TiE Silicon Valley

🚀 TiE Silicon Valley Angels Office Hours Spotlight The August edition of TiE Silicon Valley’s Angels Office Hours brought together a select cohort of early-stage founders for focused, in-person 1:1 sessions with Anita Manwani, President & Board Chair of TiE Silicon Valley and TiE Global Board of Trustees. The session gave participating founders an opportunity to receive direct feedback from an experienced entrepreneur, investor, corporate executive, and ecosystem leader on their fundraising journey, business strategy, and investor positioning. ✨ Candid Investor Perspectives for Founder Clarity With decades of experience building, scaling, investing in, and advising high-growth companies, Anita brought a practical and strategic perspective to each conversation. The curated 1:1 format allowed founders to openly discuss their current challenges and receive candid feedback tailored to their businesses—from fundraising readiness and investor expectations to business models, strategic direction, and communicating their vision effectively. Participating Founders & Startups:  Kishore Pal — Founder & CEO, EvaSpeaks.ai  Raghu Rao — CEO, Guidant BioTherapeutics Inc.  Ankit B. — Founder, Startuped  Prashanth Jonnalagadda — Founder & CEO, Prajnova Inc.  Sachin Saswade — CEO & Co-Founder, Turiya AI Inc.  Anupria Singh — CEO, Healmenow Inc. The conversations created valuable opportunities for founders to better understand investor expectations, pressure-test their thinking, and identify actionable next steps for their fundraising and growth journey. Through Angels Office Hours, TiE Silicon Valley continues to connect founders with experienced investors, entrepreneurs, and ecosystem leaders to help them build with greater clarity and position themselves for long-term success. #TiESiliconValley #AngelsOfficeHours #StartupFounders #Entrepreneurship #StartupMentorship #FounderSupport #StartupGrowth #Fundraising #AngelInvestors #SiliconValley #Startups Anita Manwani, Andy Tsao, Anil Advani, Anjul Katare, Jagdeep Bachher, Krishna K. Chittabathini, Naeem Zafar, Nidhi Gupta, Preetha Ram, Saurabh Tandon, Sandeep Bhat, Shalini Govil-Pai, Uday Bellary, Ajay Manglani

🚀 TiE Silicon Valley Mentor Connect Spotlight The August edition of TiE Silicon Valley’s Mentor Connect brought together a select group of founders and startup leaders for focused, in-person 1:1 mentoring sessions with Venkat Rangan, Founder & Advisor at Rangan Logic and a seasoned serial entrepreneur, technology leader, and advisor. The session gave participating founders direct access to Venkat’s experience building, scaling, and exiting transformative technology companies, with practical guidance on technology strategy, product development, startup growth, and building long-term value. Experience-Driven Guidance for Founders Venkat brought a unique combination of technical, entrepreneurial, executive, and advisory experience to each conversation. The focused 1:1 format allowed founders to discuss their specific challenges and receive candid, actionable guidance tailored to their businesses—from product and technology strategy to scaling, leadership, enterprise software, and strategic opportunities. Participating Founders & Startups: Swapan Shridhar — Founder, PlainReal Dr. Saurabh Sethi MD MPH — Founder & CEO, Oja Health by Dr. Sethi Simal Soin Oberoi — Founder, HZenai.com Sargam Arora CQA®, PMP® — Global Head of Business, Seven Olives Sukriti Sehgal — Founder, Oriva Health The conversations gave participating founders an opportunity to pressure-test their ideas, challenge assumptions, gain an outside perspective, and walk away with actionable next steps. A big thank you to Venkat Rangan for sharing his valuable insights, experience, and guidance with our founders. Through Mentor Connect, TiE Silicon Valley continues to connect entrepreneurs with experienced leaders who can provide the knowledge, perspective, and networks they need to build and scale with confidence. #TiESiliconValley #MentorConnect #StartupFounders #Entrepreneurship #StartupMentorship #FounderSupport #StartupGrowth #Technology #Innovation #SiliconValley #Startups Anita Manwani, Andy Tsao, Anil Advani, Anjul Katare, Jagdeep Bachher, Krishna K. Chittabathini, Naeem Zafar, Nidhi Gupta, Preetha Ram, Saurabh Tandon, Sandeep Bhat, Shalini Govil-Pai, Uday Bellary, Ajay Manglani

