Hardware Pitch Night - Summertime Showcase!

Luma Event Link • Nathan Latka, serial entrepreneur, the host of the Top Founders podcast, and the founder of Founderpath, where he has deployed $270m to 710 founders. Join us for an evening of live pitches and demos from hardware founders working on frontier technologies for the physical world. We'll be showcasing 6 breakthrough hardware startups pitching to a live panel of leading VCs giving on the spot feedback. Real pitches, real feedback, and the kind of in-person networking that only happens when people who love hardware, build hardware, and invest in hardware are in the room. Here's the agenda for the night: 5:30-6:30pm: Arrival & Networking 6:30-7:30pm: Pitches & Feedback 7:30-8:30pm: Networking & Wrap up Startups: 📢 APPLY TO PITCH 📢 • MYELION makes vision AI faster and more accurate with less compute. • Zylo3D is making chairside dentistry as simple as pressing a button. • Lit Motors a two wheel Waymo. • Magic makes gesture-controlled smart rings for device control, voice capture, and health tracking. • ChipHub is an AI native procurement software platform for the hardware OEMs. • R0 Systems makes plasma sanitization equipment for post-harvest fruits and vegetables. Judges: • Aaron Pickard, investor at MFV Partners and an early-stage deep tech VC. Former hardware test engineer at Terran Orbital, a small satellite company. • Nathan Latka, serial entrepreneur, the host of the Top Founders podcast, and the founder of Founderpath, where he has deployed $270m to 710 founders. • Navya Chitimreddy, investor at Abryo Capital, LP for multiple funds, angel investor, and Berkeley Skydeck mentor. If you invest in hardware, we'd love for you to join our panel of judges. Email nate@informal.fund if interested! Brought to you by: • RiseLink Semiconductor company building WiFi chips for AI-connected devices. RiseLink works with hardware builders from prototype to production and is growing one of the first developer ecosystems for physical AI. riselink.ai • informal is a freelance collective for the most talented independent professionals in hardware. Whether you’re looking for a single contractor, a full-time employee, or an entire team of professionals to work on everything from product development to go-to-market strategy, the informal collective has the perfect collection of people for the job. • informal fund is an angel syndicate for hardware investors. It's hard enough to build a hardware startup: finding hardware friendly capital shouldn't be too. informal fund connects the dots between investors who know hardware and the founders building it. If you're an accredited investor, apply to join the syndicate here. • Studio 45 - informal spaces SF is a physical space for entrepreneurs and teams building hardware in SF. Located in Mission/Bernal Area, the studio gathers the community, resources, space, and tools needed to build a business making physical products. By registering for this event, you agree to share your registration information sponsors of this event. ―――――――――― SF Stuff To Do Do not edit this event! changes will be overwritten