About the Summit

​Join us for an invite-only event for accredited investors, organized by Founder School, with pitch sessions, panels, and a final happy hour with live music from DJ Buba.

​🗓️ Thursday, June 20th, from 8:30 AM – 7 PM.

​📍Hosted at Mana Tech.

​Speakers and Judges ✨

• ​Juha Mikkola – 3x founder, 2 exits.
• ​Anisa Mirza – 2x YC founder.
• ​Mario Ruiz – Co-founder – Infinity Ventures ($158M).
• ​Eliam Medina – Founded Willing (Sold to Metlife).
• ​Ana Cristina Gadala- Principal – QED.
• ​José Luis Silva Co founder -Dux Capital ($50M).
• ​Ariel Jaduszliwer – Co-founder -Brainstorm Capital ($20M).
• ​Esteban Reyes – Founder of Zenda Capital.
• ​Frida Leibowitz – Founder of Debbie.
• ​Rini Greenfield – Founded Rethink Capital.
• ​Ryan Pruitt – MD, Ocean Azul Partners ($40M).

​Moderators

• ​Alex Kearns – MD Citizens Bank.
• ​Patricia Pacheco – MD Bank of America.
• ​David Correa – MD JPMorgan.

​Agenda

• ​9:00 AM – Welcome & Fundraising
• ​9:30 AM – Pitch sessions
• ​10:30 AM – Panels
  • ​How to and NOT to pitch a VC
  • ​Horror stories from my raising my seed round
• ​11:30 AM – Pitch sessions
• ​12:30 PM – Lunch
• ​2:00 PM – Pitch sessions
• ​3:45 PM – Break
• ​4:00 PM – Panels
  • ​VC perspective: What you wish more founders would know about raising their first round
  • ​Zero to exit: Biggest founder lessons learned
• ​5:00 PM – Happy Hour

​About Founder School.

​A nonprofit with the mission of turning underrepresented tech professionals into top 1% founders. Our incubator helps students test ideas, find a co-founder, build the first MVP, and get paying customers – in 12 weeks. In 2023, our top grads raised an average of $300k within 6 months.

​https://www.linkedin.com/school/thefounderschool/

​https://www.fenixfounders.com/

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