West Coast Pitch Day in SF l Founder Institute Showcase
⭐️Founder Institute’s first ever West Coast Pitch Day ⭐️
Who are our FI spring 2025 founders?
✅ Former founding CTO of a $1.7B startup
✅ CPO with experience scaling to 100M users
✅ Founder who raised $30M through crowdfunding
✅ Founder who led $300M in DTC sales
✅ Former physiotherapist
✅ Co-founder & CTO who had recent
exit at $XXM
✅ Multi-time Chief Compliance Officer from billion-dollar companies
And more!
📍Join us live in San Francisco as selected founders from California (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Diego, Orange County, Irvine), Las Vegas, Seattle, and beyond take the stage to pitch their companies to a global audience of investors, advisors, and ecosystem leaders.
🌍 Why Attend?
Discover startups before the rest of the world
Network with curated VCs, angels, mentors, and founders
👉 As part of our startup ecosystem support, we’re selecting a few startups from the public to pitch at the event. Don’t miss your chance - register now for a chance to be selected!
Half of our attendees are active investors, with the rest made up of accomplished mentors and selected founders.
To match the caliber of our audience, there will be an award-winning wine label for curated wine pouring at the event 🍷
🗓️Agenda:
- Check-in & Networking
- Welcome Remark & Founder Institute
- Startup Pitches Batch #1
- Investor Panel Discussion
- Startup Pitches Batch #2
- Closing & Networking
💡 About Founder Institute
Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Silicon Valley, the Founder Institute (FI) is the world’s largest network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses.
FI by the numbers:
💰 $1.75B+ in funding raised by portfolio companies
🌐 7,500+ startups launched globally
🤝 35,000+ mentors and +10,000 investors in our network
📈 83% of companies are active over 5 years or have been acquired
🧠 Backed by leading VCs like Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, SoftBank, and more
Come see what the future looks like - and meet the founders building it.
Approval-Based, prioritizing investors!