Vibe Your SaaS: Startup Pitch Competition + VC/Founder Mixer @ Snowflake HQ

The VYS Startup Pitch Competition:
We're the SF Bay Area's #1 startup pitch event. At each event, we select 5 incredible early-stage startups to pitch to our audience of investors, elite founders, and industry professionals. But we only crown one winner.

The winner will receive a $39.99 Nano Pac-Man as a trophy, plus a full feature in the VYS newsletter, which goes out to 7,000+ founders, investors, and tech professionals inside startups like Anthropic, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Runway, Pinecone, Cresta, Walnut, Airtable, plus Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and more.

We also select 5 additional startups for demos.

If you want to demo, pitch, or just attend, register above.

Past pitch competition winners:
VYS 002: Abrial AI, Enterprise-grade software for airline pricing automation
VYS 003: Cara AI, Vision AI that analyzes home photos for safety

Produced by:
Gregory Kennedy, Founder and GTM Advisor, Vibe Your Saas
Arjun Dev Arora, Advisor to Founders & VCs

Hosted by:

Fireside chats with:
Joanne Chen, General Partner, Foundation Capital
Tripp Jones, General Partner, Uncork Capital

Guest judge:
Sean Byrnes, Investor & CEO Coach

Agenda:
5:30 PM Doors open
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM Networking, food, and demos
6:30 PM to 7:15 PM Fireside chats
7:15 PM to 7:30 PM Pitches
7:30 PM We crown our winning startup of the evening 👑
7:30 PM to 8:30 PM More networking

Pitch Competition:
For this event, we will select 5 startups to pitch to our panel. And one startup will be crowned the winner of the evening based on a 5-point criteria:

1. Innovation: Originality of the idea and strength of the AI advantage.
2. Market Potential: Size of opportunity and clarity of target customer.
3. Product Execution: Quality, usability, and stage of product development.
4. Team: Capability, vision, and ability to execute.
5. Business Model: Revenue strategy, scalability, and traction potential.

How to apply? Request to join the event and click the checkbox, "I have a startup and want to pitch."
If you need a pitch template to follow, use this.

*Space is limited, and all attendees must be approved.

Vibe Your SaaS is the premier global network for startup founders, operators, and investors. Through a weekly newsletter, an online community, and curated IRL meetups, VYS connects the most fascinating and idiosyncratic voices in AI and SaaS. We aim to ensure the next wave of software companies that change the world get built, funded, and scaled.

Companies and brands who attended:
💰 Investors: Angel Hub Ventures, Arc5 Ventures, Arka Venture Labs, Axial, E12 Ventures, Entrepreneurs First, Esalen Ventures, Founder Factor, Gaorong Ventures, Georgian, Hustle Fund, ID3 Ventures, J2 Ventures, Jabroni Capital, Marubeni Power, Matter Bio, Mavka Capital, Mercedes-Benz AG Investments, Morgan Stanley, Mighty Capital, Nomura Strategic Ventures, Noveus Capital, Overlook Ventures, Pacific Community Ventures (PCV), Precursor Ventures, Progressive Ventures, Rain Capital, Resilient Earth Capital, Rizoma Advisors, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Streamlined Ventures, Sorenson Impact, Synergis Capital, Techstars, TPH Ventures, Vectors Capital

🧑‍💻 Founders: Asendia AI, Adhera Health, AgentDynamics, AGIGA, Algebras AI, ArcheanX, Azcare AI, Berkeley Compute, BITFLUX.AI, Biocompile, BrainBit, Brighthive, Caber Systems, Connectrate AI, Contextual Inc., Channl AL, Chord Communities, CouldAI, Cloud Avenue, Compliagence, Credio, CrowdCore, ContinuEM, Daboss AI, Deep Insight Labs, Dhisana AI, The Ensynble, FizzBee, Flexhaul AI, Floatz AL, Fulgor, GENUM, GeoLiquefy, Goharvest AI, Glam AI, GLX Studio, Gracker AI, EquityNav, HeyJarvis AI, Incantio, Leoads AI, Impulse AI, Loud Labs, LucidAct Health, LuminaData, Maestrix AI, Miraii AI, MyTongueAI, NailedIT Labs, Neatly Heath, Nekonomikon Games, Nexacore Solutions, Orby, Paper Planes, Pantheon AI, Peazy Labs, Propensity AI, Philo Homes, ProsGrow AI, ScienceForBrain, SigmaRemote, Skyp AI, Skillprint AI, SmartNurse AI, Space Copy, Super AI Lab, Swytchcode, Syft Data, TakeBridge, Talk2Me, Teamcast AI, Threddle, Trotta, Vibeslist AL, Vidya AI, Visenty, Walnut AI, Wavv, Yektasonics, Ziply AI

🤓 Enterprises: Amazon, Apple, Arm, Figma, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Roche, SAP, Salesforce, Samsung, Tesla, TikTok, Wells Fargo, Zoom Info, Zscaler