More top venture investors have been added to the Startup Battlefield 2025 judging panel to evaluate founders and help determine the $100,000 champion at TechCrunch Disrupt, October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. The new judges will ask tough questions, unpack major issues, and apply experience that can alter a founder's trajectory in a single Q&A. The next wave introduces five additional VCs, with profiles posted on the Disrupt speaker page. Crissy Behrens focuses on high-growth software, SaaS, DevOps, and infrastructure investments and brings go-to-market experience. Charles Hudson leads Precursor Ventures and prioritizes early-stage founders.
Our first wave of VCs brought serious firepower, and now we're adding more top investors who will grill founders, unpack the big questions, and help crown this year's $100,000 champion at TechCrunch Disrupt, October 27-29 in San Francisco's Moscone West. Like the legendary investors who've judged in years past, this next group brings the insight, experience, and instincts that can change a founder's trajectory in just one Q&A.
Crissy Behrens joined Insight Partners in 2021 to focus on investments in high-growth software businesses across SaaS, DevOps, and infrastructure. She previously spent time at Primary Venture Partners as a seed investor and at B Capital Group as a growth investor. Across her investing career, Behrenshas partnered with companies at every stage of growth, from pre-seed to IPO. Before becoming an investor, Behrens worked in go-to-market roles at several B2B startups and developer platforms.
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