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Join 300+ entrepreneurs, investors, C-level executives, and leaders from the startup community in discovering the next rising stars from our amazing lineup of female founders as they pitch to win $55,000 in cash grants.

Cheer on your favorite companies, make new connections, and get inspired!

Ticket includes program admission, networking reception with appetizer buffet, wine, beverages and dessert!

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Are you an investor?

Watch pitches from 10 innovative companies and meet new, rising stars!

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See how the Top 10 structure their pitches and learn valuable nuggets to add to your own pitch!

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Make connections with incredible people in a variety of industries - you never know who you might meet!

WFN 10th ANNUAL FAST PITCH EVENT

OCTOBER 25, 2022

5:00-8:30pm PDT

COVEL COMMONS @ UCLA

FINALIST SPOTLIGHT

Meet the Fast Pitch Finalists!

We'll be featuring two of our finalists in each newsletter leading up to the Fast Pitch!

Noodelist

Thuong Tan

Founder and CEO

About the company: Noodelist is premium, plant-based instant noodles that you are not ashamed to eat in public! We are finally closing the gap between healthy and tasty. Noodelist is powered by superplant Moroheiya (Egyptian spinach) which has 5x more calcium than regular spinach.

About the Founder: Born in Vietnam, she doesn't eat rice. Raised in Finland, she doesn’t eat potatoes. Based in Silicon Valley, she doesn’t eat burritos. She lives on noodles! She is on a mission to deliver #InstantHappiness in the form of plant-based instant noodles.

TAINR

Kathy Silva

COO and Founder

About the company: TAINR brings sustainable automation to the grocery industry through a smart refill ecosystem for dry foods. With TAINR, retailers can provide a frictionless user experience, eliminate unnecessary packaging to build brand loyalty, and improve their operational efficiencies, ultimately building a smart and more sustainable future.

About the Founder: Kathy is a founder and the COO of TAINR. She is on a mission to make refill systems mainstream and convenient in order to minimize plastic packaging waste. Kathy's experience is in product development, manufacturing, and operations. She is passionate about making systems more sustainable, regenerative, and accessible. Prior to TAINR, she founded a product development firm that helped companies at various stages embed sustainable models from the inception of design. Her experience and passion merged in 2021, when Kathy and her co-founders founded TAINR to address the barriers she faced on a weekly basis when trying to eliminate single-use plastic from her groceries.

Learn more about our Top 10 Finalists here.

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