Next set of VC judges locked in for Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2025

The Startup Battlefield 2025 Judgating panel becomes even stronger. Our first wave of VCs brought a serious firepower, and now we add more top investors who will grill founders, unpack the big questions and help with this year’s $ 100,000 champions WAN disruptPlace from 27-29 October in Moscone West in San Francisco.

Just like the legendary investors who have assessed in recent years, this next group brings the insight, experience and instincts that can change the process of a founder into just one Q&A.

Here is the next set of investors who are ready to bring their best questions about the disrupt stage. Secure your ticket now to save $ 650+ And to witness the pitch-off live.

Meet the next wave of our startup Battlefield 200 Judges

Introduction of the second party of five VCs to help this year’s startup battlefield champion, with more investors en route. Check the The speaker page To get to know our jury members.

Thomas Krane, Managing Director, Insight Partners

Thomas Krane is a director of Insight Partners And has been with the company since 2012, when he became a member of an analyst. As an investor include, focus areas of cyber security, DevOps, IT automation and application software. Five of his investments have continued with the realization of an IPO (sustainable, Jfrog, Darktrace, 1stdibs, Sentinelone), and more have seen successful strategic outputs, including registered future, adaptive shield, thycotic, no -pod, cilen and qasymphony. Thomas studied astrophysics at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and obtained his master’s degree in four years.

Charles Hudson, Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures

Charles Hudson is the managing partner and founder of Precursor venturesA venture capital company at an early stage that focused on investing in the first institutional investment round for the most promising software and hardware companies. He invests in people about product at the earliest stage of their entrepreneurial trip. Under his leadership, the precursor has collected four funds and has $ 250+ million under management. He has invested in more than 400+ companies and has supported 450+ founders, including the teams behind Bobbie Baby, Carrot, Incredible Health, Juniper Square, Modern Health, Pair Eyewear, Rad AI and the Athletic (sold to the New York Times for $ 525 million).

Nicolas Sauvage, President, TDK Ventures

Nicolas Sauvage is president of TDK VenturesThe Corporate Venture Capital Arm from TDK Corporation, where he leads the mandate of $ 350 million from the company to invest in startups at an early stage that stimulate digital and energy innovation. Since its foundation in 2019, TDK Ventures has supported 45 startups under its leadership, including three unicorns – Ascend Elements, Groq and Silicon Box.

Recognized worldwide, Sauvage has been published on the GCV -Powerlist for six consecutive years, the most recent ranking of No. 17 in the top 150 heads of business company. He is also one of the only two business VCs that were initiated into the prestigious Kauffman Fellows program.

Katie Stanton, founder and general partner, Moxxie Ventures

Katie Stanton is the founder and general partner of Moxxia VenturesA durefonds at an early stage. Prior to Moxxia, Stanton served in numerous executive operational functions on Twitter, Google, Yahoo and Color. In addition to working in Silicon Valley, Stanton served in the Obama Witte Huis and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and started her career as a banker at JP Morgan Chase. Stanton is on the board of directors of Vivendi, a French multinational media company with head office in Paris, and previously served in the Board of Time Inc. She started her venture career as a founder of #Angels and has invested in more than 100 companies at an early stage, including AirTable, Calm, Cameo, Carta, Coinbase, Literati, Modern Fertility and Form Security.

Santi Subotovsky, general partner, rise

Santi Subotovsky is a general partner at Turnout capitalWhere he has been a driving force behind some of the most successful investments of the company since the accession in 2010, including Chorus and OpenPath. He led the investment of Emergence in Zoom (Nasdaq: ZM) when it was a little -known startup and stays in his administration because the company is like a market capital of $ 24 billion. He is also a member of the boards of leading companies such as Crunchbase, Logik.io, Zipline, Tundra and Class, and works closely with Startup Studio and Accelerator High Alpha and Quasar Ventures, who helps Latin -American entrepreneurs to bring disruptive ideas to life.

Disrupt: where technical innovation is launched – and lasts

The ultimate global pitch-off is waiting. This 27-29 October, WAN Disrupt 2025 brings 10,000+ startups and VC leaders together, which changes San Francisco’s Moscone West to the technical epicenter. The Startup -Arena may have changed, but disturb remains where founders launch tomorrow’s innovation. Become a member of the sessions, make the deals and witness Startup Battlefield Live. Secure your ticket now before the prices rise.