participants prepare for the virtual pitch session.
During the event, each founder will deliver a 3-minute pitch, followed by 3–5 minutes of live investor feedback and audience Q&A.
This event is open to everyone who wants to support women founders, discover emerging startups, and connect with investors, operators, and the broader startup community.
Spots are limited, so we may not be able to include everyone in this round. However, EchoHer hosts pitch events regularly, and we encourage founders to apply again for future opportunities.
Pitching Order
Lelia Lawson — Founder, Zylotex Inc.
Jaci Turner — CEO, Emotion-First AI
Leah Uzzan — Co-Founder & CEO, Mise
Skye Zhou — COO, Jobotics
Lexi Lewis — Founder, Bone-IQ
Peggy Xia — Co-Founder & CEO, gNucleus AI
Our Investors
Ben Sun is an active investor and advisor across the startup and venture ecosystem, serving as an advisor at Berkeley SkyDeck alongside leadership roles in venture capital and active angel investing. He also serves as Senior Advisor to the Dean at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
Rikki is a strategy and operations leader with experience driving growth, innovation, and digital transformation across global organizations and emerging ventures. Having worked across Asia and the U.S., she brings a cross-market perspective on building businesses, scaling operations, and turning ideas into meaningful impact.
Abeera Saeed is the NYC Ventures Principal at Plug and Play and VP of Operations and Investments at Propel Capital. Previously, she served as a senior risk analyst at Goldman Sachs and was a Democracy and Economy fellow at the Brookings Institution. Abeera is also the co-founder and CEO of the ALI Leadership Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to mentoring urban youth. She holds a B.A. from Yale University, where she was a Presidential Public Service Fellow. She resides in Jersey City and enjoys ice skating, baking, and Michelle Yeoh's films.
Host
EchoHer is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women and non-binary founders and funders by increasing their representation and success in entrepreneurship. We foster a supportive ecosystem that drives meaningful change and creates impactful opportunities through monthly events, co-working opportunities, curated networking sessions, pitch nights, and insightful panel discussions.