Rather than creating an advisory board to decide who would address top tier VC firms, TheFunded and tech TV group VatorNews looked to the public to choose presenters. In anticipation of yesterday’s JuicePitcher event, hundreds of companies uploaded profiles to VatorTV. The companies who received the most votes landed a 3 minute presentation before investors from groups like Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Omidyar and Polaris Ventures. In a process that is being described as “democratizing access to Silicon Valley investors”, the public chose these ten finalists.
