Galaxy, Gradient and Lux VCs will judge the TC sessions: Crypto pitch-off • TechCrunch
One of the most popular activities at a TechCrunch conference is watching first-rate early-stage founders battle it out in a pitch competition. Seriously, who doesn’t love a pitch-off? And the Crypto Pitch-off is just one compelling reason to go to TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto on November 17 in Miami. Let’s take a look at the judges our intrepid startups have to impress.
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Okay, back to the pitch. Be in the room as three of the smartest early-stage crypto startups take the stage in front of a live audience—for glory, for media and investor interest, and, drum roll, for an automatic spot in the Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2023 TechCrunch handpicks a group of 200 early-stage startups stage to receive a VIP Disrupt experience that includes, for one, exhibiting all three days of the show – for free.
The challengers will pitch their technology to this panel of expert VCs: Grace Isfordprincipal, Lux Capital; Wen-Wen Lam, partner, Gradient Ventures; and Will Nuellegeneral partner, Galaxy Ventures — check out their bonafides below.
Grace Isford invests in the connection between web3, data infrastructure and AI/ML applications. She focuses on crypto and blockchain infrastructure companies building the next-generation web3 stack, as well as on data and machine learning startups hyper-personalizing user experiences and transforming legacy industries.
At Lux, Isford works with companies such as Tactic, Goldsky and RunwayML. Before joining Lux, she worked at Canvas Ventures and Handshake (in product management), and she earned her BS and MS from Stanford University.
Before joining Gradient Ventures, Wen-Wen Lam was CEO and co-founder of NexTravel (YCW15), a leading corporate travel solution serving thousands of customers such as Lyft, Twilio and Stripe. She grew the business to over $100 million in annual sales before exiting to TravelPerk in 2020.
Before founding NexTravel, Lam worked with startups in leadership roles. She earned a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley and her MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business, and she began her career in technology at LinkedIn.
Will Nuelle focuses on early investments in protocol layer infrastructure, DeFi applications and software products. Nuelle started at Galaxy Ventures in research, where he developed quantitative risk software for trading.
Before joining Galaxy, he built incentive simulations for the Ethereum protocol FOAM as an intern. He holds BS degrees in mathematics and architecture from Stanford University. He is a board member of Skolem Technologies and has led more than 13 investments for Galaxy.
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