VIOLET HACKS
Bring an idea to life with ambitious female & non-binary people just like you!
VIOLET HACKS IS BACK
@ GITHUB, AUG 10-11, 2019!
VIOLET HACKS 2018 INFO
LOCATION: Domino Data Lab, San Francisco
TIMING: Saturday, November 3, 2018
Violet Hacks is a 1-day startup-focused hackathon for female & non-binary individuals in technology. 💡 Learn what it takes to build a startup, meet investors, and join a community of aspiring female & non-binary founders.
Get ready for an awesome weekend of creating, learning, and connecting. 👯 You'll work on a team with 4-5 other talented techies who have a variety of roles & backgrounds -- Engineering, Design, Product, Marketing, Biz Dev, Talent, Community, and more -- who want to start a startup. ✨ There will be workshops, talks, and resources to help you put together a brand-new business concept, prototype, and pitch. 🎙 You'll have delicious meals and fun swag included in admission. 🥑 Finally, you'll demo your creations to a panel of judges (accomplished investors & founders) and compete to win awesome prizes! 🚀 Thank you our generous host & partner, Domino Data Lab, for providing our venue! 📈










OPENING KEYNOTE

PANELISTS

Athena Kan
Investing Team at 8VC

Rachel Star
Investor at Shasta Ventures

Laura Montoya
Founder & Executive Director of Accel.AI

Megan Holston-Alexander
Senior Associate at Unusual Ventures

Arjita Sethi
Co Founder of Equally

Lavanya Shukla
Co-Founder of Dataland.ai

Ivy Nguyen
Associate at Zetta Venture Partners

Hannah Meyers
Cofounder of Aether Biomachines

Nicole Garcia
Founder of Femikit
WORKSHOP LEADERS

Spriha Baruah Tucker
PM at Google

Ana Pischl
PM at Zeus

Cassie Wang
Software Engineer at Palantir
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Meghan Mehta
Founder of A Dressy Engineer

Lida Tohidi
Founder of Pidari Consultancy
JUDGES

Ellen Chisa
CEO/Cofounder of Dark Inc.

Amy Sun
Partner at Sequoia Capital

Harshita Arora
Founder of Crypto Price Tracker (acq'd by RWCV)

Sampriti Bhattacharyya
Founder of Hydroswarm

Kinjal Shah
Investment Associate at Blockchain Capital LLC

Selene Cruz
Founder of Re:store
CLOSING KEYNOTE

Ashley Wellington-Fahey
Co-Founder and CEO of The Relish
TEAM

Shriya Nevatia
Product Manager
GLIDR

Meghan Mehta
Founder
A Dressy Engineer

Kathy Zhou
Software Engineer
Pinterest

Dylan Portelance
Product Manager
Wonder Workshop

Malvika Nagpal
Advisory Associate
PwC

Ria Mirchandani
Senior Product Manager
Credit Karma

Florence Kwok
Sr. Integrated Program Marketing Manager
SPARC

Mahati Kumar
Software Engineer
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EVENT PARTNERS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
IS THE EVENT FREE?
No; your ticket includes connections to dozens of companies, 10+ founders and investors, 5 meals plus snacks, 4-6 workshops, and potential for prizes worth hundreds of dollars!
WHEN IS IT? CAN I STAY OVERNIGHT?
The event will be Saturday, Nov 3 from 10am-10pm at Domino Data Lab.
CAN I COME IF I'M IN HIGH SCHOOL?
This is an 18+ event, no minors will be allowed, sorry!
DO YOU OFFER TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT?
No travel reimbursement is available for this event.
WHAT ARE THE TERMS OF PARTICIPATION?
Terms of Participation can be seen here. In non-legalese, it means everything that you make at this event is your property to keep working on after the event, but we are allowed to share materials you create over the weekend for promotional purposes.