Funding Breakthrough Lab: Mega Demo Day!
Join us for Funding Breakthrough Lab's final pitch day for Cohort Gamma!
Funding Breakthrough Lab is known for getting people with deep expertise building amazing startups. We pride ourselves on the diversity and likelihood of founder success based on psychometric analysis.
If you're an investor, come witness our top pitches. Ask questions to invest in founders that are backed by a supportive community that supports increases their resilience and network increasing their chances of success.
If you're a founder and curious about our accelerator come and network with our members and speakers to hear from them personally!
Join us for some light snacks and drinks as we watch Cohort Alpha Pitch their startups.
Come join if:
You're an investor and looking to invest in angle & pre-seed/seed stage companies
You're founder looking to join an pre-accelerator and want a supportive community
You're curious about latest innovative ideas
Agenda:
5:00-5:30pm Reception + Networking
5:30-6:10pm How to Raise in 2026
6:10-8:00pm FBL Pitches + Q&A
8:00-8:30pm Networking
Panel: How to Raise in 2026
Chjango is the General Partner of Aexodus Capital, a deep tech robotics VC firm investing in hardware automation in legacy sectors that are due for disruption. Aexodus identifies robotic solutions that relieve bottlenecks in supply chain, manufacturing, automotive, energy, and space.Prior to Aexodus, Chjango started her career at NASA JPL and was the principal architect who bootstrapped the ecosystem behind a top 20 cryptocurrency, Cosmos ATOM, driving the total AUM of its aggregate ecosystem by coin mcap from $10m to over $80bn in 4 years. She's been scaling and investing in deep tech ecosystems since 2014.
Daria Pelini is a Senior Associate at Plug and Play, Investing up to $2.5M in Financial Services & AI companies.
Annija Eizenarma has spent 7+ years building and scaling startups from the ground up across the construction and mobility industries, bootstrapping from vision to foundations, teams, sales, partnerships, and marketing. She has acquired a business, led an M&A process, and successfully exited her own company. Now based in San Francisco, she works at the intersection of building and venture, founding companies, advising startups hands-on, and helping international teams break into the U.S. market. She is passionate about applying AI to traditional industries, believing the next wave of iconic companies will modernize how the world works by merging new technology with old systems. A dedicated mentor who lives by the principle of Givers Gain, she has supported 100+ founders across Techstars, EWOR, and other global networks.
Vince Kohli
Vince Kohli, An Empathy Scholar, is a Limited Partner/Silicon Valley Early-stage Impact Tech Venture Capital Investor primarily focus to make StarUps public on the US Stock ExchangeVince is a 7X Tech Entrepreneur, Serial Business Builder, Product Visionary, Inventor, Problem Thinking Doer, Public Speaker, Author, Corporate Startup Innovation at Honda Innovation, Samsung Tech Impact and Corporate Ventures with HP Ventures, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Toyota AI He serves as a StartpUp Judge at MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Google, Samsung, IBM, and NASA iTech.
Most recently his AI research report got over 1800+ reactions with millions of impressions as the fastest impact AI report, and can be compared to Google Cloud CEO LinkedIn Post reactions. He believes AI is only significant if the model reflects feelings or empathetic emotions to be sincerely considered as really intelligent and impactful to the socie
Companies
Astrapuffs by Carissa Karban Creating the first shared world for humans and AI to play together.
BeeLinks AI Inc by Ancy Thomas Health tech platform for cancer patients and caregivers
Vera Robotics by Lee Davidson Vera Robotics is developing a robotics platform that utilizes advanced computer vision for precise, permanent hair removal.
Paaw by Chloe Fabiani Paaw is an AI-native pet adoption marketplace that matches families with their perfect pet.
BStill AI by Yueyue Wang bstill.ai is a wellness technology company creating an intelligent somatic companion that uses bio-responsive tactile vibrations to physically reset the nervous system and manage acute stress in 10 seconds, completely off-screen.
Whippet System by Thi Nguyen Whippet returns engineering time in regulated medical device development by making quality processes effective.
Kiku by Lyvia Chapman Kiku automates ADA Title II compliance for local governments.
Quadrant4 by Becky Ann Hughes AI that turns $750B of wasted marketing spend into growth.
QuietConversion by Rhea Lynn Mascarinas Health Check for Early Stage Startups in High Trust Verticals
Evlin by Esen Edtech company for parents
SinManos by Carl Hildebrandt SinManos is the intelligence layer connecting real-world driving data to traffic laws.
Plinth Infrastructure AI by Karen DeGannes The marketplace where (physical) AI infrastructure gets built.
PitchBee by Jennifer Souza PichBee: Pitch your vision to investors in a 5 min video
Hosts:
Funding Breakthrough Lab is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit pre-accelerator with a mission of creating a supportive 23,000+ community to build a better tomorrow. With a focus on founder success vs startup success, we provide education, networks, and resources to unlock founder potential while championing diversity, inclusion, and authenticity. Founded by Natalie Pan, an engineer, community builder and executive coach. Subscribe to https://luma.com/fbl Apply for the next cohort here https://fundingbreakthroughlab.org.
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