AWE USA 2023, Santa Clara, California

Join us as startups pitch to our panel of judges for a chance to be named AWE's "Startup to Watch" for 2022. The winner will be announced at the Auggie Awards ceremony.

Judges for the Start-Up Pitch competition are Dave Haynes, Tipatat Chennavasin, Pearly Chen, and Kristina Serafim.

Speakers

Ofer Baharav

CEO , Villa

Tipatat Chennavasin

General Partner , The Venture Reality Fund

David A. Smith

CTO, Founder , Croquet

Pearly Chen

VP Business Dev. , HTC Vive

Giovanni Fantoni Modena Fantoni Fantoni

CCO , Vitruvian

Ariella Lehrer

President , Legacy Games

Amber Hawkes

Co-Founder , Here LA

Dominique Wu

Founder , XReality Academy

Sherry Chang

CEO , Neural Lab

Dave Haynes

Partner , FOV Ventures

Alex Coulombe

CEO , Heavenue / Agile Lens

Chaitanya Ravi

RLab Contact , SentioVR

Quentin Turner

Founder, CTO , Intrinsic XR

Kristina Serafim

Managing Director , Verizon Ventures

Related Sessions

Jun 1

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Investor Q&A - Ask Us Anything!

Cansu Cinar | Investor Tipatat Chennavasin | The Venture Reality Fund Petri Rajahalme | FOV Ventures Taylor Hurst | Konvoy

Description

What makes companies stand out, what are investors looking for, what are they avoiding, and what are some of the biggest mistakes startups make when pitching VCs?

Join this panel to chat with investors who focus on investing in AR/VR, Spatial Computing and the Metaverse will share their hot take on a specific use cases and opportunities.

Speakers

Cansu Cinar

Start-Up Consultant , Investor

Tipatat Chennavasin

General Partner , The Venture Reality Fund

Petri Rajahalme

Founding Partner , FOV Ventures

Taylor Hurst

Principal , Konvoy

Jun 1

02:05 PM - 03:20 PM

Start-Up Pitch Competition: Part 1

Description

Join us as startups pitch to our panel of judges for a chance to be named AWE's "Startup to Watch" for 2023. The winner will be announced at the Auggie Awards ceremony.

Speakers

Gregory Tran

Co-Founder & CEO , Trace 3D

Mike Noonen

CEO , Swave Photonics

Darya Sesitskaya

Co-founder & CEO , Shader

David Gratton

General Manager and Product Lead , Strawberry Fields Interactive Inc.

Chris Rojas

Co-Founder & CTO , Shader

Ohto Pentikäinen

CEO , Doublepoint

Gregory Castle

Managing Partner , Anorak Ventures

Cory Heizenrader

CEO , EducationXR

Marco DeMiroz

Co-founder & General Partner , The Venture Reality Fund

April Swando Hu

Co Founder & COO , VRWorkout

Maddie Callander

VP Accelerator & Portfolio , BoostVC

Alex Azzi

Co Founder / CEO , XR Workout

Jun 1

03:50 PM - 05:00 PM

Start-Up Pitch Competition: Part 2

Description

Join us as startups pitch to our panel of judges for a chance to be named AWE's "Startup to Watch" for 2023. The winner will be announced at the Auggie Awards ceremony.