tagline | | | Here's everything you can experience at Disrupt online
| On the conference's 10th anniversary, we're coming to you virtually. This makes Disrupt 2020 the most accessible Disrupt ever. But just because it's virtual doesn't mean that the fundamentals of the show will change. Disrupt attendees will, of course, have full access to the Disrupt stage and the Extra Crunch stage, as well as virtual networking, interactive Q&A, a digital Startup Alley, and more. Plus we have some all-new features to make sure everyone can participate: - Disrupt will run for five days instead of three with content delivered in bite-sized chunks so you can get involved and still go about your day.
- We'll have live sessions during the European and Asian time zones to make it easier for our global audience to be a part of the action.
- Networking with CrunchMatch will open next week which gives you weeks of meeting with the TechCrunch community, exploring the Digital Startup Alley companies and taking part in some pre-event session content BEFORE the event begins in September.
In the meantime, take a sneak peek under the hood and see what's in store for you at Disrupt and while you're at it, grab your pass to attend before early bird prices end on Friday. | | | | | | | How to raise money in a dumpster fire
Garry Tan started his first company, Posterous in 2008, so the Initialized Capital co-founder knows a thing or two about economic crises and how they can affect fundraising. Hans Tung, GGV's Midas-list dealmaker has seen downturns on three continents in his tenure investing in the US, China, and Latin America for the globe-spanning investment firm, while Anu Hariharan has spent the last decade putting companies through their paces at BCG, A16Z, and most recently, YC. They'll be delivering the goods on how to get that gelt during this raging dumpster fire of a year. | | | | | Anu Hariharan | | YC Continuity Fund Partner
Y Combinator
| | | | | Garry Tan | | Managing Partner
Initialized Capital
| | | | | Hans Tung | Managing Partner GGV Capital | | | | | | | Building a Low Code Unicorn With a valuation of over $1 billion, the company is now at the forefront of this movement. We'll talk to Airtable co-founder and CEO Howie Liu about building a user-friendly low-code service, enterprise sales in the age of COVID-19, and what's next for the no-code/low-code space. | | |
| | | Making Cents of EdTech in the Coronavirus Era Edtech has been thrown into the spotlight during COVID-19. But did a scramble to adopt and surge in usage impact the sector for better or for worse? In this session, we'll hear from investors who have bets in the biggest edtech companies on how the landscape has changed during the pandemic, and what they're most excited for ahead. | | | | | Mercedes Bent | | Partner
Lightspeed Venture Partners
| | | | | Jennifer Carolan | | Co-founder & General Partner
Reach Capital
| | | | | Ian Chiu | Managing Director Owl Ventures | | | | | | | | | Making Bank In 2002, Mitchell Elegbe founded digital finance startup Interswitch to connect Nigeria's banking system. More than a decade later, his company is valued at over $1 billion and supports billions in digital payment activity across Africa. Elegbe will discuss the future of digital finance and IPOs coming from Africa. | |
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