I’m excited to announce three startups that will be presenting at a special TechCrunch Live event in Boston.
This virtual event begins on Monday, February 27th at 2:00 PM EST/11:00 AM PST and is free to attend. The event will be attended by leaders of the Boston startup scene and will conclude with a presentation. TechCrunch editors selected the following startups to participate.
And you can watch live! Register for the event here.
The show opens with a conversation between Greg Dracon of .406 Venture and Matt Caulfield.
Boston Ecosystem
CEO of Oort, to talk about the Boston ecosystem and why security startups should look at building their companies in Boston.
The following is an interview with MassChallenge’s CEO, Cait Brumme, about Boston’s deep community resources available to startup founders.
Finally, just before the launch, legendary roboticist Marc Raibert talks to TechCrunch hardware editor Brian Heater about why he built Boston Dynamics in Boston and explains his latest venture, which leads the Hyundai AI Institute. Penny Finance is a tech-savvy financial mentor for women. Our goal is to close the wealth gap. Piction Health develops healthcare technologies designed to help patients and clinicians manage challenging skin conditions. Usefull is a food and beverage company that offers coffee and food delivery using reusable organic cups. This week we have Vanta CEO Christina Cacioppo and Sequoia Partner Andrew Reed. Andrew has been investing in startups at Sequoia since 2014. Christina received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford and is a former investor at Union Square Ventures, a professor, and a product manager at Dropbox. He knows what it takes for a business to raise seed capital.
Selected participants have two minutes to present their company. Then our guests provide feedback on the pitch: Is the information presented in a logical format, does the founder speak with authority, and what is missing from the pitch?
TCL’s mission is still to help founders build better venture-backed businesses. But in 2023, there is a new urgency behind this mission. TechCrunch Live began in the heady days of 2021, and now at the beginning of 2023, the startup world is experiencing new challenges. Funding is harder to raise, sales cycles are much longer, and investors (and their LPs) have different expectations. Let TechCrunch Live give you some feedback.
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