2026 Most Fundable Companies
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM PT / Virtual 12:30 PM PT
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Watch the live stream here on September 23 at 12:30 PM PT announcing the winners of the 9th annual startup competition!
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Revisit this page after the showcase to:
- Watch the event replay and company pitches
- Learn who won the Startup World Cup Los Angeles Regional. One MFC winner will be chosen to advance to the Startup World Cup Grand Finale in San Francisco, where startups from around the world compete for a $1 million investment prize
- Learn who was voted Fan Favorite
- See the full list of Winners, Finalists & Semi-Finalists
Thank you for your support of the Graziadio Business School and our entrepreneurship
initiatives.
Keynote Speaker
Sponsors
Thank you to our sponsors for their support of entrepreneurship at Graziadio Business School
Title Sponsors
Contact: Geoff Howard, CEO
Legacy Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Contact: Ronald Munman, Managing Director,
The Munman Group
Contact: Vince Phorn, Partner
Silver Sponsors
Contact: Gary Hewamadduma, CEO
Contact: David Feingold, Executive Director
Contact: Scott Alderton, Managing Partner
Contact: Jasmine Jiang, Senior Vice President of Investment Operations
Resource Partners
Contact: Bala Sriraghavan, CEO
Contact: Eric Cox, Head of Growth
Contact: Michael Scherzer, CTO
Contact: Jonathan Pearce, Partner
Contact: Dan Gallagher, Head of Pernerships
Contact: Mark Osborne, CEO
In-Kind Premium
Contact: Dan Davidson, Venture Outreach
Contact: Damoder Reddy, Chairman
Contact: Sean Walsh, CEO
Contact: David Newman, Chair
Contact: Tom Vogelsong, Life Science and Tech Advisor
Contact: Connie Harrell, President
Contact: Jon Shapiro, Principal Consultant
Contact: JJ Richa, CEO
Contact: Ashish Saboo, CEO
Contact: Garrett Gilbertson, Founding Partner
Contact: Dave de Csepel, Chair
Contact: Davide Accomazzo, Chief Investment Officer
Contact: Venkatesh Sankuran, President
In-Kind
Disclaimers: Pepperdine University, in its sole discretion, may choose not to publish a company for any reason it deems appropriate. The Pepperdine Most Fundable Companies List does not represent an offer to sell securities. It does not constitute investment advice, nor is it an endorsement of any particular product or service. Pepperdine University is not a broker-dealer and does not perform services provided by a broker-dealer, including but not limited to any financial or investment advising.