The Startup Battlefield is one of the highlights of Disrupt, and we can't wait to see who will be selected from the thousands of applicants to pitch in front of a panel of top VCs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, which takes place in San Francisco from October 28 to 30. The event is always epic, with all applicants hoping to make a major impact on the world.
The judges' feedback will provide insight into the criteria they use to determine whether a company is viable. Only at Disrupt 2024 will you have a front row seat to expert feedback and learn the key qualities that make a startup successful.
We're excited to announce our next group of investors who will be evaluating startups and holding engaging and revealing Q&As after each presentation. Keep an eye out for more big names to be announced soon.
Morgan Beller, General Partner, NFX
Morgan is a General Partner at NFX, a seed-stage venture capital fund. Most recently, she was at Facebook, where she joined in May 2017 as part of the Corporate Development team. Her main project is answering the question “How should Facebook think about blockchain?” This evolved into the creation of a dedicated blockchain team that later became Diem and Novi. Morgan was Facebook's Head of Strategy for Novi. Prior to Facebook, she ran Corporate Development at Medium, led the acquisition of Embedly, and helped develop their subscription strategy. Prior to that, she was on the deals team at Andreessen Horowitz, where she focused on early-stage ecosystems during the latter part of her tenure there.
Shravan Narayan, Partner, IVP
Shravan is a Partner at IVP and invests primarily in enterprise infrastructure and applications built by inventive founders solving deep technical problems. Shravan's investments include Perplexity, Baseten, Chainguard, Cortex, Eightfold, and Glean. Prior to IVP, Shravan worked in all phases of the startup lifecycle from pre-PMF to IPO, most recently working on product at Snowflake. He strives to bring that context while partnering with founders building the next generation of companies.
John Rosenbaum, Managing Director, Insight Partners
John (also known as “Rosie” to his friends and colleagues) joined Insight Partners in 2014. He is responsible for assisting with deal execution and post-close portfolio management with a focus on vertical and horizontal application software. He also specializes in helping portfolio companies source and execute M&A deals. He currently serves on the board of directors of many Insight companies, including 6sense, LeanTaaS, SimpleNexus, Templafy, Florence, ComplianceQuest and Earnix. His exits include Docusign (NASDAQ: DOCU), nCino (NASDAQ: NCNO), Frontline Education (acquired by Thoma Bravo) and CloudCraze (acquired by Salesforce).
Sharon Winter, Vice President, Atomic
Sharon is a serial entrepreneur and company builder at venture studio Atomic, specializing in the critical 0-1 phase of startup development. Her superpower is taking ideas and turning them into successful companies. At Atomic, she has helped ideate over 100 businesses and build over a dozen companies through Series A, leveraging her expertise in engineering, design, growth, and business operations. Prior to Atomic, Sharon founded eight profitable companies across a variety of industries, including entertainment, media, gaming, CPG, and SaaS, with two successful exits. Her experience studying at Carnegie Mellon University in the areas of Industrial Design, Robotics Design, and Human-Computer Interaction has equipped her with the skills to quickly understand and adapt to different markets. Sharon's goal is to achieve product-market fit faster, making her a key part of Atomic's mission to build the next generation of market-leading companies.
Sanguine Zeb, General Partner, Google Ventures
Sanjean is a General Partner at GV, focusing on high-growth AI and enterprise investments. He has worked with both early and late stage startups, with investments including Chronosphere, Courier, Lacework and Medallion. Prior to joining GV in 2021, Sanjean was an investor at Founders Circle Capital, where he led investments in Attentive, Algolia, Cohesity, Confluent (IPO), Databricks, Segment (acquired by Twilio), Robinhood (IPO) and UiPath (IPO). He spent over five years at Centerview Capital, where he raised investments in Affirmed Networks (acquired by Microsoft) and Sauce Labs (acquired by TPG), and began his investing career at Summit Partners.
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The winner of the Startup Battlefield will receive $100,000 in free equity. The winner will be announced at Disrupt 2024. This is your chance to see the future of technology. We hope you'll join us! Purchase your tickets here. Register by August 24th to save up to $600.