Pitch Practice w/ fnInvestor Akul Penugonda (Acceleprise)

Watch, Pitch, Learn: Join fnInvestor Akul Penugonda, Principal at Acceleprise, for a virtual pitch practice.

Participants will pitch for 3 minutes and receive 2 minutes of feedback from our guest investor. You also have the option to simply listen in and learn from other founder's pitches.

Five founders will be selected to pitch based on the investor's criteria a week before the Pitch Practice.

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Pitchers consent to their pitch being recorded and shared internally within FN.

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Agenda:

• 09:30 - 09:40 || General FN Announcements
• 09:40 - 09:45 || Introduction of Investor
• 09:45 - 10:15 || Pitch & Feedback Session
• 10:15 - 10:30 || Q&A

Investment Criteria

• Invests in: Bootstrap, Angel
• Sectors: Enterprise Software
• Investment Location: San Francisco, NYC
• Investment Size: $100k

About the fnInvestor

Akul is an East Coast native who joined Acceleprise from Yext, a large SaaS company in New York. He joined Yext after college and stayed through IPO. He has spent time in various positions in both Software Engineering and Product Management, and spends time volunteering in his free time. Akul graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

About Acceleprise

Acceleprise was founded in 2012 by Sean Glass, Allen Gannett, and Collin Gutman. The original office, in Washington, DC, was created in response to lack of resources for early stage enterprise technology companies. Acceleprise later expanded in 2014, with a second fund, to San Francisco. Led by Michael Cardamone, a mentor in the original program, Acceleprise recruited three enterprise leaders as general partners: Rowan Trollope, Nick Mehta, and Whitney Sales.

Acceleprise is helping to build the next generation of great SaaS companies. With our four month program, hands-on mentorship, and network of world-class operators, we act as an extension of our teams and help them prosper. We invite you to join us – together, we will build the future of technology.