Name: 11/16 Startup Pitch Salon | Investor Feedback
Start: 2025-11-16T14:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-11-16T16:00:00-08:00
Location: JJLake Business Center

## 🚀 **WeShine Entrepreneurship Salon and EntreConnect**

​We are excited to co-host a monthly highly curated startup pitch event, bringing together top early-stage founders, seasoned investors, and engaged audiences for an event of insight, feedback, and community.

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## ​🌟 **What to Expect**

* ​**Live Startup Pitches**: Hand-selected startups present their ventures on stage
* ​**Investor Feedback**: Renowned investors share real-time insights and advice
* ​**Audience Voting**: Cast your vote for the most promising pitch of the event
* ​**Award Session**: Winning teams will receive exclusive coaching opportunities

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## ​💡 Final Selected **Startups**

​**Ogent AI (Anup Balagopal):** an executive assistant that automates SMB workflows across POS, accounting, and vendor tools to drastically cut manual work and boost margins.
​**Continuum (Michelle Shocron):** automates After Effects to generate real-time personalized social content, cutting campaign production time by 95% and increasing ROI.
​**InsightsOut (Nima Imani)**: an AI mental-health companion that turns reflections into clear emotional patterns and personalized guidance.
​**Investra, Inc (Lilit Yenokyan):** provides instant AI-driven property analysis to help realtors and investors evaluate returns and make fast, data-backed decisions.
​**Verza (Serge Amouzou):** building the financial OS for creators, centralizing accounting, taxes, and financial management in one automated platform.
​**OpenGraph (Julia Kim):** collects large-scale robotic manipulation data 1,000× faster, powering the training of general-purpose Physical AI.
​**FLIKFORGE (Jeff Allen):** a video DataOps platform used by Adobe, OpenAI, and Google to streamline and automate video data workflows.
​**Buzzable (Hesam Jafari):** an agentic AI platform that unifies event creation, community growth, networking, and ROI analytics for the event industry.

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## ​💼 Participating Investors/Advisors:

​**Allen Hu, Parter @ CVC**
​**Priyesh**, **Qualcomm Ventures**
​**Jason,** Managing Parter @ Lamarka Consulting
​**Bain**, PHX Capital
​**Suresh**, Procept BioRobotics
​**Lu Wang**, WeShine Technical Advisor
​**Carey**, Investment Analyst
​**Oleh**, Mentor @ Beta University
​**Prerak T**, Paypal, Ex- Meta

## ​*Call for Investors:*

​We are forming a powerful Investor Advisor Group to support early-stage founders. Benefits include:
✔️ Early access to top-tier pitch decks
✔️ Recognition as a **Featured Guest Investor**
✔️ Community Impact Award from WeShine
​👉 Interested? Please let us know. [https://forms.gle/X5WdMbLphs1NgvHNA](https://forms.gle/X5WdMbLphs1NgvHNA)

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## ​🎟 **Audience – Be Part of the Action**

​Attend the event to:

* ​Hear some of the most promising new startups
* ​Learn from expert feedback
* ​Vote for your favorite pitches
* ​Connect with the local founder-investor community

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## ​**🌐 Organizers**

​​**About the Organizers**
​​**🌟 WeShine Entrepreneurship Organization**
Bay Area–based nonprofit bringing together top entrepreneurs, investors, scientists, and business leaders. We facilitate investment opportunities, help businesses expand globally, and provide expert coaching. With **100+ pitch events & founder meetups** hosted, our community truly lives by “We Shine Together.” [WeShine Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/weshineus.org/)
​​**🌟 EntreConnect**
**[EntreConnect](https://entreconnect.us/)** is a dynamic community of entrepreneurs and investors, founded in 2023 to empower those building and scaling businesses. We have brought together 32,000+ entrepreneurs, operators, business leaders, and investors through our events, fostering collaboration and fueling innovation across the global startup ecosystem. Follow our **[LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/entreconnect-sf/)**for upcoming events. ​👉 **[Sign up here](https://tally.so/embed/wABoRe)** to secure exclusive early access!
​​**🌟 Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs (SVE)**
Part of F50’s global network, SVE is the largest grassroots founder movement in the Bay Area, active since 2008. With **38,000+ members**, we empower entrepreneurs to showcase innovations, pitch ideas, and connect in Silicon Valley’s vibrant ecosystem.

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