90+
Startups at Demo Day '25
300+
Investors attended
1,500+
Total attendees
Demo Day '25 at Tresidder Oak Lounge — Photo: The Stanford Daily / Rohan Parekh
“Our best founders aren't doing class projects; our best founders are building companies that are being invested in by the best venture firms in the world.”
Investors at Demo Day
“Talk about your excitement, not how much money you're going to make.”
Hurst Lin, MBA '93 — GP at DCM, Demo Day Keynote
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