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Pitch competition & latest in fintech, web 3, and robotics

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Jerry Teng
January 22, 2023

Happy Lunar New Year!

This year is the Year of the Rabbit. The 🐇 known for its agility and grace serves as a symbol of the opportunities and potential that lie ahead for us in the coming months.

Let us use the energy of the rabbit and make a leap forward in our personal and professional lives. With that, I would like to take a leap by announcing that we will soon release a new feature called Spotlight.

If you want to show what you have been working on to tens of thousands of visitors on USCStartups.io, fill out this form!

This week's edition is sponsored by friends at Rough Draft Ventures:

Calling all student founders! Apply today for the chance to win up to $100K!

Rough Draft Ventures is pleased to announce the Winter 2023 Virtual Student Pitch Competition. Powered by General Catalyst, Rough Draft Ventures is a student team building and empowering one of the largest networks of student founders. Rough Draft Ventures has backed over 150 startups, created 550 jobs, and helped companies raise over $700 million.The competition will take place on Monday, January 30. It is open to all student founders in undergraduate and graduate school with startups at the pre-seed stage.Interested founders should fill out this short application form by January 23 at 11:59 pm ET. Selected pitches will be sorted into 3 main virtual hubs to pitch on January 30th. The top startup in each hub will then have the opportunity to pitch to our final panel for a total grand prize of $100K. Don't miss the chance to receive feedback from some of General Catalyst's top investors!

Email [email protected] with any questions. Hope to see you then!

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📃 Job Board News

  • Brand deal automation platform July is hiring a full stack engineer (NYC)

  • AI dubbing startup Deeptune is hiring a ML researcher (NYC)

  • Gaming startup Airstrafe is hiring interns and an UI artist (LA & Remote)

  • Web 3 startup Koop is hiring a content lead and a software engineer (NYC)

For those who are interested, please reply to this email directly with the job title and a resume.

Wana hire talents from USC like those startups? Fill out this form to get started.

💫 Startups of the Week

What? - DAO infrastructure platform to acquire users

Why? - Tracking contributions to DAOs is hard and super fragmented. Layer3 makes it easy to list bounties and reward users.

What? - Make a hedge fund with your friends

Why? - Democratize access to tools and opportunities that only high net worth individuals have

What? - AI brains for robots to make them smart, easy to use, and rapidly deployable for complex operations

Why? - Increase throughout and provides consistent quality for sanding without the need of engineering staff to operate and program the robots

  • 📍Industries: AI, Robotics

  • 🚀 Stage: Series A

  • 💵 Funding: $20,000,000

  • 🛠 Founded: 2020

  • 😎 Founders: Ariyan Kabir

To see the rest, click here.

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