Early-Stage, SEED FOUNDERS THIS IS FOR YOU!

Sharpen your story. Find your community. Build your company.

October 13, 2026 · LA Tech WeeK

The first hour will be all about the pitches — founders taking the stage to present their startups to top LA VCs. Then the lights will drop and the space will transform into an after-hours vibe, where founders, investors, and community come together to connect and celebrate.

This opportunity is for seed founders to get feedback from top VCs including Alpha Edison, Amplify.LA, X, and X Ventures.

Presented by Alpha Edison and hostedby Amplify.LA, PitchLive.LA is a live startup pitch event that will bring together seed-stage founders building at the frontier of intelligent systems: agentic software, machine-coordinated workflows, decentralized AI architectures, and distributed intelligence.

An event born in Los Angeles. Built for everywhere the future is being made for a high-energy night of real storytelling and bold ideas.

JUDGES

Judge, TBD

Judge, TBD

  • Partner, Alpha Edison

    Britt is a Partner at Alpha Edison, where she focuses on investments in AI, fintech, and deep tech. She has worked with companies across asset classes to scale.

    She helped launch Alpha Edison nine years ago, where they've invested in over 100 companies. Before joining Alpha Edison, she was an investor at Bain Capital Credit, focusing on middle market companies and distressed situations. There she worked with companies to structure opportunistic capital strategies through both debt and equity. With a passion for financial inclusion, she also worked in corporate development at the fintech startup Funding Circle.

    Britt holds a BS from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School. While at HBS, she launched the women's entrepreneurship initiative called Series W. Britt is originally from Arizona, and you can typically find her outdoors—hiking with her dog Mookie, skiing, playing beach volleyball—or with her head in a book.

  • Founder and Managing Partner, Amplify.LA

    Paul is the founder and Managing Partner of Amplify - which launched in 2012 and has funded 135 companies since its inception. He also has served as a Board Partner at Greycroft for the past 13 years. Previously, he was the founder of the Mailroom Fund — a joint venture between Accel Partners and William Morris Endeavor (where Paul worked for 14 years as EVP and head of Digital).

    Paul has been a member of the Board of Councillors at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California (USC) for the last decade. Also at USC, he is currently an Expert-In-Residence at the Greif Center for Entrepreneurship at USC Marshall School of Business. For each of the past 9 years, Paul has been named to the list of the 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles by the LA Business Journal.

    Canadian by birth, Paul is an avid sports fan of the Toronto Blue Jays and Raptors and loves to cook and enjoy great food.

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what to expect

TOP 8

Ahead of the PitchLive.LA event, the top 8 finalists will be announced on September invited to a storytelling development dinner hosted by Gunderson Dettmer, and led by experienced coach, entrepreneur, and education and angel investor, Jason Yeh.

finalists

Finalists selected for their vision and execution will pitch to a panel of top tier VCs live during LA Tech Week, including Alpha Edison, Amplify.LA, Bonfire Ventures, & Fika Ventures.

winner

The winner will receive an investment of $200K and startup services including legal, branding, financial services & marketing.

And bragging rights.

Presented by ALPHA EDISON & Hosted By Amplify.LA

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