Z2D DEMOS & F*CKUPS: Startup Showcase & Founder Stories
At our last Zero to Demo venture sprint, the best teams got two more months to keep going as part of our Fellowship – taking what they built in a weekend and pushing it further. Now they’re back to show us where they got.
This won’t be the polished, everything-went-perfectly version. We want the parts that usually disappear from the pitch deck too: what worked, what didn’t, what they learned, and what they changed because of it.
🚀 What to expect
Demos from our fellows and alumni
See what they built and how far they’ve come since Zero to Demo.
Fuckup stories from people who should know better by now
Experienced founders, exited entrepreneurs and investors will share the bad calls, wrong assumptions and embarrassing moments that taught them the most.
A jury that has to confess too
Some of the same people judging the demos will also get on stage and share their own fuckups.
🕒 Agenda
17:00–17:30 Doors, drinks & mingling
17:30–17:40 Welcome + framing
17:40–18:00 Fellowship demos
2 live pitches with jury Q&A + 1 video demo
18:00–18:20 Jury fuckup stories
2 speakers
18:20–18:40 Break
18:40–19:15 Alumni demos
4 pitches, each with jury Q&A
19:15–19:25 Final fuckup story
Jury deliberates in parallel
19:25–19:35 Jury shoutouts + closing
19:35–21:00 Drinks & networking