The Startup Battlefield 200 international pitch competitors at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, going down October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, is simply weeks away, and the stakes have by no means been increased. 

Twenty founders will pitch their corporations on the Disrupt Stage, however just one will stroll away with the $100,000 equity-free prize and the coveted Disrupt Cup. Serving to to resolve the winner is our world-class roster of judges, traders, and operators who know what it takes to construct enduring corporations.

At the moment, we’re unveiling the third group of judges who will convey their experience and difficult inquiries to this yr’s competitors. And we’re not accomplished but. Keep tuned for 2 extra batches of judges within the weeks forward. 

Register now to witness the extreme “World Collection” of pitch competitions and save as much as $668 in your move. Charges rise after September 26.

With out additional ado, meet our subsequent 5 Battlefield 200 judges 

Take a look at the Disrupt agenda to see the ten judges who’ve already been introduced. 

Jon Chu, Associate, Khosla Ventures 

Jon Chu is a accomplice at Khosla Ventures with a ardour for machine studying and its affect on enterprise infrastructure, functions, and developer instruments. Earlier than becoming a member of Khosla Ventures, he constructed a profession in expertise as a founder, early worker, and organizational chief throughout a variety of engineering and product roles. 

He began as an early engineer at Palantir, serving to the firm develop from 200 to 1,800 workers. He then based KoalityCode, which he offered to Docker, the place he created and led Docker’s enterprise division. At Opendoor, Jon served as head of product for development and head of engineering for Core Machine Studying, contributing to the corporate’s development to IPO. Most just lately, he led worldwide engineering organizations at Fb in each VR and machine studying.

Eryk Dobrushkin, Associate, Index Ventures 

Eryk Dobrushkin is a accomplice at Index Ventures, investing from inception to the expansion levels in synthetic intelligence, infrastructure, and robotics. He’s drawn to curious and relentless founders who share his ardour for tackling the world’s hardest issues. 

Previous to Index, Eryk spent a number of years at Databricks, the place he partnered intently with Ali Ghodsi as his chief of employees. Throughout his tenure, Eryk had a front-row seat in one of many fastest-growing enterprise software program corporations in historical past, working throughout each facet of the enterprise — from product and engineering to gross sales and operations. Eryk began his profession on the Boston Consulting Group, the place he targeted totally on enterprise software program and digital well being. He holds a B.A. in Utilized Math and Economics from Harvard College. 

Cathy Friedman, Govt Enterprise Associate, GV 

Cathy Friedman is a enterprise government with almost 40 years of expertise in finance, expertise, and healthcare. As government enterprise accomplice at GV, she advises the life sciences portfolio and invests throughout the healthcare continuum. Her pursuits embody adolescent psychological well being, the total lifespan of ladies’s well being, and extra equitable methods for the underserved. 

Jen Hoskins, Startups Head of Cloud and Partnerships, NVIDIA 

Jen Hoskins leads cloud, partnerships, and go-to-market for Nvidia Inception, a program designed to assist startups speed up technical innovation and enterprise development in any respect levels, with 29,000+ members globally. 
 
Hoskins joined Nvidia after seven years at Microsoft, the place she held roles in enterprise improvement and partnerships throughout product groups, together with Microsoft Outlook, Groups, Graph, and Microsoft for Startups. Previous to Microsoft, Hoskins labored in advertising and alliance administration at Cisco. 

Jon McNeill, Co-Founder and CEO, DVx Ventures 

Jon McNeill is the CEO and co-founder of DVx Ventures, a enterprise studio that has launched 12 corporations tackling large-scale market alternatives. A visionary entrepreneur, investor, and operator, Jon has based six corporations, constructing and scaling companies that created tens of 1000’s of jobs and delivered 9x returns to traders.  
 
Jon’s working profession contains management at among the world’s most transformative corporations. As president of Tesla, he helped scale the corporate from $2 billion to $20 billion in income in simply 18 months, overseeing international gross sales, supply, and repair. At Lyft, the place he served as COO throughout a essential development part, Jon doubled income, expanded market share, and ready the corporate for its IPO. 
 
He at present serves on the boards of Common Motors, Lululemon, Asurion, CrossFit, and Stash. At Lululemon, Jon performed a key position in its turnaround, contributing to a 5x enhance in inventory worth. He additionally sits on the Liquid AI Advisory Council.

Catch this stay and get key classes for scaling success 

The final international pitch-off returns October 27–29. TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 brings collectively 10,000+ startups and VC leaders at San Francisco’s Moscone West. Witness Startup Battlefield 200 stay, be a part of periods, and make the offers that launch tomorrow’s innovation — all on the twentieth anniversary of TechCrunch. Safe your ticket with as much as $668 in financial savings earlier than costs rise after September 26.