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Visionary start-ups in the fields of online recruiting, tree care and drug development were the winning pitches at our\u00a0Launch Tank Pitch Night<\/b> in Palo Alto. Our judging panel of venture capitalists – Niklas Herriger<\/a> (Cross-Atlantic Angles), Mani Honigstein<\/a> (Honeystone Ventures), Jens Weitzel<\/a> (Yabusame Partners), Steve Gillan<\/a> (Blumberg Capital) and our co-host, Miku Mehta<\/a> (Procopio) – heard their presentations, asked pointed questions and selected the winners. Two communications specialists gave valuable feedback and advised the presenters how to make short pitches even more concise and engaging to succeed on the \u201crunway\u201d for venture capital. We thank the 150 guests who provided a supportive audience, our host Procopio<\/a> and our event partners JHTC (Jewish High Tech Community)<\/a> and Keizai Silicon Valley<\/a>, the US-Japan Business Forum, for a great collaboration.<\/p>\n

A big thank you to our generous prize sponsors: Social Sellinator<\/a>, Procopio<\/a>, LDV<\/a>, Donna Griffit<\/a>, Lital Cohen<\/a> and Maido Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nFor more great pictures of the event, please see our event photo album here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The winners and runners-up:<\/strong><\/div>\n
Qlay<\/a> \u2013 First Place<\/div>\n
Treeable<\/a> \u2013 Second Place<\/div>\n
Diagnostics Research Laboratory<\/a> \u2013 Third Place<\/div>\n
InfiniRel<\/a><\/div>\n
iFocus Health<\/a><\/div>\n
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Judges:<\/strong><\/div>\n
Niklas Herriger<\/a>, Co-Founder, Cross Atlantic Angels<\/div>\n
Mani Honigstein<\/a>, Managing Partner, Honeystone Ventures<\/div>\n
Jens Weitzel<\/a>, Founder & Managing Partner at Yabusame Partners<\/div>\n
Steve Gillan<\/a>, COO \/ CFO at Blumberg Capital<\/div>\n
Miku Mehta<\/a>, Partner,\u00a0Procopio<\/a><\/div>\n
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Moderator<\/strong>:
\nPhil Keys<\/a>, Principal, Maido Media<\/div>\n
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