🚀 Learn From the People Who’ve Actually Built It. The TiE Silicon Valley Mini MBA in Entrepreneurship isn’t about sitting through another business course. It’s about learning directly from entrepreneurs who have built, scaled, raised capital, exited, and taught hundreds of aspiring founders. Meet your instructors: 👨🏫 Naeem Zafar Seasoned entrepreneur, CEO, Board Advisor, and faculty at UC Berkeley, Brown University, and Northeastern University. Naeem brings deep expertise in fundraising, strategy, product positioning, marketing, business development, and M&A. 👨🏫 R. Paul Singh CEO of EverestLabs.AI, serial entrepreneur, and advisor to software startups. Paul has helped scale B2B companies from $0 to $50M and brings hands-on expertise in sales, marketing, and go-to-market strategy. He also teaches at UC Berkeley and Northeastern University. 💡 Two experienced entrepreneurs. Six weeks. One goal: help you build smarter. You’ll work through market research, sales and marketing, team building, financial modeling, and investor readiness — with insights you can actually apply to your startup. 🔥 Psst… Early Bird pricing has been extended through September 14! And founders, here’s the bonus: your registration includes one additional co-founder at no extra cost. 📅 September 21 – October 26, 2026 💻 Virtual | Mondays, 7:00–9:00 PM PT 👉 Learn from Naeem & Paul. Build with your co-founder. Register now: https://lnkd.in/dYKpsvMa Anita Manwani, Andy Tsao, Anil Advani, Anjul Katare, Jagdeep Bachher, Krishna K. Chittabathini, Naeem Zafar, Nidhi Gupta, Preetha Ram, Saurabh Tandon, Sandeep Bhat, Shalini Govil-Pai, Uday Bellary, Ajay Manglani #TiESiliconValley #MiniMBA #Entrepreneurship #StartupFounders #SiliconValley #Startups

💜 Thank You to the Leaders Behind the TiE Women’s Program! A program like TiE Women doesn’t happen without leaders who believe in the power of women entrepreneurs and a team committed to supporting founders every step of the way. We’re incredibly grateful to our 2026 TiE Women Program Chairs — Sushma Malhotra, Vidhya Ranganathan, and Deepa N. — for their leadership, dedication, mentorship, and commitment to championing our women founders throughout the program. Your support helped create an environment where founders could learn, connect, and grow. A special thank you to our TiE Silicon Valley President, Anita Manwani, and COO, Ajay Manglani, for their continued leadership and support of the TiE Women Program and for empowering initiatives that create meaningful opportunities for women entrepreneurs. Behind the scenes, a huge thank you to Patricia Acosta, Sponsorship Senior Manager & TiE Women’s Program Manager, for leading the program coordination and bringing together all the moving pieces; from founder communications and mentor coordination to masterclasses, pitches, and program logistics. We’re also grateful to VANI SURESH and Kshitij Sharma from the TiE Silicon Valley team for supporting key activities throughout the program and helping bring the experience to life. Together, this incredible team helped create a platform where women founders could learn, connect, pitch, and grow. 🚀 Thank you for championing our founders and for helping make the 2026 TiE Women’s Program such a meaningful experience. 💜 Anita Manwani, Andy Tsao, Anil Advani, Anjul Katare, Jagdeep Bachher, Krishna K. Chittabathini, Naeem Zafar, Nidhi Gupta, Preetha Ram, Saurabh Tandon, Sandeep Bhat, Shalini Govil-Pai, Uday Bellary, Ajay Manglani #TiEWomen #TiESiliconValley #TiEWomen2026 #WomenFounders #WomenEntrepreneurs #Entrepreneurship #StartupCommunity

🏆 Celebrating Our 2026 TiE Women’s Silicon Valley Winners! 🏆 What an incredible journey! After months of learning, mentoring, pitching, and building, the 2026 TiE Women’s Program came to an inspiring finale as our founders took the stage to share their bold visions, innovative solutions, and entrepreneurial journeys. 🚀 🎉 Congratulations to our 2026 Winners & Runners-Up! ✨ WINNER —  Shital Tripathi, Founder and CEO, Pari Biosciences Inc. Pari will represent TiE Silicon Valley at the TiE Women Regional Finals in Los Angeles on September 17–18! ✨ RUNNER-UP — Mou Nandi, CEO, Monere Corp ✨ SECOND RUNNER-UP — Katy Reynolds, Co-Founder and CEO, Shibusa Systems Inc. 🌟 SPECIAL MENTIONS Subaila Zia, MD, MBA, FCCP, FAASM, Founder and CEO, Telemedora Cien Zhang, Co-Founder, COO, GTM, Topaas.AI A huge congratulations to all our finalists and participating founders! Your courage to pitch, willingness to learn, and commitment to building something meaningful made this cohort truly special. 💜 And this journey would not have been possible without our incredible community: 💜 Our Program Chairs — Sushma Malhotra, Vidhya Ranganathan, and Deepa N. — thank you for your leadership, dedication, and for championing women founders throughout the program. 🎤 Our Final Judges — AGK Karunakaran, Ashu Garg, BV Jagadeesh, Grace W., and Ranjani Ramamurthy, MD MS — thank you for bringing your expertise, thoughtful questions, and valuable feedback to the Finals. 🌟 Our Mentors — thank you for generously sharing your time, experience, and guidance and for being such an important part of our founders’ journey. From masterclasses and mentorship to the Semifinals and Final, this has truly been a community effort to support and celebrate women founders. Here’s to creating more opportunities for women entrepreneurs to learn, build, and thrive! 🚀 Congratulations, founders! This is just the beginning. 💜 Anita Manwani, Andy Tsao, Anil Advani, Anjul Katare, Jagdeep Bachher, Krishna K. Chittabathini, Naeem Zafar, Nidhi Gupta, Preetha Ram, Saurabh Tandon, Sandeep Bhat, Shalini Govil-Pai, Uday Bellary, Ajay Manglani #TiEWomen #TiESiliconValley #WomenFounders #WomenEntrepreneurs #Entrepreneurship #StartupCommunity #WomenInBusiness

