Next big event · Aug 13, 2026
Demo Day LA
Venice Beach · Doors 6:30 · Pitches 7:15 PT
Ten founders take the stage in front of 100+ investors and operators. Real cameras, real pitches, real follow-up the next morning.
Master your pitch in 4 weeks.
Turns founders into communicators who can pitch on stage, command a boardroom, and start the conversations that move a company forward. One module per week. Graduates take the stage at Demo Day.
See the full program →He pitched on the Nerdstage. The round came back oversubscribed.
Hank Leber took the Demo Day LA stage with a barely-started pre-seed. The investors he met that night became the round he closed weeks later, with most of the capital tracing back to that one room.
- 5%
- committed before Demo Day
- 40
- days to close
- 220%
- of the original target, raised
The pitch wasn't the close. It was the thing that made every conversation after it possible.
The pitch is the difference between a yes and a polite no.
Every founder has been told that the idea matters most. The truth at the pre-seed and seed stage, masterfully communicating a vision and a team's capacity to create the future is what sets exceptional startups apart.
Nerdstage exists to make that mastery yours.
Cohort 02 starts July 6. Demo Day August 13.
Transform your pitch, your deck, and your fundraising strategy in 4 weeks.
Apply for Cohort 02