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πŸŽ™ Pitch competition #40 by Ga^3in VC | Permissionless V

πŸ“… June 24, 2026
πŸ• 10:00 AM ET

About This Event

Welcome to the AI + Web3 Pitch Competition & VC networking by Ga^3in Ventures. Agenda: 9:30 - 10:00 guests gathering 10:00 - 11:30 pitch competition 11:30 - 12:00 VC networking πŸ† Only one startup will take the entire prize! Brought to you by our amazing sponsors: Startups, submit your pitch here (rules in attachment below). VC & investors, if you want to judge - submit a form. MC: Sergey Khusnetdinov - managing partner at Ga^3in Ventures, professor at SKEMA Judges: TBA Pitch rules, selection process: Pitch Competition Rules (1).pdf Space is limited, so apply early! We can't wait to see the innovative AI + Web3 ideas coming out of our global community. Sponsors reach out: sveta@gain.ventures Ga^3in Ventures is a Duke & friends focused Web3 Syndicate & Venture Studio with 16,000 audience across the globe. We host Web3 pitch competitions around the world, investor soirees, and crypto funds yachts to grow the Web 3.0 industry. Twitter Past Judges: Aaliyah Barker - Program Manager at Draper University Abhishek Saxena - Investment Lead at Polygon Ventures Abhinav Pathak - Investment Partner at Woodstock Fund Adam Mastrelli - Founder at 57 Maiden Adam Wasserman - VP of Investments at IOG Aly Madhavji - Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund Anastasia Drinevskaya - CMO at Match Chain Andrew Gonzalez - Investment Analyst at M31 CapitalΒ  Andrew Hillyer - Director, Digital Assets at PwC Anna Li - Director of Economics and Research at Republic Crypto Arisa Chelsea Ueno - Investment / Sourcing Lead in Web3 at Draper University Belinda Pham - Co-Founder & COO of The Sandbox Brandon RodrΓ­guez - VP of Marketing at Paystand Chris Joannou - VP - Ecosystem Growth at Draper University Chris Li - Co-Founder at OAK Networks Christian Narvaez - Founder at Rayo Capital Colton Conley - Blockchain investor at Arrington Capital Connor O’Shea - General Partner at Blue Matter Capital Daniel Jean - DeFi Strategy and Ops at kpk, venture partner at Taisu Ventures Daniil Gaidamakin - COO at Jets.Capital Dariia Vasylieva - Founder, CEO FD CAPITAL David Yao - Principal at LBank Labs Elena Obukhova - Founder at crypto & web3 community Supermoon Elliana Jin - Head of Investments and a Principal at TBV (TB Ventures) Elliot Chun - Partner at Architect Partners LLC Emily Lu - Angel Investor & PE professional, backer at CESS Frank Badalamenti - Partner at PwC Gerald Gallagher - General Counsel at Sei Labs Giselle Liang - Senior Investment Manager from OKX Ventures Hinza Asif - President of Asia Web3 Alliance Japan Jenny Xu - Senior Operations Manager - Ventures at HTX Jerry Li - Business Development at Solana Foundation Jillian Jaffe - Partnerships & Investments at LayerZero Joseph Argiro - Founder, CEO at Iron Key Capital Julian Broadus - US Ambassador at WAM Kaimin Hu - Director at Taisu Ventures KJ Jia - Founder & Partner at OnePiece Labs Laura K. Inamedinova - Principal at Gate Ventures Leah Callon-Butler - Director of Emfarsis Ludovic CopΓ©rΓ© - Senior Investment Director at Sony Innovation Fund Mansoor Madhavji - Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund Marat Mukhamedyarov - Managing Partner at Good News Ventures Mark Lee Ford - Co-Founder and Chairman of The Moneo Company Markus Bruderer - Partner at Antler Martina Beg - Marketing Manager at Galxe Max Lapin - US CFO at Revolut Michael (Jelly) Jelen - Managing Partner at PB&J Mike Fraietta - Founder at EmpireDAO Nataly Connor - Head of Special Projects and Marketing Strategy at Cointelegraph Nathan Gurr - Principal at P2 Ventures (Polygon Ventures) Nitin Gaur - Founder of LedgerLink.ai Petrix Barbosa - CEO of Matchain Campbell Harvey - Professor of Finance at Duke University Jimmie Lenz - Executive Director - Master of Engineering in Financial Technology at Duke University Pratt School of Engineering Samiz Bayan - Investor at DraperDragon Steven Haft - Head of Global Partnerships and Climate Lead at ConsenSys Suffiyan Malik - Investor at DraperU Ventures Takashi Hayashida - Founder and Managing Partner at Taisu Ventures Tiffany Chang - Investment VP at Gate Venture Turan Vural - Researcher at Fenbushi Capital and UCLA PhD candidate Valentin Preobrazhenskiy - Founder, CEO at Latoken Valentine Zavgorodnev - Co-Founder at Prosto VC Yorick Evans-Freke - Managing Partner at Dark Horse Venture Partners

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