Ga^3in VC AI+ Investor Forum | New York
Ten AI startups. One VC bench. Thursday in Manhattan.
Thursday, October 29 · 5:00–7:30 PM · Hosted with Fenwick, with Ryan McRobert, Partner at Fenwick
At a glance
38 pitch competitions · 303 startups · 108 judges since 2023
Alumni include Blaze (YC S24), Flashback (Outlier Ventures) and Haiku ($1M pre-seed, Big Brain Holdings)
A room of VCs, angels and family offices. Every guest is approved by hand
What you get
Founders: 3 minutes on stage, then 4 minutes of Q&A with the investor bench. Apply to pitch
Investors: 10 screened AI startups in 70 minutes, and the founders in the room afterwards. Join the bench
How the lineup is chosen: social voting, the judges' picks, and 2 wild cards drawn live from ticket holders who have submitted a PDF deck. Rules (PDF)
Line-up: the judges' picks
Ndeipi: tokenized real-world asset infrastructure for emerging markets
Fish Network: fund tools for investment clubs and emerging managers
More startups join through social voting and the 2 live wild cards.
Agenda
5:00 - 5:15 PM guests gathering / networking
5:15 - 6:25 PM pitch competition
6:25 - 7:30 PM winner announcement and VC networking
MC: Sergey Khusnetdinov - managing partner at Ga^3in VC, prof. at SKEMA Business School
Investor Bench:
Ross Lukatsevich - Partner at One Zero Capital (Better Mortgage, Zopa Bank, Climb Credit), Founder, Chairman and CEO of Tanzin Capital
Ryan McRobert - Partner at Fenwick
More judges to be announced
Partners: Fenwick - Premier Legal Partner DukeGEN - Community Partner
🎟 Tickets Founders, judges and Ga^3in members attend free. Investors $100. Service providers $1,500, 3 available. General admission $25. Every registration is reviewed and seating is limited. The exact Manhattan address goes to approved guests. Building security requires your full legal name.
Why Ga^3in VC
Capital: Ga^3in VC has invested in Anthropic, SpaceX, Kraken, Circle and Discord
Network: 22,000+ founders, investors and operators in the Ga^3in VC community, across three continents
Past judges came from:
108 judges have scored our pitch competitions. See the full bench: gain.ventures/judges
Past Pitch Competitions:
#37 · Miami · May 2026
#36 · Denver · Feb 2026
#35 · Miami · Dec 2025
#34 · San Francisco · Oct 2025
#33 · Singapore · Oct 2025
#32 · Seoul · Sep 2025
#31 · Boston · Sep 2025
#30 · New York · Aug 2025
#29 · Berkeley · Aug 2025
#28 · Chicago · Jul 2025
#27 · Cannes · Jul 2025
#26 · Brooklyn · Jun 2025
#25 · New York · Jun 2025
#24 · Las Vegas · May 2025
#23 · Toronto · May 2025
#22 · Dubai · Apr 2025
#21 · New York · Mar 2025
#20 · Denver · Feb 2025
#19 · Hong Kong · Feb 2025
#18 · Durham · Feb 2025
#17 · Tokyo · Feb 2025
#16 · Miami · Dec 2024
#15 · New York · Nov 2024
#14 · Bangkok · Nov 2024
#13 · Dubai · Oct 2024
#12 · Los Angeles · Oct 2024
#11 · New York · Oct 2024
#10 · Singapore · Sep 2024
#9 · Nashville · Jul 2024
#8 · Brussels · Jul 2024
#7 · New York · Jun 2024
#6 · Austin · May 2024
#5 · Dubai · Apr 2024
#4 · Durham · Mar 2024
#3 · Durham · Nov 2023
#2 · New York · Oct 2023
#1 · Durham · Sep 2023
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