What is the Founder Showcase?

The Founder Showcase is a Silicon Valley’s leading international startup pitch event: helping pre-seed to seed-stage startups learn, launch, and connect to investors.

On this free online event you can watch presentations from promising pre-seed & seed-stage startups from across the globe, and learn from world-leading venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.

Our keynote speaker, Jonathan Greechan, will share his insights on what idea-stage and pre-seed startups can expect to see in the startup funding landscape for 2025, and how they can prepare. There are also several networking sessions to connect with others.

Since 2008, speakers like Elon Musk and startups like Udemy and Thumbtack have presented on our stage. 

Each event is attended by hundreds of international angels, venture capitalists, media, entrepreneurs, and executives.

Keynote Speaker

 
  • Jonathan Greechan – CEO & Co-Founder at Founder Institute – Since 2009, Jonathan has grown and scaled the world’s largest pre-seed accelerator to chapters in over 200 cities and 100 countries, producing over 6800 portfolio companies with an estimated value of $35BN. He also serves as an Advisor to Oxford Entrepreneurs (Oxford University), Horasis, and the USC Incubator (University of Southern California). Previously, Jonathan was a Partner of TheFunded.com, the first website for founders to rate and review venture capitalists, and an Executive Producer of the Founder Showcase, a leading Silicon Valley startup conference that hosted speakers like Elon Musk. Jonathan’s writing has been featured in Fortune, TechCrunch, and Entrepreneur Magazine, and he has spoken at startup conferences on four continents.

Presenting Companies

  • Tina Ruseva – Founder & CEO at Mentessa –  An award-winning AI platform that fosters a connected learning culture by seamlessly integrating employees for mentoring, skill sharing, and collaboration. With automated programs like DEI exchanges, it enhances engagement, well-being, and productivity while simplifying workplace collaboration. 
  • Diego Roman – Co-Founder & CEO at InsureHero – An insurance and automation platform that empowers brokers, insurers, agents, and digital platforms to seamlessly integrate and scale insurance services. Driven by AI automation and a dynamic API, it optimizes workflows, streamlines claims management, and bridges traditional and digital insurance distribution for efficient, innovative growth.

 

Learn more about the Founder Showcase at FounderShowcase.com/about.