📣 TiE Silicon Valley Mentor Connect Spotlight This Friday, TiE Silicon Valley’s Mentor Connect is bringing selected founders together for focused 1:1 mentoring sessions with Venkat Rangan, Founder & Advisor at Rangan Logic and a seasoned serial entrepreneur and technology leader. With 30 years of experience building, scaling, and exiting transformative technology companies, Venkat brings a unique combination of entrepreneurial, technical, executive, investor, and advisory experience. As Co-Founder and CTO of Clari, he helped build the company from inception into a global Revenue Intelligence leader, alongside several successful entrepreneurial exits. Selected founders will receive 1:1 candid feedback and actionable guidance on technology and product strategy, startup growth, scaling companies, and preparing for strategic opportunities. Participating Founders & Companies: 🔷 Swapan Shridhar — Founder, PlainReal 🔷 Dr. Saurabh Sethi MD MPH — Founder & CEO, Oja Health by Dr. Sethi 🔷 Simal Soin Oberoi — Founder, HZenai.com 🔷 Sargam Arora CQA®, PMP® Arora — Global Head of Business, Seven Olives. 🔷 Sukriti Sehgal — Founder, Oriva Health Another exceptional cohort of founders gaining direct access to Silicon Valley’s experienced entrepreneurs and ecosystem leaders to refine their strategy and navigate their growth journey with greater clarity. #TiESiliconValley #MentorConnect #StartupFounders #Entrepreneurship #StartupMentorship #FounderSupport #StartupGrowth #Innovation #SiliconValley #Startups Anita Manwani, Andy Tsao, Anil Advani, Anjul Katare, Jagdeep Bachher, Krishna K. Chittabathini, Naeem Zafar, Nidhi Gupta, Preetha Ram, Saurabh Tandon, Sandeep Bhat, Shalini Govil-Pai, Uday Bellary, Ajay Manglani

🏆 Meet the Judges for the TiE Women’s Silicon Valley Final! 🚀 The 10 finalists are heading to the Final on August 28, and we’re thrilled to have an incredible panel of leaders and investors joining us to evaluate their pitches. ✨ Meet our Final Judges: 🔹 AGK Karunakaran 🔹 Ashu Garg 🔹 BV Jagadeesh 🔹 Grace W. 🔹 Ranjani Ramamurthy, MD MS With deep experience across entrepreneurship, technology, investing, and building high-growth companies, our judges will bring valuable perspectives to the final round. We’re excited to have them with us as we celebrate these outstanding women founders and determine who will represent TiE Silicon Valley at the TiE Women Regional Pitch Competition in Los Angeles! 🌎🚀 📅 August 28 | TiE Women’s Silicon Valley Final Anita Manwani, Andy Tsao, Anil Advani, Anjul Katare, Jagdeep Bachher, Krishna K. Chittabathini, Naeem Zafar, Nidhi Gupta, Preetha Ram, Saurabh Tandon, Sandeep Bhat, Shalini Govil-Pai, Uday Bellary, Ajay Manglani, Sushma Malhotra, Vidhya Ranganathan, Deepa N. #TiEWomen #TiESiliconValley #WomenFounders #WomenEntrepreneurs #StartupPitch #Entrepreneurship #WomenInBusiness #StartupFunding

