The\u00a0Startup Battlefield 200<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0global pitch competition at\u00a0TechCrunch Disrupt 2025<\/strong><\/a>, taking place October 27\u201329 at San Francisco\u2019s Moscone West, is just weeks away, and the stakes have never been higher.\u00a0<\/p>\n Twenty\u00a0founders will pitch their companies on\u00a0the\u00a0Disrupt\u00a0Stage, but only one will walk away with the $100,000 equity-free prize and the\u00a0coveted\u00a0Disrupt Cup. Helping to decide the winner is our world-class roster of judges,\u00a0investors,\u00a0and operators who know what it takes to build enduring companies.<\/p>\n Today,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0unveiling the third group of judges who will bring their\u00a0expertise\u00a0and tough questions to this year\u2019s competition. And\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0not done yet. Stay tuned for two more batches of judges in the weeks ahead.\u00a0<\/p>\n Register now<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0witness\u00a0the intense\u00a0\u201cWorld\u00a0Series\u201d\u00a0of pitch competitions and save up to $668 on your pass. Rates rise after September 26.<\/p>\n Check out the\u00a0Disrupt agenda<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to see the 10 judges who have already been announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jon\u00a0Chu<\/a>\u00a0is a partner at\u00a0Khosla Ventures<\/a>\u00a0with a passion for machine learning and its impact on enterprise infrastructure, applications, and developer tools. Before joining Khosla Ventures, he built a career in technology as a founder, early employee, and organizational leader across a range of engineering and product roles.\u00a0<\/p>\n He started as an early engineer at Palantir,\u00a0helping the\u00a0company\u00a0grow\u00a0from 200 to 1,800 employees. He then founded\u00a0KoalityCode, which he sold to Docker, where he created and led Docker\u2019s enterprise division. At\u00a0Opendoor, Jon served as head of product for growth and head of engineering for Core Machine Learning, contributing to the company\u2019s growth to IPO. Most recently, he led international engineering organizations at Facebook in both VR and machine learning.<\/p>\n Techcrunch event<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco<\/span> Eryk\u00a0Dobrushkin<\/a>\u00a0is a partner at\u00a0Index Ventures<\/a>,\u00a0investing from\u00a0inception\u00a0to the growth stages in artificial intelligence, infrastructure, and robotics. He is drawn to curious and relentless founders who share his passion for tackling the world\u2019s toughest problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n Prior to Index, Eryk spent several years at Databricks,\u00a0where he partnered closely with Ali Ghodsi as his\u00a0chief of\u00a0staff. During his tenure, Eryk had a front-row seat\u00a0in\u00a0one of the fastest-growing enterprise software companies in history, working across every aspect of the business\u00a0\u2014\u00a0from product and engineering to sales and operations. Eryk started his career at the Boston Consulting Group, where he focused primarily on enterprise software and digital health. He holds a B.A. in Applied Math and Economics from Harvard University.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cathy Friedman<\/a>\u00a0is a business executive with\u00a0nearly 40\u00a0years of experience\u00a0in\u00a0finance, technology, and healthcare. As\u00a0executive\u00a0venture\u00a0partner at\u00a0GV<\/a>, she\u00a0advises\u00a0the life sciences portfolio and invests across the healthcare continuum. Her interests include adolescent mental health, the full lifespan of women\u2019s health, and more\u00a0equitable\u00a0systems for the underserved.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jen Hoskins<\/a>\u00a0leads cloud, partnerships, and go-to-market for\u00a0Nvidia<\/a>\u00a0Inception, a program designed to help startups accelerate technical innovation and business growth at all stages, with 29,000+ members globally.\u00a0 Jon McNeill<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0the CEO and\u00a0co-founder of\u00a0DVx Ventures<\/a>, a venture studio that has launched 12 companies tackling large-scale market opportunities. A visionary entrepreneur, investor, and operator, Jon has founded six companies, building and scaling businesses that created tens of thousands of jobs and delivered 9x returns to investors.\u00a0\u00a0 The\u00a0ultimate global pitch-off<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0returns October 27\u201329.\u00a0TechCrunch Disrupt 2025<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0brings together 10,000+ startups and VC leaders at San Francisco\u2019s Moscone West. Witness Startup Battlefield 200 live, join sessions, and make the deals that launch tomorrow\u2019s innovation \u2014\u00a0all at the 20th\u00a0anniversary of TechCrunch.\u00a0Secure your\u00a0ticket with up to $668 in savings<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0before prices rise\u00a0after September\u00a026.<\/p>\nWithout further ado, meet our next five Battlefield 200 judges\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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Jon Chu, Partner, Khosla Ventures\u00a0<\/h3>\n
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Cathy Friedman, Executive Venture Partner, GV\u00a0<\/h3>\n
Jen Hoskins, Startups Head of Cloud\u00a0and\u00a0Partnerships, NVIDIA\u00a0<\/h3>\n
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Hoskins joined Nvidia after seven years at Microsoft, where she held roles in business development and partnerships across product teams, including Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Graph, and Microsoft for Startups. Prior to Microsoft, Hoskins worked in marketing and alliance management at Cisco.\u00a0<\/p>\nJon McNeill, Co-Founder\u00a0and\u00a0CEO,\u00a0DVx\u00a0Ventures\u00a0<\/h3>\n
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Jon\u2019s operating career includes leadership at some of the world\u2019s most transformative companies. As\u00a0president of Tesla, he helped scale the company from $2 billion to $20 billion in revenue in just\u00a018 months, overseeing global sales, delivery, and service. At Lyft, where he served as COO during a critical growth phase, Jon doubled revenue, expanded market share, and prepared the company for its IPO.\u00a0
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He currently serves on the boards of General Motors, Lululemon, Asurion, CrossFit, and Stash. At Lululemon, Jon played a key role in its turnaround, contributing to a 5x increase in stock value. He also sits on the Liquid AI Advisory Council.<\/p>\nCatch this live and get\u00a0key lessons for scaling success\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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