Startup Showcase

Executives from three forward-thinking startups in various industries will present their concepts, business models and projected revenues to a panel of experienced potential investors, mentors and collaborators.

Obtain insights about how venture capitalists are evaluating early-stage businesses in the current economic climate.
You will have the opportunity to ask questions to both the pitching companies and panelists.

Connect with and learn from industry leaders, entrepreneurs and changemakers who are helping shape the future of business and productivity in the Washington, DC metro area.

PANEL:

Lorraine Marchand
Product Development and Commercialization Executive
Lorraine Marchand, author of The Innovation Mindset: Eight Essential Steps to Transform Any Industry , has three decades of experience in new product development and innovation commercialization. She is an Advisor to New York University Endless Frontier Labs, the START Program at Princeton University and international entrepreneurship programs. Read full profile…

Tien Wong
Chairman & CEO, Opus8, Inc.
Mr. Tien Wong is a tech investor, entrepreneur, and CEO. He is Chairman & CEO of Opus8, Inc., a private investment and advisory firm investing in exceptional life science and tech enabled services companies, as well as specializing in raising capital for promising tech companies and alternative investment fund managers. Read full profile…

PITCHING COMPANIES:

Murat Croci
Cofounder & Co-CEO @ Ibex Biosciences, Inc.