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Founders Live New York City

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18:00 · America / New York
  • Founders Live New York City is a monthly pitch competition showcasing early-stage startups in New York City.
  • Founders, investors, operators, and students gather to hear 99-second pitches and participate in a Q&A to select a winner.
  • This event offers networking opportunities and access to startup resources and prizes.

About this event

TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE VISIT OUR LUMA PAGE

Founders Live is NYC’s premier networking event for early-stage startups and part of the global Founders Live community . Our monthly pitch competition welcomes anyone interested in New York City’s startup ecosystem, including founders, investors, operators, students, and more.
The format is simple:
▸ 5 founders
▸ 99-second pitches
▸ 4 minute audience Q&A
▸ Your votes decide the winner
Attendees are invited to arrive with friends and coworkers up to an hour before (doors at 6:00) for networking and included refreshments.

Presenting Founders
Our July presenters will be announced shortly.
▸Interested in pitching at this or a future event? Apply here!
▸Know someone who should pitch? Open The Door

Winners
The winner of the pitch competition will receive the following:
▸ Front Row membership with unlimited access to Backstage Intelligence and the Backchannel community.
▸Founders Live Booster Pack , featuring over $1,000,000 in cash savings on 100+ essential apps and services for startups.
▸An appearance in the Founders Live Prime Time regional qualifiers with a chance to advance to our Prime Time global livestream tournament.

Our Partners
▸ Venue Sponsor:
The Yard is one of NYC's most popular flex work spaces for founders and early-stage startups. Opened in Brooklyn in 2011 The Yard is New York born and bred and is now offering all Founders Live NYC attendees a 20% discount for new tenants for up to 90 days.
▸ Presenting Sponsor
Catalyst Marketing Agency is a startup marketing partner working with founders in teh NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, and Austin markets. The agency helps early-stage startups scale smarter with end-to-end marketing support built for fast-growing companies.

▸ Supporting Sponsor
Lovable is the AI app builder letting anyone turn a plain-English idea into a real, working product—frontend, backend, and database included—powering everything from scrappy side projects to apps built by teams a

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