Silicon Beach Fest

11/09/2023

At Silicon Beach Fest on Nov 10: Startup Showcase Judges will see 5 startups pitch with 5 min Q&A at 5p. Who will win First, Second, Third place?

HOST: Espree Devora, WeAreLATech, Women in Tech podcast

JUDGES:
- Felipe Alvarez, Crosscut Ventures, Sr. Manager of Strategic Ventures

- Bob Vanech, Trebel Music, CFO; Rely Syndicate, Investor

- Justine Lassoff, Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs of Southern California, President

- Arezu Aghasey, Crea Inc., AI ventures

STARTUPS:
- Promptlys, Ernie Ho, Founder of social platform that helps users to amplify their communications with AI.

- AR Wall, Rene Amador, CEO. AI for XR virtual production

- LyfAI, Miljan Mihajlovic, Founder and CEO. LyfAI uses AI and conversational interface to help people with home organization.

- Commonspace, Mike Prasad, Founder. Commonspace is “Shopify for Community”, enabling small biz, brands, creators etc to build community-driven commerce and integrate it into their business.

- Hollo.AI. Ryaan Sayegh, CoFounder, CTO. Hollo.AI lets you create and train your own AI Twin to interact with followers and monetize AI rights.

11/09/2023

You can still register for Silicon Beach Fest conference with LA's top VCs, investors, accelerators, entertainment, startups, founders and more on November 10, 2023 at the new CENTRL Office coworking in the South Bay. Experts will discuss LA's VC and startup ecosystem, AI, metaverse, immersive, space tech and more in panels on the Main Stage and Conference Room. At the after-mixer, network in the outdoor patio with open bar, and meet LA tech community leaders. Started in 2012, locally-founded Silicon Beach Fest has received a LA Mayor's Office Certificate of Recognition for bringing the LA tech community together.

Register with discount code SBF50 to attend for just $50, includes panels 3-6p and open bar mixer 6-9p for Early Bird / GA passes at http://sbf23.eventbrite.com

Scheduled Speakers:
- Ahmed Mizra, Techstars, Investor
- Felipe Alvarez, Crosscut Ventures
- Jack Gorab, M13, Investor
- Caroline Jacobs, UTA.VC; United Talent Agency, VP
- James Shecter, Fika Ventures, Investor
- Walter Delph, Archer VC, Partner
- Shrina Kurani, Grid110, Executive Director
- Elizabeth Reynolds, Starburst Aerospace, Managing Director
- Justine Lassoff, Stanford Angels SoCal, President
- Momo Wang, Illumination Entertainment, Animation Director on Super Mario Bros. Movie, Despicable Me, Minions franchises
- Nick Almond, CreatorUp, COO
- Ericka Bozeman, Apocalypse:AI, Twitch streamer
- Mari Takahashi, , Apocalypse:AI
- Alex Silkin, Survios, CoFounder, CTO
- Tal Navarro, Social Lady, CEO
- Bob Vanech, Trebel Music, CFO; Rely Syndicate, Investor
- Espree Devora, WeAreLATech, Women in Tech
- Ronen Olshansky, Co-founder Cross Campus and Ferrazzi Leadership Academy
- Darion Lowenstein, Secret Code; formerly at Scopely, EA, Activision Blizzard, Rockstar
- Gregg Katano, Cosmos Collab, Hologate
- Dave O’Brien, CreatorUp, SVP Production and Customer Success. Oversees XR/AR
- Dulce Baerga, Digital Creator
- Todd Terrazas, AI LA
- Jay Tuckerson, UCLA Center for Media, Entertainment and Sports
- Spence Bovee, Westside Digital Mix

GET INVOLVED!

VENDOR TABLES. Get a 6' table to feature your product and get two staff passes to work the table. Email [email protected] with TABLE as subject

Call for SPONSORS. Email [email protected] with SPONSOR as subject to sponsor via logo placement, large table, activation, or in-kind food, beverage, product, etc.

Call for VOLUNTEERS. Email [email protected] with VOLUNTEER as subject.

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11/05/2023

Excited for the return of Silicon Beach Fest conference with LA's top VCs, investors, accelerators, entertainment, startups, founders and more on November 10, 2023 at the new CENTRL Office coworking in the South Bay. Experts will discuss LA's VC and startup ecosystem, AI, metaverse, immersive, space tech and more in panels on the Main Stage and Conference Room. At the after-mixer, network in the outdoor patio with open bar, and meet LA tech community leaders. Started in 2012, locally-founded Silicon Beach Fest has received a LA Mayor's Office Certificate of Recognition for bringing the LA tech community together.

