Jason Malki

APRIL 24, 2025

In 2015, a friend from college started a bespoke mens clothing company called Articles of Style that was exclusively online. The opportunity to grow and expand my network by meeting like-minded individuals is also a huge valueadd. I think it is important to remember that you dont have to swing at every pitch.

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Startup Catalyst

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Tex Andersen (2015) became CTO of Talentvine , a Brisbane tech startup that makes outsourced recruitment affordable, transparent and simple. Matthew Brown (2015) left a role at one of the big 4 consulting firms to join Maxwell Plus , a medical tech startup rethinking the way we detect and diagnose disease (and are doing pretty well ).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Since being founded in 2015, the company has amassed a customer list that includes AppFolio, HotDoc, Pitch, Kumospace and Teamflow, and its customers report seeing up to 80% fewer video call errors after using Daily, Kwindla Hultman Kramer, co-founder and CEO of Daily, told TechCrunch via email. HIPAA legislation in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

With no connection to Snapchat — not now at least, except that founders Seth Miller and Pat Gibson did think it was a funny pun at the time that they were first conceiving of the company as a side hustle while still in university in 2015 — Rapchat has already gone quite some way in scaling.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

Coro — a startup building an all-in-one cybersecurity platform aimed at mid-market companies, with functions to monitor devices, users, email, networks, data and apps and remediate any malicious activity — has raised $60 million, funding it plans to use to continue doubling down on this particular gap in the market.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

There’s no easy fix, but an emerging cohort of startups is pitching software as a way to potentially anticipate — and respond to — market shocks. One, Tive , provides supply chain visibility insights that ostensibly help companies manage their in-transit shipments’ location and condition.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

TechCrunch has been covering the demo days of the seed-stage venture firm Pear VC since 2015. The pitch: Spathios says it’s a marketplace to book short-term venues and spaces. It says its network offers network effects, too — customers have access to all of the retailers on the platform. Founded in: 2020.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Through comparing data from our first seed report in 2015, our analysis shows how the seed round has evolved since then and how the process and expectations have become more intensified today. To learn more about the DFN and to apply to join the network, send your pitch deck here.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

Eva Doss, President and CEO at The Launch Place, elaborated, “We had multiple organizations in the region that were providing specific services to entrepreneurs and small businesses: business counseling, seminars, workshops, investment capital, pitch competitions, networking events, etc.

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Feedough

MARCH 18, 2021

We experimented with deep learning and tried to train neural networks to generate computer code from a single input image. Henrik and Florian met as colleagues in 2015 in a startup and then co-founded Sidely to help front-end developers work more efficiently. How is your offering disrupting the industry?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Hell, we may even take a peek at the original pitch deck that made it all happen. That same founder/investor duo (in this case, Guideline founder and CEO Kevin Busque and Felicis’ Aydin Senkut) will take a look at your pitch decks and give their own feedback. (If Then, we’ll turn our eyes back to you, the audience. PST/2:30 p.m.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Since launching the venture firm Backstage Capital in 2015, Arlan Hamilton has invested millions in more than 195 companies led by underrepresented founders, from a duo taking on auto insurance to a team rethinking how we virtually learn. The Runner team provided the pitch deck. “It’s

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth. In 2015, they invested $1m (out of OATV Fund III) in 8 companie s as a pilot.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

According to the World Food Programme (WFP), hunger has been on the rise since 2015 and, by 2020, 768 million people are chronically suffering from the problem. Across our network – and the globe – stories of impact in action are alive! Want a chance to pitch to IKEA? Innovation is key to developing solutions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

As things transpired, people might prefer to network in-person versus digital breakout rooms. On top of that, Proton’s technology pitch is very much in line with the European Union’s thinking on privacy, which has been encapsulated by regulation such as GDPR. In the U.K., points to some drawbacks for companies in the U.K.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth. In 2015, they invested $1m (out of OATV Fund III) in 8 companie s as a pilot.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Most programs culminate with a Pitch Day and Investor Networking Event where the companies present their newly defined and expanded growth playbook. . United Capital Source was selected in the 2015 & 2017 Inc. Apply for funding. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies List. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Like always, each episode features an entrepreneur presenting their early pitch deck along with the investor who funded the company. We want to know how the founder hooked the VC, what makes their partnership work and how other founders can improve their storytelling and pitching.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In 2015, a then 18-year-old Harry Stebbings launched The Twenty Minute VC from his bedroom in London. Harry built a brand, a network, and eventually a venture fundnot by having all the answers, but by asking great questions. Not to pitch them. No background in venture capital. No industry connections. No podcasting experience.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. I’m excited to have Vidit Aatrey, CEO and co-founder of Meesho, which was founded in 2015, and you went through YC in 2016.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

With the popularization of real-time database technologies, stale data and the problems surrounding it might soon become a thing of the past — if vendors’ sales pitches are to be believed. ” Burlingame, California-based Imply was founded in 2015 by Yang, Gian Merlino, and Vadim Ogievetsky.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Sam is an uber-networker, savvy, helpful, product-oriented leader who had a great eye for young entrepreneurs and a passion about helping them. You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. So we went for it.

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Onevest

MAY 7, 2015

By Tim Houghten Every serious angel investor and startup founder needs to be in the San Fran stadium on July 18 th , 2015. Challenge Accepted On July 18 th , 2015 the AT&T Park stadium in San Francisco will be hosting the Spartan Race. You don’t have to be the first to finish. Or set time records. What if I’m Not in Silicon Valley?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Chanje (2015-2021). The company announced plans to add 1,000 electric delivery vehicles from Chanje Energy, a California-based and China-backed startup founded in 2015. Katerra (2015-2021). Founded in 2015, Katerra had at one point been valued at $4 billion and employed more than 8,000 people. Loon (2015-2021).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Sagi Eliyahu co-founded Tonkean in 2015 and has since raised money from some top investors, including Joanne Chen from Foundation Capital. Eliyahu started Tonkean in 2015 as a no-code development platform. Register for Free Have a startup and want to participate in Pitch Practice? Use this form and apply. It’s free and fun.

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Onevest

MAY 12, 2015

Let’s explore: Curation focused startups and businesses in 2015 Curated startups and investment opportunities Curated investors The State of Curation in 2015 The get rich quick crew quickly carved out a tragic pitfall for amateur online entrepreneurs. Curation” has gone from being a hot hashtag to an unbearable cliché on the web.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

The company pitched to River Valley Investors in April 2022 and RVI invested one week later. PV Grows A collaborative network dedicated to enhancing the ecological and economic sustainability and vitality of the Pioneer Valley food system. Jaia Robotics Inc. Lenoss Medical Lenoss Medical Inc. management.

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