Overview
This is an official side event of the Tech Crunch Disrupt 2026: the biggest tech event of the year. Join us in downtown San Francisco for yet another edition of our Future of Work-themed social mixer + open demos! This event is an open-mic formula - just bring your laptop, join us, and step up to pitch and present your demo. This event is optimized for making deals.
Speakers
17- Arjan Singh
- Dr Pavel Vinitsky
- Funding Breakthrough Lab
- Jordan Lin
- Karan Pandey
- Lital Cohencommunication and executive presence coach, Stanford Graduate School of Business & Plug'n'Play
- Madeline LA
- Martín Ezequiel Pulitano
- Matthew Stein
- Natalia Bielczyk, PhD
- Natalie PanFounder of Funding Breakthrough Lab, Software Engineer, Cursor Vibe Coder, Hackathon Champion, Mindset Coach
- Nick LinckFounder, The Residency
Schedule
12 events
Other
12:00 am to 12:30 am
Networking
Other
12:30 am to 12:40 am
Welcome from the Organizer: Ontology of Value + Host: HumanMade + Sponsors: Fidelity Private Shares, Mos Health
Other
12:40 am to 12:45 am
Sponsor: TechnologyWire
Other
12:45 am to 12:50 am
Community partners: Funding Breakthrough Lab, B4SF
Other
12:50 am to 1:00 am
Keynote talk by the Community Partner, Pavel Vinitsky, PhD, Synexis
Other
1:00 am to 1:15 am
Fireside Chat with Nick Linck, The Residency
Other
1:15 am to 1:25 am
Workshop on power pitching by Lital Cohen, Stanford Graduate School of Business & Plug'n'Play
Other
1:25 am to 1:35 am
Keynote talk by Robin P. Zander, Zander Media: "The Great AI Divide"
Other
1:35 am to 2:00 am
Surprise Pitch by a Special Guest + Spotlight & Showcase pitches moderated by Natalie Pan, Funding Breakthrough Lab
Other
2:00 am to 3:45 am
Open Demos
Other
3:45 am to 4:00 am
Investors share their discoveries on stage; moderated by Nicholas Ferraro, New York Life
Other
4:00 AM
Networking; music, greetings, farewell
Session
Networking
12:00 am to 12:30 am· 30 min
other