Register with discount code DLA25 for 25% off Early Bird / GA passes at http://sbf23.eventbrite.com

Scheduled Speakers: (and more added every week!)
- Ahmed Mizra, Techstars, Investor
- Felipe Alvarez, Crosscut Ventures
- Jack Gorab, M13, Investor
- Caroline Jacobs, UTA.VC; United Talent Agency, VP
- James Shecter, Fika Ventures, Investor
- Walter Delph, Archer VC, Partner
- Shrina Kurani, Grid110, Executive Director
- Elizabeth Reynolds, Starburst Aerospace, Managing Director
- Justine Lassoff, Stanford Angels SoCal, President
- Momo Wang, Illumination Entertainment, Animation Director on Super Mario Bros. Movie, Despicable Me, Minions franchises
- Nick Almond, CreatorUp, COO
- Ericka Bozeman, Apocalypse:AI, Twitch streamer
- Mari Takahashi, aka , Apocalypse:AI
- Tal Navarro, Social Lady, CEO
- Bob Vanech, Trebel Music, CFO; Rely Syndicate, Investor
- Ronen Olshansky, Co-founder Cross Campus and Ferrazzi Leadership Academy
- Gregg Katano, Metacities, DreamlandXR, formerly Hologate
- Dave O’Brien, CreatorUp, SVP Production and Customer Success. Oversees XR/AR
- Dulce Baerga, Digital Creator
- Todd Terrazas, AI LA
- Spence Bovee, Westside Digital Mix

GET INVOLVED!

VENDOR TABLES. Get a 6' table to feature your product and get two staff passes to work the table. Email [email protected] with TABLE as subject

CALL for SPEAKERS: If you can speak to the above topics, email [email protected] with SPEAKER as subject, which panel, and a brief bio or LinkedIn link.

Call for SPONSORS. Email [email protected] with SPONSOR as subject to sponsor via logo placement, large table, activation, or in-kind food, beverage, product, etc.

Call for STARTUPS to pitch for 5 min with 5 min Q&A. Submit application $25 at https://lnkd.in/eYBrUrZY by Nov 4.

Call for VOLUNTEERS. Email [email protected] with VOLUNTEER as subject.

10/03/2023

Silicon Beach Fest returns with panels, startups, VCs, panels, startup showcase and cocktails showcase on November 10 at CENTRL South Bay. Register sbf23.eventbrite.com

10/14/2022

Ready to take your startup to the next level? Pitch your startup to investors, media and industry experts at SXSW Pitch in Austin on March 11-12, 2023! Participants have received $14.5 billion in funding since 2009. Several LA startups typically get selected to pitch at SXSW every year. Plus you get two comp SXSW passes! Apply by Sunday, November 13 at 11:59 pm PT.

SXSW Pitch showcases innovative new technology to a panel of industry experts, high-profile media professionals, and venture capital and angel investors.

06/04/2020

FREE RSVP Today: Attend our Digital LA - Black Tech Leaders panel today June 4, 2p, where experts who've been building community in the LA tech scenes for decades will share insights in tech access for startups, entrepreneurs, investors, and students, and social media strategy for amplifying black voices, social equality messaging, and what you should be doing on your company, organization, and personal social media right now.
FREE RSVP http://tinyurl.com/btaction

11/12/2019

As a 7th year SXSW Pitch Advisory Board Member, I encourage startups to apply to pitch at SXSW Pitch in Austin by this Friday’s Nov 15 deadline. More than 50 startups will be selected to pitch in several categories, with wide industry exposure and prize money.

Showcase your tech product or service startup to get noticed & networked in front of industry leaders, investors & media on a big global stage during SXSW. APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN. Learn about the qualifications, tech categories & application process: https://www.sxsw.com/apply-to-participate/sxsw-pitch/ Application deadline is 11:59p CST Nov. 15.

See what happened at SXSW PITCH 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9b_-EiWgy4

The previous 11 SXSW PITCH competitions had distinguished judges including VCs and industry experts like: Tim Draper of DFJ, John Sculley of Apple/Pepsi, Robert F. Smith of Vista Equity Partners, Constantijn van Oranje of Startup Delta, Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly Media, Paul Graham of Y Combinator, Kay Koplovitz of Springboard Growth Capital/USA Network Co-Founder, Naval Ravikant of AngelList, Guy Kawasaki of Alltop, Whurley, Cyan Banister of Founders Fund, Werner Vogels of Amazon, Christine Herron of Intel Capital, Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures, Albert Wenger of Union Square Venture, Bob Metcalfe of 3Com/Ethernet Co-Founder, and Laurie Segall of CNN.

11/28/2018

Congrats LA-based Comic Blitz digital subscription app access to comics for $8/month aka 'Netflix for comics' was just acquired by Cinedigm. Comic Blitz CEO Jordan Plosky has spoken and pitched on our Digital LA - Digital Comics panels and at our Silicon Beach Fest. Read Variety article https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/cinedigm-acquires-comicblitz-1203038580/

10/23/2018

Call for entertainment startups to pitch for 5 minutes at our Digital LA - Startup Showcase pitch at the Infinity Film Festival on Nov 1, 4:25-5:24, or Friday Nov 2, 4:15-5:15 in Beverly Hills. Three startups will pitch at each session with judges picking winner each day! Excellent exposure, plus comp tickets to the Festival. Please email your company name, one-sentence description, pitch person name, and link to your website or app to [email protected] with PITCH as subject by Wed Oct 24. Free to enter!

12/31/2017

Our Silicon Beach Fest - Best of 2017 celebrated top startups, investors and accelerators. See pics and article digitalla.net/sbf17