🚀 Event Overview
We invite you to an evening of curated connection at the intersection of science and venture. Explore the frontier of modern technology through brilliant pitches and candid fundraising insights alongside the industry’s leading minds.
🌟 What to Expect
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Venture & Vision: Expert keynotes on investment trends and the latest scientific milestones.
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Startup Showcases: Curated pitches featuring the next wave of advanced technology.
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Live Feedback Loop: Direct insights from the judging panel and the announcement of winners.
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Networking & Dinner: Meaningful dialogue and collaboration between the ecosystem's key players.
🕒 Event Agenda
5:30 – 6:00 PMCheck-in, Dinner and Networking
6:00 – 6:20 PMWeShine Welcome & Opening Remarks by Ellen Wang
Akash Saraf, Founder of TheAgentic - the best large reasoning models for Agentic AI"
Charles Fan, CEO of MemVerge, - Introducing multi-model AI memory layer - Memorybox
6:20 – 6:40 PM Keynote Speakers
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Larry Li, Founding Partner @ Amino Capital
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Topic: Making Hardware Soft- Early-stage VC firm investing in AI, deep tech, SaaS, and Web3. His portfolio includes Chime, Replit, Webflow, Rippling, Grail, Weee!, Turing, and early backing of Zoom. Larry has been recognized on the Forbes Midas Seed List for three consecutive years and was named one of the Top 5 AI Trendsetters in 2024.
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Clara de Ros, Investor @ Plug and Play Tech Center- Investor at Plug and Play Tech Center, partnering with early-stage startups across AI, enterprise, fintech, and climate tech. Previously led corporate development at a renewable energy company and advised fundraising, M&A, and strategic finance transactions in Europe and Latin America.
6:40 – 7:20 PM Panel Discussion:
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Larry Li, Founding Partner @ Amino Capital
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Clara de Ros, Investor @ Plug and Play Tech Center
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Lu Wang, CEO @ Adora Robotics
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Elaine Liu, Co-founder & CEO ProsGrow AI
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Charles Fan, Founder and CEO @ MemVerge
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Roger Rappoport, Partner @Snell & Wilmer, Moderator
7:20 – 7:50 PM Pitch Session
4-5 Startup Pitches
7:50 – 8:30 PMSocial Networking
💡 Startups – Apply to Pitch!
Want to get on stage and pitch in front of real investors and an engaged audience?📥 Submit your pitch deck by July 31st📢 Final selections announced on August 2nd👉 Apply Here: https://forms.gle/VZo9pwzTNqL2EuTM9
🎫WeShine Advisor/Judge Pass:
Investors, CEOs, Scientists, Journalists & large community partners are welcome to join WeShine Advisor Group to support early-stage founders. Benefits include:✔️ Early access to top-tier pitch decks✔️ Invited as the Guest Speakers or to private events✔️ Complimentary pass to WeShine events, and receive community Impact Award from WeShine
👉 Interested? Please let us know. https://forms.gle/X5WdMbLphs1NgvHNA
🌟 Organizers
WeShine Entrepreneurship OrganizationBay 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
🌟Partners:
TheAgentic provides complete infrastructure for production-ready AI agents, currently powering companies in biotech, healthtech, cybersecurity, and fintech where accuracy isn't optional. Sanscritic: is building the reasoning layer for the next generation of AI systems. Through its NeoLab, Sanscritic develops meta-reasoning systems, domain foundation models, and infrastructure for more reliable, specialized, and verifiable AI.
Memverge, memorybox is a local-first, multi-model AI memory layer that enhances the quality of AI output, and lowers the cost of AI tokens, while guaranteeing ownership and privacy of your ideas. It accomplishes them by constructing relevant AI context based on your conversations, documents, and preferences.
🌟Cohosts
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Snell & Wilmer (Law Firm)
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langrenusfund (focus on Web3 and AI), targeting investments in early-stage projects, incubation, and value-added services.
