Investor Feedback Forum and Pitch Showdown

Wednesday February 22nd 2012 (6:30pm EST)

Boston Investor Panel

Joe Caruso Bantam Group	Jonah Lupton Parabolic Ventures	Glenn Champagne Data Point Ventures	William Crowder Dreamit Ventures

• Joe Caruso (@joecaruso2020) Founder and Angel Investor at Bantam Group. 20 years as an entrepreneurial superstar investing and advising extremely successful companies.
   
• Jonah Lupton (@jonahlupton) Founder and Investor at Parabolic Ventures. Serial entrepreneur, advisor, and aspiring philanthropist.
   
• Glenn Champagne (@glennchampagne) Managing Director at Datapoint Ventures and advisor at The Capital Network
   
• William Crowder (@williamcrowder) Managing Director at Dreamit Ventures

Startup Pitches

1. Peter Verrillo   -  http://EnHatch.com
2. Brian Lynn         -  http://www.sociabo.com
3. Nicolas Xu         -  http://www.bookkeepingBots.com
4. Aaron Ganick   -  http://bytelight.net
5. Greg Rublev     -  http://www.leanwagon.com
6. Luca Pinello     -  http://www.lillipuz.com

7. John Moore     -  http://PrescribableApps.com

8. Vijay Gaur        -   http://www.appbrick.com

9. Jason Turner   -  http://yourstageyourmusic.com

Agenda

• 6:30pm –  Pizza, networking and introductions
• 6:45pm –  Investor Feedback Forum – 8-10 startups pitch to an investor panel; the panel provides actionable advice for each pitch
• 8:15pm – Pitch Showdown - audience voting via Twitter; winners announced and prizes awarded
• 8:30pm – Drinks at nearby location

Event Format

The Investor Feedback Forum and Pitch Showdown is designed to:

• Help early stage startups refine their investor pitch
• Provide helpful, actionable advice on each startups business model from active, early-stage tech startup investors
• Demonstrate to the audience how investors evaluate startup pitches
• Award prizes to the most viable startups, based on audience and panel voting.

• Top three winning startups will be awarded a $200 credit from Amazon Web Services 
• Every startup pitching receives a complimentary one week pass to WorkBar Boston. 
  (5 consective days, to be redeemed within 30 days of ULS event)
• First place winner of the pitch showdown will receive a $1000 credit worth of legal services from our local preferred provider Mintz Levin
• Special access to the Ultra Light Founders club.

At the Investor Feedback Forum, the panel and the startup pitches are integrated into a single session. Startups pitch to a panel of early-stage technology investors.  Each startup gives a pitch and brief demonstration of his/her product.  The panel and audience ask follow-up questions after each pitch.  The panel gives constructive feedback to each startup pitching.  At the end of the series of pitches, the audience votes for their favorite pitches via Twitter.  The winners are announced and prizes are awarded.  Then we go for drinks nearby. 

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