Produced and hosted by John Siracusa
MILLION DOLLAR STARTUP
Podcast series and $1M pitch contest
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Competition
After evaluating a large pool of applicants, our selection committee selected 20 startups for the Million Dollar Startup competition.
One of them will be the next Million Dollar Startup
Round 1 - Investment Committee
Meet the investment committee members
The investment committee met the 20 startups selected from the online applications and selected 10 of them to go to the next round.
MAOR AMAR
MANAGING PARTNER
IMPRESSION VENTURES
LAVIVA MAZHAR
INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE
LUGE CAPITAL
RAMIN WRIGHT
INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE
LUGE CAPITAL
ISABEL STEINHAUS
ASSOCIATE
NYCA PARTNERS
ANDRE MASSE
ASSOCIATE
PORTAG3 VENTURES
JAKE BEREC
ANALYST
FRAMEWORK VENTURE PARTNERS
Round 2 - Mentor madness
Meet the mentors
Our 6 mentors met with the 10 companies selected by the investment committee. Each mentor had to select 1 startup to help them prepare for the last 2 rounds. The 4 companies not selected by any mentor are eliminated at this round.
Round 3 - Principal Round
Meet the principals
5 principals from fintech focus VC firms met with the 6 startup who were mentored. They selected the 3 startups that moved to the final round.
MELISSA GASSER
PRINCIPAL
PORTAG3 VENTURES
STEPHANIE KHOO
PRINCIPAL
NYCA PARTNERS
BYRON THOM
PRINCIPAL
FRAMEWORK VENTURE PARTNERS
LAURA BOCK
PRINCIPAL
QED INVESTORS
JILLIAN WILLIAMS
PRINCIPAL
ANTHEMIS
Round 4 - Final Round
Meet the judges
6 VC partners met with the 3 finalists to select which one will win the million dollar investment.
Stephanie Choo
Partner, Head of Investments, Portag3 Ventures
Peter Misek
Founding Partner, Framework Venture Partners
Hans Morris
Managing Partner, Nyca Partners
Nigel Morris
Co-founder & Managing Partner, QED Investors
David Nault
General Partner, Luge Capital
Benoit Girard
Senior Investment Director, Venture Capital, Investissement Québec
Judges investment firms
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