Your guide to everything that's happening at Vator Splash

Steven Loeb · May 11, 2016 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/4552

We have some great sponsors, including Lyft, Dictionary.com, KPMG, Tubemogul and more!

Vator Splash is only a day away! It feels like we've been planning this thing for months... well, because we have! And now, finally, it's almost here. 

This is going to be one of our biggest, and best, events yet. We've got some great sponsors this year, including KPMGJavelin Venture PartnersSAP Startup Focus ProgramKapor Center for Social Impact, Dictionary.comAvison YoungTubemogul, Wendel Rosen, Visit Oakland, Oakland Chamber of Commerce, City of Oakland, Scrubbed, Stratpoint, Bread and Butter, Coco Libre and Lyft!

Getting to the event: One of our partners this year is Lyft, which is offering all attendees 25% off a Lyft ride to the venue and back. Once registered, you'll get your Lyft code.

Breakfast: Breakfast will be sponspored by our friends at Dictionary.com, which are also one of the top 20 influencers chosen by Vator and the City of Oakland! We will be putting out that list tomorrow. Breakfast will be available in the Javelin Venture Partners' Green Room (for speakers) and in the main floor for Demo Table Presenters and meal-ticket holders.

Startup Demo Table Room: Speaking of demo tables, thanks to Tubemogul, an East Bay startup that IPO'd in 2014 - one of the few that has IPO'd, by the way - is hosting the Startup Demo Area. Be sure to visit the 32 tables on the first floor! Please try to get there as early as 8 am to see them, as we really want people to also check out our program on the 4th floor! 

Fourth Floor Program - 9 AM START TIME: Yep! We're starting at 9 am. Please try to find seats earlier so we can start on time. In the morning, you can sit in the upper seats (there's 1000 of them so we're sure you'll find a seat). Do not go through the main center door - as that's reserved for speakers. 

Afternoon Sessions - 1:20 PM START TIME: Please try to be back from wandering about and sit down by 1:15 in either the main room or Room A or Room B. 

Startup competition: From 10:15 am to 12 pm in the main stage room. As we do at every event, Vator will be holding its startup competition, in which eight young companies will get the chance to get on stage to pitch their ideas to key venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. The competition been a part of every single one of our events since we first started holding them back in 2010, and we've had some very successful and notable winners in the past, including Thumbtack, DogVacay, Pokitdok, Grovo, Udemy and Apartment List. 

The companies presenting this year are: CUJOSailoDataNovoHostfullyLaugh.lyScreenMeetThe History Project, and Dysh App

Lunch: We have partnered with a number of food truck vendors for our attendees to take advantage of. They are:

  • Cassave Taqueria, which will be offering breakfast burritos, tacos, pupusas, agua frescas. It will be open from 8am on.

  • Doc’s of the Bay, which will be offering hamburgers, veggie black bean burgers, fries, fries and green beans. It will be open at 11:30 a.m. 

  • Ruru Soul Juice, which will be providing organic juices and smoothies. It will be open at 11:30 a.m. 

Javelin Venture Partners Green Room: Thanks to Javelin Venture Partnes for always hosting our Green Room/Speaker Lounge. This one will be more like a Green Room though since it's actually back stage! To get there, go to the fourth floor (via elevator or stairs to your left on the first floor), then go to the hallway immediately to your left and straight down. You'll pass Room B - the entrepreneurship room- on the way. There we'll have coffee, water - courtesy Coco Libre - breakfast and coffee, and coffee and more coffee and then cookies. 

Wine for our winners: we will be giving out bottles of Bread and Butter Wine to all of our speakers, Partners and to the 8 finalists in our startup competition. 

After party: After the event is over, all attendees are invited to Lake Chalet for our after party, which will start at 6 PM. 

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