Finance & Banking

VIP Pitch Lounge: Get Unfiltered Feedback from Global Investors & Advisors (Philadelphia Spring 2026)

As the Philadelphia Spring 2026 Founder Institute cohort prepares to launch, Accepted Founders are invited to an exclusive VIP Pitch Lounge. At this private event, founders pitch their ideas to a panel of Mentors and Leaders for constructive feedback, while others may attend to observe and learn from expert analysis. The event is exclusively for Accepted Fou…

Visit the official site
7Speakers
11Sponsors
1On the bill · sessions
17Companies · in total
§I

Speakers

Programmed at VIP, in alphabetical order.
Daniyal Ashraf
Social Media Lead · Founder Institute
Janet Todorova
Head of Expansion · Founder Institute
Jonathan Greechan
Co-Founder & CEO · Founder Institute, GP Founder Capital
Maria Sucgang
Founder & CEO · Remotify
Mario Edoardo Simmaco
Founder and CEO · GreenAnt
Mustafa Momin
Founder and CEO · Palki Motors
Sameer Sortur
Founding Partner · SquareCircle Ventures
§II

Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Founder CapitalPlatinum
Loyal VCPlatinum
AREA 23 LABSLocal Partner
Ben Franklin Technology PartnersLocal Partner
CIC PhiladelphiaLocal Partner
Female Founder InitiativeLocal Partner
KommunityLocal Partner
New York AngelsLocal Partner
Philly Tech EntrepreneursLocal Partner
Venture For AmericaLocal Partner
VentureLink @ NJITLocal Partner
§III

Agenda

Selected from 1 sessions on the bill.
  • May 26, 2026, 09:00 am - 10:30 am

    VIP Pitch Lounge: Get Unfiltered Feedback from Global Investors & Advisors

    As the Philadelphia Spring 2026 Founder Institute cohort prepares to launch, we are inviting Accepted Founders to join an exclusive VIP Pitch Lounge. On this private event, Accepte…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 17 companies, parsed from the program.

Seventeen companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
11Sponsoringsponsor only
6Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

86% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite457%
  • Founder / Owner114%
  • Director / Head of114%
  • Manager / Lead114%

Of 7 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01AREA 23 LABSSp·L
  2. 02Ben Franklin Technology PartnersSp·L
  3. 03CIC PhiladelphiaSp·L
  4. 04Female Founder InitiativeSp·L
  5. 05Founder CapitalSp·P
  6. 06KommunitySp·L
  7. 07Loyal VCSp·P
  8. 08New York AngelsSp·L
  9. 09Philly Tech EntrepreneursSp·L
  10. 10Venture For AmericaSp·L
  11. 11VentureLink @ NJITSp·L
  12. 12Founder Institute2V
  13. 13Founder Institute, GP Founder Capital1V
  14. 14GreenAnt1V
Sponsors by tier
platinum2
18% of 11
local partner9
82% of 11
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

Related events · by shared sponsors