INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Betaworks is hosting TechCrunch&sInclude Office Hoursfor the month of May
For the first time ever, Include Office Hours will be bi-coastal — held in San Francisco and New York on the same day at 2pm local time at
On Tuesday, May 29th, partners Peter Rojas and Matt Hartman will be meeting with startup founders in SF and NYC, respectively
Founders can apply here.
TechCrunch started theInclude program in 2014 with theaim of utilizing its networks to open opportunities for
underrepresented and underserved founders in tech
One of the principal elements of this program is the Include Office Hours program
Throughout the year, TechCrunch joins with partners at various VC firms to connect with founders in private 20-minute meetings
Founders will get critical feedback and advice on various aspects of their business.
Founders from various backgrounds are encouraged to
Underrepresented and underserved founders include, but are not limited to, veteran, female, Latino/a, Black, LGBTQ and handicapable
founders.
The May Include Office Hours will be hosted by betaworks on May 29th from 2-4pm local time in each city
Betaworks is a startup studio and venture capital fund focusing on building and investing in engineering and design driven consumer
Apply here.
Meet the participating partners:
Matt Hartman, Partner
Matt Hartman is a partner at betaworks ventures
Prior to joining betaworks, Matt built ReferBoost (licensed to Apartments.com), and was at Hot Potato (acquired by Facebook)
He began his career building the technology platform for Trammell Crow Company (acquired by CBRE) and is the inventor of Patent #8189781
related to the protection of digital images.
Matt studied Cognitive Science and Computer Science at the University of Pennsylvania and holds
an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Peter Rojas, Partner
Peter Rojas is a founding partner at
betaworks ventures, a seed-stage venture capital fund based in New York and San Francisco
He also co-founded several startups, including Weblogs Inc
(acquired by AOL in 2005), where he created and was editor-in-chief of both Engadget and Joystiq; Gizmodo (formerly Gawker Media, now part
of Univision); music discovery service RCRD LBL; and gdgt, a social commerce platform (acquired by AOL in 2013)
Prior to betaworks ventures he worked at AOL as VP of Strategy and later as co-director of Alpha, the company experimental products
group.
If you are partner/managing director of a firm and are interested in hosting an Include Office Hour, email neesha@techcrunch.com.
