Recap: alphaa.io at #LATechWeek
Manuela Seve and Ba Minuzzi at Female Founders and Funders panel, by Maya Dondonyan
LA Tech Week just wrapped and we are still buzzing! The week was a whirlwind of exciting panels, networking and new ideas being shared. Manuela spoke at three panels with movers and shakers in Web3 and connected with other women at the forefront of the industry. The final panel of the week, Demo Day, was a big career highlight for us. We received over a million dollars in investment interest from Manuela’s 2 minute pitch!
Stay tuned and follow us on Instagram for real-time updates from the events. We will be hosting more events out of LA where we are based and continue to feature female founders and funders.
Female Founders and Funders panel, all photos by Maya Dondonyan
Panel Reacps:
LA Tech Week Demo Day
On Wednesday, Manuela pitched alphaa.io at Demo Day, an event where LA's top early stage startups pitched to a panel of celebrity judges and a room of 100 tech leaders in a Beverly Hills mansion. It was a very special day for us. Manuela Seve presented alphaa.io in front of top investors and legends Andrew Chen, Nikita Bier, Sophia Amoruso, and Turner Novak. Her pitch raised over a million dollars in interest. Watch the pitch here
Takeaway: Manuela opened up with the question: What does the NBA, YSL and Jeff Koons have in common? The answer? “They all have real problems that can be solved exclusively through alphaa. They don't really capture resale revenue on the secondary market, they don’t have proper connection to their community, and they can’t really attest authenticity.”
She spoke about how alphaa.io offers solutions for three problems: authenticity, resale and community building. She also used our recent deal with two NBA teams, one being the Sacramento Kings, to show a real world use case.
Celebrities, Viral Content & Venture Capital
Manuela co-hosted the event with Sandbox Ventures, Serena Ventures, UMANA Venture Studio, Viral Studio on Tuesday. Venture capitalists and content creators spoke to a packed audience at a breathtaking mansion. Industry leaders co-building VC funds with celebrities, investing in celebrity-founded companies, and co-building startups spoke with Gen Z content creators about the power of viral content and celebrity influence.
Takeaway: Panelists shared insight about how to collaborate with celebrities from giving them the creative liberty to creating transparency to choosing the right people to work with. The biggest message: Authentic content is the best content. Celebrities and influencers understand their audience the best. Let them be authentic and share content how they see fit instead of forcing a script.
Female Founders and Funders
Manuela co-hosted Monday's event, empowering panel highlighted women in Web3, with Ba Minuzzi of Umana House of Funds. The panelists discussed how feminine energy can be used as a business strategy to challenge the deeply embedded patterns of patriarchal society. Speakers offered tips, techniques, and first hand experiences to support how to demand equal treatment and opportunity from their male colleagues.
Takeaway: Manuela shared a personal experience where she took a sexist comment from a male programmer on one of her articles and used it to create a viral article that opened a larger dialogue about gender equality in tech. “It’s not about holding back our feminine energy, it’s about using the resourcefulness that we have,” she said.
