The 43North judges are entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders who will travel from across North America to judge our Finalists' live pitches on stage at Shea's Performing Arts Center on October 28th.
On October 27th, our Qualifying Judges will narrow down our group of Finalists to 10. Then, in the evening on October 28th, our Finals Judges will be tasked with the challenge of deciding which eight companies will win a share of $5 million, including our top investment of $1 million.
Meet Our Finals Judges:
Scott is the Editor in Chief for Inc. Magazine and currently serves as Deputy Chairman of the Leadership Council at the IKAR Global Institute. Before joining Inc. Scott advised start-ups and businesses in transition as a partner in HumanConsult.io.
?New York, NY
Brian is the General Partner of Lightship, the Cincinnati-based venture capital fund. Brian is responsible for fund operations, entrepreneurial training, and leadership of the AI team.
?Miami, FL
Rudina is Founder and Managing Partner of Glasswing Ventures and has 18 years of investing and operational experience in high growth companies in IT software, cloud and enterprise SaaS.
?Boston, MA
Jackie is the CEO of Post House Capital. Prior, she ran Square Capital, was the Chief Development Officer for Yahoo ,and the head of the US media group at Apax Partners. She is also a board member of Affirm, Nubank and Endeavor.
?Atlantic City, NJ
Howard is a visionary entrepreneur who built a global advertising agency from 13 employees in 1978 to over 8,000 today. He has also served as jury president at the International Advertising Festival in Cannes and serves on the board of directors for Peloton, AudioUp and Jukka.
?Chicago, IL
Peter is the Founder & Managing Partner of Stellation Capital, an early stage venture capital firm and previously spent eight years as a Partner at General Catalyst. Additionally, he also co-founded & advises Rough Draft Ventures: a program which supports technology entrepreneurship on college campuses.
?New York, NY