Last week Lei Du participated as a judge for EchoHer and 42px Media's Pitch Perfect during #SFTechWeek. The pitching founders' energy and creativity remind us why investing in innovation is so exciting! A big thank you to the organizers, EchoHer and 42px Media, for putting together such an incredible event. We also want to give a shoutout to our fellow judges, Mala Ramakrishnan, Vince Lane, and Hardik Jagda – it was an honor to be alongside such a great group of thoughtful investors. Thank you to Qianwen Chen for inviting us 🤩
Shruti Mishra Hosted "Pitch Perfect: Your Idea’s Big Break!" yesterday at #SFTechWeek where I had the honor of being on the judge panel alongside Vince Lane Hardik Jagda and Lei Du. What a glorious stimulation of the intellect with the onslaught of the most brilliant and diverse founders you can encounter only in the SF Bay Area. We had the most amazing time analyzing technology and go-to-market of bullet-proof armor cars in Brazil, to mortgage workflow automation using AI, to face swapping software, to South Asian classical music to replace your Spotify to an endless list of 20+ startups. The evening was filled with brilliance! The passion and commitment of every founder was so inspiring, it had me coming back to my desk to roll up my sleeves to kickstart my own innovation engine. Michael Cutajar | Brandon Amoroso ⚡| Joan Rodriguez | Derek Gregg | Timothy Sun | Daniil Sergunin | Juan Pablo Linares Uscher | Nnamdi Adom | Faraan Irfan | Amir Zarkesh | Daud Grewal | Jonathan Brown | Navneet Sankarambadi | Arjun Chintapalli | Bhavani Kalisetty | Wayne Chan | Matthew Lin | Erfan Erken | Breck Yunits | Jordan Gray Big shout out to Shruti Mishra and Qianwen Chen for pulling off a stellar event! https://lnkd.in/gcDve2iD