Fourteenth year of WFN's curated pitch night at UCLA. Ten finalists, chosen from a national application round, pitch across two tracks: tech or tech-enabled, and consumer / CPG / non-tech. Each gets five minutes plus a five-minute Q&A with VC and operator judges, then a networking reception with investors over appetizers. The eligibility bar filters the room, US-based, woman-founded, under $750K raised, which means the audience is pre-Series A founders and the capital that writes checks at that stage. Prize pool is $55K in cash plus around $100K in professional services. Finalists also get pitch coaching, financial mentoring and alumni-network introductions in the run-up, so the night is the culmination of a real program, not a one-off.

  • pitch
  • women-founders
  • ucla
  • early-stage
  • cpg
  • tech
  • pitch-competition