About this Event
🎄 CHRISTMAS STARTUP-INVESTOR PITCH LUNCH (ONLINE)
Start the New Year with a New Investor!
This holiday season, Mission 2 Mars Academy brings you a special Christmas edition of our iconic Startup-Investor Pitch Lunch — a global ONLINE event where the world’s most promising founders meet active Silicon Valley and U.S. investors in a curated, high-energy format designed to spark real deals.
While everyone else slows down for the holidays…
we accelerate your fundraising.
Join us on December 17, 2025 @ 12 PM Pacific Time and experience an exclusive pitch session where a selected group of disruptive tech startups will present their vision, traction, and investment opportunity to a panel of top early-stage investors — angels, VCs, syndicate leads, and operators who invest actively and globally.
This is more than a pitch event —
it’s a launchpad for your next round.
⭐ What Founders Get
- A chance to pitch live to a curated group of Silicon Valley & U.S. investors
- Investor visibility through our distribution channels
- Post-event investor follow-up & warm introductions (for standout founders)
- Global exposure to an audience that invests across AI, SaaS, fintech, healthtech, spacetech, deep tech & frontier innovation
- A powerful opportunity to enter the New Year with momentum, clarity, and real investor interest
⭐ What Investors Get
- Direct access to vetted, high-growth, early-stage startups from around the world
- A fast, efficient, high-signal pitch format
- Opportunity to discover new deals before they hit the mainstream
- A collaborative environment to share insights, trends, and syndicate opportunities
🎯 Who Should Apply to Pitch
Founders raising Pre-Seed, Seed, or Series A, building:
- AI / ML
- SaaS / B2B Tech
- Fintech
- EdTech
- HealthTech / BioTech
- SpaceTech & Frontier Tech
- Mobility / Transportation
- Sustainable Tech
- Consumer Apps with strong traction
If you are building something bold, disruptive, and scalable — we want to hear from you.
🎁 Holiday Edition Highlights
✨ Festive theme & creative holiday energy
✨ Special investor guest speakers
✨ Spotlight on the “Top 5 Winter Startups to Watch in 2026”
✨ Warm intros & post-event dealflow
✨ A global room full of ambitious founders and active investors
This is your moment to enter 2026 with a fresh investor pipeline — or maybe even a signed term sheet.
🚀 How to Apply
Founders: After booking you pitch slot - please send your pitch deck (PDF) to: 📩
Investors & Attendees: After booking your ticket - send your 1 sentence bio to : 📩
Learn more about Startup-Investor Pitch Lunch :
https://www.mission2mars.academy/startup-investor-pitch-lunch
🎄 Join us for the most festive pitch event of the year — and give your fundraising the holiday miracle it deserves!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Waldorf Astoria Washington DC, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, United States
USD 171.61 to USD 397.84