🏆 Meet the Founders Advancing to the TiE Women’s Silicon Valley Final! 🚀 What a day! 25 incredible women founders took the stage at our TiE Women’s Semifinals, sharing their businesses, vision, and the problems they’re solving. After an inspiring round of pitches, 10 founders have been selected to advance to the Final on August 28! 🎉 ✨ Congratulations to our finalists: 🔹 Mona Ranade, Clinical Compass MD 🔹 Adrija Biswas & Kalapi Rawat, Ph.D., Dolphin-tech.ai 🔹 Bhumika Mishra, emoGlow.ai 🔹 Milan Gupta Chavarkar, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, FMCP-M, MSCP, Kiara Health 🔹 Mou Nandi, Monere Corp 🔹 Shital Tripathi, Pari Biosciences Inc. 🔹 Saylee Didolkar, Sandhana 🔹 Katy Reynolds, Shibusa Systems Inc. 🔹 Subaila Zia, MD, MBA, FCCP, FAASM, Telemedora 🔹 Cien Zhang, Topaas.AI To every founder who pitched: you should be proud. Your courage, ambition, and willingness to put your businesses on the stage made this an incredible day. 💪 A huge thank you to our Semifinal judges for dedicating their time, expertise, and thoughtful feedback to support our founders: Archana Dubey MD | Prashant S. | Simha Sadasiva And thank you to everyone who cheered on our founders and helped make the Semifinals such a memorable experience. 🔥 10 founders. One final stage. One TiE Women’s Silicon Valley winner. We can’t wait for August 28! Anita Manwani, Andy Tsao, Anil Advani, Anjul Katare, Jagdeep Bachher, Krishna K. Chittabathini, Naeem Zafar, Nidhi Gupta, Preetha Ram, Saurabh Tandon, Sandeep Bhat, Shalini Govil-Pai, Uday Bellary, Ajay Manglani, Sushma Malhotra, Vidhya Ranganathan, Deepa N. #TiEWomen #TiESiliconValley #WomenFounders #WomenEntrepreneurs #StartupPitch #Entrepreneurship #WomenInBusiness #Fundraising

📣 TiE Silicon Valley Angels Office Hours Spotlight This Friday, TiE Silicon Valley’s Angels Office Hours is bringing selected founders together for focused 1:1 sessions with Anita Manwani, President & Board Chair of TiE Silicon Valley. As a recognized tech executive, serial entrepreneur, and seasoned investor, Anita will be providing participating founders with direct, candid feedback on their fundraising readiness, business models, strategic direction, and pitch positioning. Selected founders will gain actionable guidance and unique investor perspectives to help refine their growth strategy and scale with confidence. Participating Founders & Startups: 🔷 Kishore Pal — Founder & CEO, EvaSpeaks.ai 🔷 Raghu Rao — CEO, Guidant BioTherapeutics 🔷 Ankit B. — Founder, Startuped 🔷 Prashanth Jonnalagadda — Founder & CEO, Prajnova 🔷 Sachin Saswade —Co-Founder & CEO, Turiya AI 🔷 Anupria Singh — CEO, Healmenow Inc. Another remarkable cohort of founders leveraging direct access to Silicon Valley’s top ecosystem leaders to build smarter and position themselves for long-term venture success. That’s how you navigate the startup journey with clarity. #TiESiliconValley #StartupFounders #Entrepreneurship #AngelsOfficeHours #AngelInvestors #StartupMentorship #FounderSupport #StartupGrowth #Fundraising #SiliconValley #Startups Anita Manwani, Andy Tsao, Anil Advani, Anjul Katare, Jagdeep Bachher, Krishna K. Chittabathini, Naeem Zafar, Nidhi Gupta, Preetha Ram, Saurabh Tandon, Sandeep Bhat, Shalini Govil-Pai, Uday Bellary, Ajay Manglani

💜 Thank You to Our TiE Women Masterclass Instructors! Behind every stronger pitch, sharper strategy, and more confident founder is someone willing to share their experience and help others grow. Throughout the TiE Women’s Program, our founders had the opportunity to learn from an incredible group of leaders who shared their expertise, challenged their thinking, and offered practical insights they can take directly into their businesses. A heartfelt thank you to our masterclass instructors: ✨ Anand Akela ✨ Anshu Agarwal ✨ Naeem Zafar ✨ Preetha Ram ✨ R. Paul Singh ✨ Surbhi Kaul Thank you for investing your time, experience, and energy in our founders and for being such an important part of their journey. 🚀 Anita Manwani, Andy Tsao, Anil Advani, Anjul Katare, Jagdeep Bachher, Krishna K. Chittabathini, Naeem Zafar, Nidhi Gupta, Preetha Ram, Saurabh Tandon, Sandeep Bhat, Shalini Govil-Pai, Uday Bellary, Ajay Manglani, Sushma Malhotra, Vidhya Ranganathan, Deepa N. #TiEWomen #TiESiliconValley #WomenFounders #WomenEntrepreneurs #Mentorship #Entrepreneurship #WomenInBusiness