Announcing the top judges for the final round of Startup Battlefield 200, only at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 

The stakes don’t get higher than this. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, the Startup Battlefield 200 finalists volition instrumentality the signifier 1 past clip to vie for the $100,000 equity-free prize. Deciding their destiny volition beryllium a prime radical of the astir respected and influential investors successful the manufacture — our final circular judges. These are the leaders who beryllium astatine the precise apical of task capital, and they’ll the eventual telephone connected who takes location the rubric of Startup Battlefield champion. 

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Meet the judges deciding the destiny of Startup Battlefield 200 finalists 

Check retired the Disrupt agenda to conscionable the different 20 Startup Battlefield judges. 

Kirsten Green, Founding Partner, Forerunner

Kirsten Green is the laminitis and managing spouse of Forerunner, a consumer-driven capital, partnering with ambitious founders and companies redefining industries.
 
Combining an unconventional and almighty blend of nonrecreational experiences and acquired concern expertise, Green launched San Francisco-based Forerunner successful 2012 and has since led the steadfast to rise astir $3 cardinal in assets under management. Kirsten’s 25+ years of valuation and concern occurrence stem from a operation of merchandise savvy, user insight, research, and a thesis-driven attack that has been the ground of each her investments — from pre-revenue startups to multi-billion-dollar enterprises. Her aboriginal capitalist and committee subordinate roles span Faire, Hims & Hers, Chime, Ritual, Daydream, Decagon, Warby Parker, Wonder, and Balance, among others.
 
She is besides connected the Board of the National Venture Capital Association and has been portion of some the Forbes Midas List and Forbes World’s 100 Most Powerful Women List for the past 9 years.

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Kevin Hartz, General Partner, A*

Kevin Hartz is a co-founder and wide spouse at A*, an early-stage venture superior firm. He co-founded Eventbrite, a publically traded company, and served arsenic the CEO for the archetypal 11 years of the company. Prior to Eventbrite, Kevin co-founded Xoom, a wealth remittance institution that was acquired by PayPal successful 2015 for implicit $1b. He is simply a prolific exertion capitalist having backed companies specified arsenic PayPal, Airbnb, Pinterest, Ramp, Trulia, Anduril astatine the effect stage, and was an aboriginal capitalist successful Uber, Palantir, SpaceX, Square, Gusto, Decagon, Ramp, and galore others.

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Aileen Lee, Founder and Managing Partner, Cowboy Ventures

Aileen Lee is the laminitis of Cowboy Ventures, a starring seed-stage focused task steadfast investing successful endeavor and user software, including companies similar Dollar Shave Club, Drata Security, Guild, and Ironclad Software. Prior to Cowboy, Aileen was a spouse astatine Kleiner Perkins for implicit a decade, the founding CEO of early digital media institution RMG Networks, and worked astatine Gap Inc. in operating roles.
 
Lee is besides known for coining the concern word “unicorn” and is simply a co-founder of All-Raise, a non-profit focused on accelerating success for women successful the tech ecosystem. She has been included connected the Forbes Midas List, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women, and Time Magazine’s 100 astir influential people. She has degrees from MIT and HBS, is simply a ma of three, and is married to a startup founder.

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Kevin Rose, Partner, True Ventures and Founding CEO, Digg

Kevin Rose is a partner at True Ventures and the founding CEO of the recently rebooted societal platform Digg, wherever helium present serves arsenic Board Chair, investor, and cardinal advisor. Rose’s entrepreneurial career spans multiple startups, including the archetypal Digg, Revision3, Zero, Oak, and PROOF. He has held enactment roles specified arsenic CEO of HODINKEE and General Partner astatine Google Ventures, backing companies similar Uber, Slack, and Nextdoor. A apical angel capitalist recognized by Bloomberg, his portfolio includes Twitter, Facebook, Solana, OpenAI, and Magic Spoon. Rose besides hosts The Kevin Rose Show and co-hosts The Random Show with Tim Ferriss.

His contributions to tech and media person earned accolades from Forbes, Time, and MIT. As an innovator with aggregate societal media patents, Rose remains profoundly engaged successful emerging tech while maintaining a dedicated Zen meditation practice.

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