Pitches of five to eight minutes, themed tables you vote on before the night, and straight feedback from NYC founders and investors who have already done it.
Every guest is checked in at the door. Investor attendance is not guaranteed. Pitching is by application, not by ticket.
Tickets on Luma
After you register
Your confirmation and ticket arrive from Luma to the email you used. Your ticket is also your login: the link to the New York communitycomes with it, and it opens in Slack, in the browser or in Telegram.
Nothing arrived? Contact the team.
You have been workshopping the idea alone, or with a chatbot. This is the room that tells you what is actually wrong with it.
Founders pitch for five to eight minutes, depending on how many present that night, then the room in NYC moves to themed tables and the feedback comes from people who have raised, built and shipped at the same stage. The pitch is the opening of the conversation, not the point of the evening.
Bring your startup into a room of people who can ask the questions you have not heard yet.
Founders with something to show, pre-seed to seed. Investors and operators who want to hear an idea early and ask the hard question.
Why it is worth itYou have been workshopping the idea alone, or with a chatbot. This is the room that tells you what is actually wrong with it, and what is right.
Times in America/New_York
Five to eight minutes each, depending on the number of founders. No slides required.
Topics voted before the night; pick the table closest to what you are building.
What brings you here?
Most asks sound like one of these. Any of them is a good reason to come.
Founders
Tell us about your startup. Read how the pitch night works, then apply for this event — we keep your choice of evening with the application.
Frequently asked
No. The room is built around founders, but investors and operators (product, engineering, marketing, people who have done the job) are who founders come to meet. Each format says who it is for, and the event page repeats it for that evening.
At Pitch Nights and Investor Connect evenings, by application. A ticket lets you attend; a separate application, reviewed by a person, puts you on the list to present. Read how pitching works before you apply.
Sometimes, and we never promise it for a given night. Investors come to Investor Connect and to some pitch nights; they are approved on application and are not used as bait. Introductions to investors are made by us afterwards, through the Monday digest, and we take no percentage of any deal.
Open the event page and use its ticket button. It takes you to the platform that sells that evening, Eventbrite or Luma; your ticket and confirmation come from there, to the email you used. Right after the purchase you also get two emails from us: an invitation to our Luma calendar and an invitation to your city's community. Each evening is sold in one place only, and refunds follow that ticket page's terms.
You are in your city's community from the moment you buy the ticket: the invitation arrives with your purchase, and it opens in Slack, in the browser or in Telegram, three doors to one room. That is where the conversation continues and where the next date is announced. If you pitched, your startup enters our base with the evening and the date on record.
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Pitch nightA to Z Rooftop on Fifth · 🇺🇸 New York
Themed tables, five-minute pitches and straight feedback from NYC founders and investors who have already done it.