Meet the next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

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September 21, 2026, 2:15 PM

• •TechCrunch says Startup Battlefield 200 will be held during Disrupt 2026 at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 13 to 15.
• •Each participating founder gets six minutes to pitch, followed by judge questioning focused on execution, market size, timing, and defensibility.
• •The article introduces five additional judges: Vaibhav Agrawal, Anu Bharadwaj, Sho Sho Leigha Ho, Miloni Madan Presler, and Aidan Madigan-Curtis.
• •The judges come from ODDBIRD VC, ICONIQ Growth, General Catalyst, IVP, and Eclipse Ventures respectively.
• •The competition’s winning early-stage founder will receive a $100,000 prize.
• •The piece also promotes Disrupt 2026 ticket discounts ahead of a September 25 pricing increase.

TechCrunch has announced five more venture capital judges for Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco. The article frames the competition as both a pitch contest for founders and a public window into how investors evaluate startups on execution, market size, timing, and defensibility. The newly introduced judges are Vaibhav Agrawal of ODDBIRD VC, Anu Bharadwaj of ICONIQ Growth, Sho Sho Leigha Ho of General Catalyst, Miloni Madan Presler of IVP, and Aidan Madigan-Curtis of Eclipse Ventures. Startup Battlefield 200 will take place during TechCrunch Disrupt from October 13 to 15, with an early-stage founder set to win a $100,000 prize.

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