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​Apply for the chance to pitch 3 VPs of Finance (2 publicly traded) and 1x Head of Finance from a $100M a16z funded startup.

​WHEN WILL I KNOW IF I'M PITCHING?

​5 startups are picked ahead of the event by pre-vote judges (finance executives), and 5 will be picked live by the panel for a total of 10. This is a low-stakes, fun environment, and it's not recorded :)

​​AGENDA

• ​​5-min --> buyers share top 3 priorities they're solving

• ​​30-min --> buyers review selected startup pitches live

• ​​1-min --> buyers select the most likely tool they'd consider buying (aka the winner 🏆)

• ​​20-min --> Q&A - a chance for those not selected to ask/pitch/discuss relevant questions to the panel

​WHAT IS A BUYER PITCH COMPETITION?

​​A chance for founders to pitch their tools to the VPs of Finance* at these companies with an estimated annual revenue of $1.7B 🚀 (GPT 5 estimate)

• ​​Auth0's VP, Accounting Operations and Finance Transformation Leslie Hui

• ​Confluent's (NASDAQ: CFLT) VP, Corporate FP&A Abhishek Nair

• ​Rillet's ($100M, a16z & Sequoia) Head of Finance Stephen Hedlund

• ​The Duckhorn Portfolio's (NYSE: NAPA) VP, Commercial Finance Niteka Negi

​​About your hosts: ​

​​Auth0 is an adaptable authentication and authorization platform that helps you secure your apps and AI agents. It delivers convenience, privacy, and security so you can focus on building a great UX.

​​One year of Auth0 free for startups: https://auth0.com/startups/profiles

​Confluent for Startups empowers the next generation of startups to scale with real-time data. Utilize free product credits along with expert technical help to deploy the power of Apache Kafka® and Apache Flink® while maintaining the speed and agility that early-stage businesses need.

​​Gravity is a time-based data provider that helps you uncover target prospects and engage startups that have just launched, recently raised funding, or are operating in stealth mode.

​​Swytchcode is the worlds first AI solutions engineer for API/SDK companies that helps in cost savings and boosting revenue.

​​The Founder Initiative is a podcast & event community to help founders hit product market-fit, drive durable growth, and get funded faster.

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