Anika Begay
Startup Battlefield is one of the highlights of Disrupt, and we can’t wait to see who among the thousands of applicants will be selected to present their project to the high-level VC panels at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, October 28-30 in San Francisco. It’s always epic, and each contender is on track to make a huge impact on the world.
Judges’ feedback provides insight into their criteria for determining whether a company is viable. Get a front-row seat to their expert feedback and learn the key qualities that make a startup thrive, only at Disrupt 2024.
We are excited to reveal our next group of investors who will evaluate the startups and follow up each pitch with an intense and revealing Q&A. Keep your eyes peeled for more big names to be announced soon!
Morgan Beller, General Partner, NFX
Morgan is a general partner at NFX, a seed-stage venture capital fund. Most recently, Morgan was at Facebook, where she originally joined as part of the business development team in May 2017. Her primary project was trying to answer the question, “How should Facebook think about blockchain?” This evolved into building the blockchain team, which later became Diem and Novi. Morgan served as the head of strategy for Novi at Facebook. Prior to Facebook, Morgan ran business development at Medium, where she led the acquisition of Embedly and helped develop the subscription strategy. Before that, Morgan was on the Deal Team at Andreessen Horowitz. For the second half of her time there, she focused exclusively on the early-stage ecosystem.
Shravan Narayen, Partner, IVP
Shravan is an IVP partner who invests primarily in enterprise infrastructure and applications built by driven founders solving deep technical problems. Shravan’s investments include Perplexity, Baseten, Chainguard, Cortex, Eightfold, and Glean. Prior to IVP, Shravan worked across all stages of the startup lifecycle, from pre-PMF to IPO, most recently in product at Snowflake. He strives to bring that context as he partners with founders building next-generation companies.
Jon Rosenbaum, CEO, Insight Partners
Jon (also known to friends and colleagues as “Rosie”) joined Insight Partners in 2014. He focuses on vertical and horizontal application software and is responsible for executing transactions and assisting with post-close portfolio management. He also specializes in helping portfolio companies source and execute M&A. He currently serves on the board of directors of several Insight companies, including 6sense, LeanTaaS, SimpleNexus, Templafy, Florence, ComplianceQuest, and Earnix. Some of his exits include Docusign (NASDAQ: DOCU), nCino (NASDAQ: NCNO), Frontline Education (acquired by Thoma Bravo), and CloudCraze (acquired by Salesforce).
Sharon Winter, Vice President, Atomic
Sharon is a serial entrepreneur and company creator at Atomic venture capital firm, specializing in the critical 0-1 stage of startup development. Her superpower is taking ideas and turning them into successful companies. At Atomic, Sharon was instrumental in starting over 100 companies and building over a dozen companies to Series A, leveraging her expertise in working with engineering, design, growth, and commercial operations. Prior to Atomic, Sharon founded eight profitable companies across multiple industries, including entertainment, media, gaming, CPG, and SaaS, with two successful exits. Her background in industrial design and robotics and human-computer interaction from Carnegie Mellon University has equipped her with the skills to quickly understand and adapt to various markets. Sharon’s goal is to achieve product-market fit faster, making her a vital force in Atomic’s mission to build the next generation of market-leading companies.
Sangeen Zeb, General Partner, Google Ventures
Sangeen is a general partner at GV, focused on high-growth AI and enterprise investments. He works with early- and late-stage startups and his investments include Chronosphere, Courier, Lacework, and Medallion. Prior to joining GV in 2021, Sangeen was an investor at Founders Circle Capital, where he helped lead the firm’s investments in Attentive, Algolia, Cohesity, Confluent (IPO), Databricks, Segment (acquired by Twilio), Robinhood (IPO), and UiPath (IPO). He spent over five years at Centerview Capital, where he raised investments in Affirmed Networks (acquired by Microsoft) and Sauce Labs (acquired by TPG), and began his investing career at Summit Partners.
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The winner of Startup Battlefield, who will take home an equity-free prize of $100,000, will be announced at Disrupt 2024. This is your chance to witness the future of technology—be sure to be there! Get your tickets here. Save up to $600 if you register before August 24.
