Early Stage Female Founder Pitch Competition

🚀Central Asian Ladies Initiative (CALI) Welcomes You!

CALI (https://t.me/CentralAsianLadiesInitiative) and Daxe (https://www.linkedin.com/company/daxeinc/) are thrilled to host the Early Stage Female Founder Pitch Competition.

If you're a female-founded startup seeking an opportunity to pitch to expert VCs and raise funds, join us on Thursday, August 8 at 5:00 PM. To participate, apply by August 5 here (https://forms.gle/5eJvACSDs7ixqBLF7).

Not a startup? Not a problem. Join us if you are interested in knowing more about what it means to be a startup founder or just want to network with speakers, investors and startup founders. To attend, register here (https://lu.ma/6lkme75i).

Event Details:

Date: Thursday, August 8

Time: 5 PM - 8 PM

Venue: The Multiverse, 361 Lytton Ave, Palo Alto

Agenda:

5:00 - 5:30 Networking

5:30 - 5:50 Fireside chat with Aytakin (Ika) Aliyeva (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aytakin-aliyeva-femigrants/)

5:50 - 6:00 Investors introductions

6:00 - 7:30 Ten startups pitches

7:30 - 8:00 Networking

Pitch Format:

​Offline only, 3 min per each pitch + 2 min for Q&A.

Keynote Speaker:

Aytakin (Ika) Aliyeva (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aytakin-aliyeva-femigrants/), Founder of Femigrants Foundation, Forbes Featured Community Builder, Double GOLD Award Winner - Women Changing The World Awards23, Top 25 Female Influencer of 2023 WomElle, Voice of Immigrants.

We are thrilled to feature an amazing lineup of judges: 

- ​Stella Kim (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stella-kim1/), Investor, CEO of IndigiLabs US, Co-Founder of Stealth Startup, Venture Studio + Fund.

​- Anastasia Budinskaya (https://www.linkedin.com/in/abudinskaya/), Investor at NFX, Co-Founder & CBO of 1bio, Creator at Biotech & Brews.

- Jing Lin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jing-lin-ph-d-39614118/), Healthcare Venture Capital Investor, Founder and Managing Director at KOFA Healthcare.

- Kemi Christina Abdul (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kemi-christina-abdul-928528b/), Board Member at InfraCorp, Managing Director at BlueHaven (FZ).

- Casancia Khoo (https://www.linkedin.com/in/casancia-khoo-8b091025/), Director, Investments at Temasek, works with Trigo Vision, Fabric, Einride, Momenta.

- Amrutha Nair (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nairamrutha/), Investor, Stanford GSB (MSx ‘25), Growth Leader, Monetization Strategist, DE&I Advocate.

​Organizers:

​Hosted by Central Asian Ladies Initiative (CALI) (https://t.me/CentralAsianLadiesInitiative) and Daxe (https://www.linkedin.com/company/daxeinc/).

​​Sponsored by Crowell & Moring (https://www.crowell.com/en), The Multiverse VC (https://themultiverse.global/) and Lamarka Venture Fund (https://www.lamarka.com/).

Hosted by:

- ​Erika Bahr (https://www.linkedin.com/in/erika-marie-bahr/), Founder of Daxe, Harvard Business Analytics, Data Science, AI/ML, Female Empowerment, Darden School of Business MSBA.

- ​Amina Tushakova (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tushakova1/), Co-Founder of CALI, Research Intern at Stanford University School of Engineering, Physics & CS at Minerva.

- ​Jason Nyeh (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonnyeh/), Program Manager at Lamarka Consulting Services, Franchisee / Operator at Baskin Robbins, Co-Founder at Alphataba,Inc.

- Kanykei Omurzakova (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanykeiomurzakova/), Co-Founder of CALI, Stanford GSB (MSx ‘25), Senior Engineer at Cisco.

- Togzhan Ibrayeva (https://www.linkedin.com/in/togzhan-ibrayeva/), Co-Founder of CALI, Data Privacy Attorney at Esri Inc.

- ​Aknur Abdikarim (https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-aknur/), Co-Founder of CALI, Co-Founder at Uocan, FIRST Robotics Alumni, CS and Business at Minerva University.

Hosts:

​CALI (https://t.me/CentralAsianLadiesInitiative)

​A forum for Central Asian women in Silicon Valley to network, develop professional skills and contribute to the community.

​DAXE (https://www.linkedin.com/company/daxeinc/)

​Daxe is at the forefront of transforming legal diligence processes with its cutting-edge, Al-powered platform.

​Crowell (https://www.crowell.com/en)

​Crowell & Moring is an international law firm with operations in the United States, Europe, MENA, and Asia.

​Multiverse (https://themultiverse.global/)

​The global platform for investment, innovation and entrepreneurship.

​Lamarka (https://www.lamarka.com/)

​Lamarka Venture Fund award-winning micro-VC fund investing selectively in the most promising early-stage startups in our broader network.

Stay connected with CALI:

LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/cali-initiative/), X (Twitter) (https://x.com/cali_initiative), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cali.initiative/), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4U_r5aCkE8TstFFsuvLlg).

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