AWE USA 2023, Santa Clara, California

Jun 1

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Investor Q&A - Ask Us Anything!

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

Petri Rajahalme

Founding Partner , FOV Ventures

Cansu Cinar

Start-Up Consultant , Investor

Tipatat Chennavasin

General Partner , The Venture Reality Fund

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

Marco DeMiroz

Co-founder & General Partner , The Venture Reality Fund

Ohto Pentikäinen

CEO , Doublepoint

Gregory Castle

Managing Partner , Anorak Ventures

Alex Azzi

Co Founder / CEO , XR Workout

April Swando Hu

Co Founder & COO , VRWorkout

Cory Heizenrader

CEO , EducationXR

Chris Rojas

Co-Founder & CTO , Shader

Darya Sesitskaya

Co-founder & CEO , Shader

David Gratton

General Manager and Product Lead , Strawberry Fields Interactive Inc.

Mike Noonen

CEO , Swave Photonics

Gregory Tran

Co-Founder & CEO , Trace 3D

Maddie Callander

VP Accelerator & Portfolio , BoostVC

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.