GTM Breakthrough Summit | $25K Founder Opportunity

Apply for demo spot here FBL × Loop8 Partnership Launch | Expert Speakers | Rooftop Startup Demos | Dinner & Drinks From Design Partners to 100+ Customers. From Early Traction to Market Leadership. What separates startups that gain early traction from those that go on to win their markets? Join Funding Breakthrough Lab (FBL) × Loop8 for the GTM Breakthrough Summit, bringing together a highly curated group of ambitious founders, accomplished investors, and experienced Silicon Valley operators. We're excited to welcome Jeremiah Owyang, General Partner at Blitzscaling Ventures, as our opening keynote speaker, sharing how startups can leverage distribution, network effects, and defensible growth strategies to become market leaders. 🚀 Plus, 5 promising founders will be selected to receive $25,000 EACH in development support, with opportunities to access AWS credits for eligible startups. Expect an evening of insightful conversations, two expert GTM panels, 10 selected startup demos, and meaningful connections over dinner and drinks. At FBL, the caliber of people in the room matters. We curate our events to connect high-potential founders with accomplished experts and industry leaders who can help accelerate their growth. 🎤 Opening Keynote: Jeremiah Owyang — General Partner, Blitzscaling Ventures Jeremiah Owyang is a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, technology thought leader, and General Partner at Blitzscaling Ventures, investing in early-stage AI startups with the potential to become market leaders. Working alongside Chris Yeh, co-author of the bestselling book Blitzscaling, Jeremiah brings deep insights into distribution, viral growth, and network effects. He is also the founder of Llama Lounge, a popular AI startup event series connecting exceptional founders and investors. A sought-after speaker at TED AI, Web Summit, and TechCrunch Disrupt, Jeremiah will share what it takes to build competitive advantages and scale in an increasingly competitive AI landscape. Eric Lay — CEO, Virio (executive ghostwriting building inbound for B2B founders) 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗟𝗮𝘆, pro gamer turned co-founder & CEO of Virio, one of the sharpest voices on founder-led content that actually drives pipeline GTM Engineering - Jordan Schuetz From the person who coined the term Jordan Schuetz works closely with the operators and builders turning go-to-market into an engineering discipline, from centralizing GTM data to running AI research agents against it to building outbound systems that scale. Before Clay, he led product marketing at TRM Labs and ran developer programs at Twilio, HashiCorp, and MuleSoft, where technical depth and go-to-market meet. Clay is the go-to-market platform for revenue teams and the GTM engineers building their pipelines. With 200+ data providers in one place, AI research agents, and tools to turn raw data into personalized outreach at scale, Clay helps high-growth teams build pipeline fast, backed by a community that turned go-to-market into an engineering discipline. 🎯 GTM & Distribution: From Design Partners to 100+ Customers Building a great product is only half the challenge. Winning customers and creating repeatable growth is what turns promising startups into enduring companies. Join our expert-led panel exploring the strategies behind successful GTM, customer acquisition, and distribution. Panel: From Design Partners to 100+ Customers How do you turn early interest into paying customers and build a scalable GTM engine? Explore founder-led sales, customer acquisition, positioning, and the strategies that help startups move beyond initial validation toward repeatable revenue. Moderated by goto Market export Keith Lam. Keith mentors at Funding Breakthrough Lab, Berkeley SkyDeck and Bronco Ventures. He’s also a strategic Advisor for Rebel GTM. Additional speakers to be announced. 🌟 $25K Development Opportunity — 5 Founders Selected Great founders deserve access to the resources to build great co…