Overview
BigJam Pitch x SPB Founders is an evening of startup pitches and networking organized by the startup studio BigJam together with the SPB Founders community. It is designed for people who want to find projects, partners, and venture contacts, not just casual conversation. The event takes place in Saint Petersburg at Agava Loft on 4 November, with the program starting at 15:00.
Date, time and location
The event is scheduled for Wednesday, 4 November, starting at 15:00. The venue is Agava Loft in Saint Petersburg. The page does not state the year explicitly.
Format
The evening opens with short startup pitches, each lasting 3 to 5 minutes, followed by questions from the audience. The organizers note that there is no formal jury. Representatives of funds, investors, and market experts attend as listeners. Questions for each project are asked immediately after its pitch and are meant to stay focused and concise. After the business part, there is free networking with catering, and attendees can go on stage to say a few words.
Participants
- 12 projects in active growth stage, covering AI for business, sports technology, food technology, industrial robotics, cybersecurity, and marketplaces.
- 8 confirmed experts, including venture market professionals and serial entrepreneurs.
Who should attend
The event suits founders looking for investors or partners, investors and fund representatives, and market experts who follow early-stage and growth-stage technology companies. The wider SPB Founders community focuses on technology startups at Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A stages, IT businesses seeking financing, and non-technology early-stage businesses in Russia and CIS markets.
Tickets and registration
Registration is completed through an online form that asks for first and last name, email, and Telegram handle. The listed ticket prices are 3000 RUB and 5000 RUB. An early bird discount is available until 15 October. The registration form includes a promo code field.
About SPB Founders
SPB Founders Global is a community of serial founders in hi-tech businesses, focused on connecting founders, clients, and investors worldwide. It has held more than 50 offline and online meetups in Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Armenia, Turkey, and online. The community's formats include CrashTest educational meetups, where founders practice pitches in front of community investors and receive feedback, and Wine Pitches, informal networking parties held in Saint Petersburg lofts. It also runs thematic mini-conferences within larger festivals and accelerators, covering product strategy, team management, fundraising, and export. The community reports over 2000 participants plus networking bots, and members share resources in a closed club.
The community's mission is to scale members' businesses, connect them with investors around the world, and support growth in technology markets, including CIS home markets. It began as a mutual help group for applying to leading accelerators such as Y Combinator, Techstars, 500 Startups, Startup Wise Guys, Alchemist, and Antler.
Organizers
The page lists Vitaly Yanko, Anna Nyukhalova, Aleksey Kuritsyn, and Timur Venetsianov as members of the team behind SPB Founders events, covering business development, event content, external partnerships, and operations.
