Season 13: The Human Side of Venture
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Season 13: The Human Side of Venture

Feb 19, 2025·2 min·Season 13Trailer
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A Johns Hopkins ER doctor, a Formula 1 engineer, and an artist walk into The Pitch Room... meet this season's extraordinary founders! We screened 2,000 companies, and 12 made the cut. But with negotiations turned up to 11, will they be ready to face off with the sharpest VCs in the game?

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The Panel

Charles Hudson, investor
Charles Hudson

Precursor Ventures

“We're people pickers at Precursor. That's what I do.”
Jenny Fielding, investor
Jenny Fielding

Everywhere Ventures

“I invest a lot in FinTech and SaaS.”
Elizabeth Yin, investor
Elizabeth Yin

Hustle Fund

“I actually think the idea matters more than the founder.”
Mark Phillips, investor
Mark Phillips

11 Tribes Ventures

“We look for unique founder-market fit, intense capital efficiency, and niche markets where there aren't a ton of people playing.”
Paige Doherty, investor
Paige Doherty

Behind Genius Ventures

“I think about investing in founders on three axes. Are they a good storyteller? Do they have a strong mission? And the third is execution velocity — how quickly do they execute when they've figured out the right priority.”
Jesse Middleton, investor
Jesse Middleton

Flybridge

“I am so sick of people that are building stuff for building stuff's sake.”
Will Weisman, investor
Will Weisman

KittyHawk

“We call ourselves generalist frontier technology. And so try to find very hard problems.”
Ben Zises, investor
Ben Zises

Super Angel Fund

“I just want to invest in brands that really resonate with me. And I feel like I would be the best champion for. So sometimes I'll end up missing great financial investments for that reason. And I'm okay with that.”
Kate McAndrew, investor
Kate McAndrew

Baukunst

“Investing is kind of like voting for what you want to see in the world.”
Michael Hyatt, investor
Michael Hyatt
“Necessity is the mother of all invention. You've invented this because you want to solve a problem that you had. That's exactly where great businesses all start.”

The Founder

Therese Canares, MD, MBA
Therese Canares, MD, MBA

CEO, Founder; Pediatric Emergency Physician

Dr. Canares is a physician-entrepreneur and the CEO and Founder of CurieDx. With over a decade of experience as a pediatric emergency physician at Johns Hopkins University, she witnessed firsthand the challenges families face when emergency rooms are their only option for minor illnesses like coughs and colds due to lack of easy healthcare access. Driven by a mission to answer the question, "Why am I sick?" instantly, Dr. Canares founded CurieDx to transform home diagnostics. Building on her research at Johns Hopkins, the CurieDx team developed a mobile app that uses AI and smartphone imaging to predict conditions like strep throat. The $8.5 billion home diagnostics market remains largely untapped, with traditional solutions requiring specialized equipment and lab processing. CurieDx is positioned to capture this opportunity by delivering clinical screening results instantly through software alone, reducing costs and expanding access to care. CurieDx is revolutionizing home testing, empowering patients and providers with innovative tools to improve remote care and creating a future where instant medical testing is at everyone's fingertips.

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