The stakes don’t get larger than this. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, the Startup Battlefield 200 finalists will take the stage one final time to compete for the $100,000 equity-free prize. Deciding their destiny might be a choose group of probably the most revered and influential traders within the business — our last spherical judges. These are the leaders who sit on the very prime of enterprise capital, and so they’ll the last word name on who takes house the title of Startup Battlefield champion. 

Don’t miss a minute of one of the vital intense and anticipated startup pitch competitions of the yr, stay on the Disrupt Stage. Register now to avoid wasting as much as $444 in your cross — and get 60% off a second cross for a visitor. Costs go up when doorways open on October 27.

Meet the judges deciding the destiny of Startup Battlefield 200 finalists 

Try the Disrupt agenda to satisfy the opposite 20 Startup Battlefield judges. 

Kirsten Inexperienced, Founding Associate, Forerunner

Kirsten Inexperienced is the founder and managing companion of Forerunner, a consumer-driven capital, partnering with formidable founders and firms redefining industries.
 
Combining an unconventional and highly effective mix {of professional} experiences and purchased funding experience, Inexperienced launched San Francisco-based Forerunner in 2012 and has since led the agency to lift almost $3 billion in property below administration. Kirsten’s 25+ years of analysis and funding success stem from a mix of product savvy, client perception, analysis, and a thesis-driven strategy that has been the premise of all her investments — from pre-revenue startups to multi-billion-dollar enterprises. Her early investor and board member roles span Faire, Hims & Hers, Chime, Ritual, Daydream, Decagon, Warby Parker, Surprise, and Steadiness, amongst others.
 
She can be on the Board of the Nationwide Enterprise Capital Affiliation and has been a part of each the Forbes Midas Record and Forbes World’s 100 Most Highly effective Girls Record for the previous 9 years.

Kevin Hartz, Basic Associate, A*

Kevin Hartz is a co-founder and basic companion at A*, an early-stage enterprise capital agency. He co-founded Eventbrite, a publicly traded firm, and served because the CEO for the primary 11 years of the corporate. Previous to Eventbrite, Kevin co-founded Xoom, a cash remittance firm that was acquired by PayPal in 2015 for over $1b. He’s a prolific know-how investor having backed firms resembling PayPal, Airbnb, Pinterest, Ramp, Trulia, Anduril on the seed stage, and was an early investor in Uber, Palantir, SpaceX, Sq., Gusto, Decagon, Ramp, and lots of others.

Aileen Lee, Founder and Managing Associate, Cowboy Ventures

Aileen Lee is the founding father of Cowboy Ventures, a number one seed-stage targeted enterprise agency investing in enterprise and client software program, together with firms like Greenback Shave Membership, Drata Safety, Guild, and Ironclad Software program. Previous to Cowboy, Aileen was a companion at Kleiner Perkins for over a decade, the founding CEO of early digital media firm RMG Networks, and labored at Hole Inc. in working roles.
 
Lee can be recognized for coining the enterprise time period “unicorn” and is a co-founder of All-Increase, a non-profit targeted on accelerating success for girls within the tech ecosystem. She has been included on the Forbes Midas Record, Fortune’s Most Highly effective Girls, and Time Journal’s 100 most influential folks. She has levels from MIT and HBS, is a mother of three, and is married to a startup founder.

Kevin Rose, Associate, True Ventures and Founding CEO, Digg

Kevin Rose is a companion at True Ventures and the founding CEO of the newly rebooted social platform Digg, the place he now serves as Board Chair, investor, and key advisor. Rose’s entrepreneurial profession spans a number of startups, together with the unique Digg, Revision3, Zero, Oak, and PROOF. He has held management roles resembling CEO of HODINKEE and Basic Associate at Google Ventures, backing firms like Uber, Slack, and Nextdoor. A prime angel investor acknowledged by Bloomberg, his portfolio consists of Twitter, Fb, Solana, OpenAI, and Magic Spoon. Rose additionally hosts The Kevin Rose Present and co-hosts The Random Present with Tim Ferriss.

His contributions to tech and media have earned accolades from Forbes, Time, and MIT. As an innovator with a number of social media patents, Rose stays deeply engaged in rising tech whereas sustaining a devoted Zen meditation observe.

That is it — Startup Battlefield 200 kicks off with Disrupt in 4 days

If you’ve been on the fence about attending TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, that is your final probability to seize your cross earlier than costs rise when doorways open on October 27. Save as much as $444 in your ticket and get 60% off a second, so you’ll be able to expertise the “World Sequence” of startup pitches stay at Moscone West in San Francisco, October 27–29. Register now.