Global Network, Awards Program, and Resource Established to Elevate and Support Startup Founders
Global Network, Awards Program, and Resource Established to Elevate and Support Startup Founders
Judges, Mentors, Investor Leaders
Startup of the Year® has partnered up with amazing investors, serial entrepreneurs, mentors, and industry leaders over the years in order to provide our global community the best experience possible. Meet some of our experts below!
Jean Case
Chairman, National Geographic and CEO, Case Impact Network
Lo Toney
Partner, GV
Kerry Rupp
General Partner, True Wealth Ventures
Lesa Mitchell
Managing Director, Techstars
Nabil A. Borhanu
President and Managing Partner, Graphene Ventures
Cheryl Foil
CTO, New Venture
Burunda Prince
Innovation Leader, BB6
Justin Fishkin
CFO and Chief Strategy Officer, ByFusion
Gabriella Draney Zielke
Cofounder and CEO, Tech Wildcatters
Eric Hsia
Venture Partner and Advisor, Translink Capital
Lisa Lambert
Managing Partner, Westly Group
Joe Merrill
General Partner, SputnikATX
Jeff Clavier
Founder & Managing Partner, SoftTech VC
Kelli Martin
Program Manager, Small Business Grant Contest, FedEx
Sarah Kunst
Managing Director, Cleo Capital
Jesse Draper
Founding Partner, Halogen Ventures
Tristan Pollock
EIR and Venture Partner, 500 Startups
Sarah Moret
Associate, CrossCut Ventures
Chris Schultz
CEO, Launch Pad
Cheryl Campos
Director of Growth & Partnerships, Republic
Mark Rowland
CEO and Co-Founder, ROCeteer
Cayla Chambers
Partner, InvestHER Ventures
Grant Allen
Managing Director, AAB Technology Ventures
Brian Gorbett
Global Head of Developer Advocacy, Intuit
Bambi Francisco
Founder and CEO, Vator
Jason Putorti
Executive Director, Resistbot
Natasa Djukanovic
CMO, Domain.ME
Jeff O’Hara
Founder, Edmodo
Annie Pace Scranton
Founder, Pace Public Relations
Will Young
General Partner, VTF Capital
Gary Shapiro
President and CEO, Consumer Technology Association
Ximena Hartsock
Founder, Chief Operating Officer, and President, Phone2Action
Gary Benitt
General Partner, Social Leverage
Indra Sandal, PhD
Director of Innovation, Department of Veterans Affairs
Jeremy Tanner
Community Development, SendGrid
Amy Jo Kim, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, Shufflebrain
Anastasia Tarpeh-Ellis
Managing Director, Backstage Los Angeles, Backstage Capital
Eric Bahn
Co-Founder and General Partner, Hustlefund
Haley Fradkin
Senior Investment Associate, Plum Alley Investments
Pramod Dabir
CEO and Co-founder, West Agile Labs
Frank J. Parrotto
Chief Operating Officer, Matrix Advisors, LLC
Mara Lewis
CoFounder, ID8 Innovation
Phil Nadel
Managing Director, Forefront Venture Partners
Adam Griffin
Director, Galvanize
Justin Kulla
CEO and Founder, Business Blocks
Jon Spinney
Cofounder and CEO, Malartu Funds
Monique Villa
Investor, Mucker Capital
Tyler Suiters
Vice President Communication, Consumer Technology Association
Sean Ammirati
Partner, Birchmere Ventures
George Moncrief
Tech Scout, AFWERX
Kristina Montague
Managing Partner, The JumpFund
George Stepancich
Founder, CEO and Chairman, Invisionate, LLC
Cutler Knupp
Director of Strategy and Technology Investment, Haskell
Susan Cooney
Head of Marketing and Partnerships, Change Catalyst
Philip D. Bennett
Author and Entrepreneur
Robert Heiblim
Principal, BlueSalve Consulting
Kirby Harris
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Base Ventures
Wayne Chen
Chief Technologist, Booz Allen Hamilton
Rafiq Ahmed
Managing Director, Dipalo Ventures
