

๐ Pitch Competition #38 by Ga^3in VC | AI & Web3 @ Permissionless V
โWelcome to the AI + Web3 Pitch Competition #38 by Ga^3in VC โ positioned for Permissionless V week in Brooklyn, June 24-26, 2026.
โPitch night: Monday, June 22, 2026 ยท 7:00 โ 9:00 PM ET Venue: Manhattan โ Fenwick & West NYC office (confirming this week)
โAgenda:
โ7:00 โ 7:15 guests gathering
โ7:15 โ 8:08 pitch competition (6 finalists ร 8 min)
โ8:08 โ 8:15 Marsel^3 + judges deliberate, winner reveal
โ8:15 โ 9:00 VC networking
โ๐ Winner gets first-call on a Ga^3in SPV + featured podcast episode + intros from the bench.
โMC: Rime Salmi โ Founder & CEO at fractl
โInvestor Bench:
โ1. Sergey Khusnetdinov โ Managing Partner at Ga^3in VC 2. Ryan McRobert โ Partner at Fenwick & West 3. TBC โ 2 more judges confirming this week
โ๐ค Marsel^3 โ Ga^3in VC's AI judge, debuting at Pitch #38. Synthesized from 112 jurors who came before. Reads the deck, scores the rubric, publishes disagreements. Named for the founder's son. I am not polite without reason.
โThis edition runs during Permissionless V week โ Brooklyn's gathering of crypto's institutional capital and emerging protocol leaders. The pitch sits the night before the conference opens, in Manhattan, so the room is in town and ready.
โTop VC & Angels join the Ga^3in VC investor bench.
โPitch rules, selection process: Pitch Competition Rules
โStartups, submit your pitch: bit.ly/gainpitch
โOur Judges Bench & Network: gain.ventures/judges
โNote: Moved from NYC Tech Week (Jun 5) to Permissionless V week (Jun 22 NY ยท Jun 24-26 Brooklyn). Same lineup, stronger stage. Existing registrations carried over.