New VCs join Startup Battlefield 200 judging panel
five new top-tier investors will judge startup competition at techcrunch disrupt 2026, including vc firms with ai focus.
techcrunch has introduced five new judges for the startup battlefield 200 competition at disrupt 2026. the judges include vaibhav 'dr.v' agrawal, co-founder of oddbird vc, which backs ai companies; anu bharadwaj, partner at iconiq growth, focusing on enterprise software and ai; sho sho leigha ho, partner at general catalyst, investing in early-stage founders; miloni madan presler, partner at ivp, partnering with founders building technology companies; and aidan madigan-curtis, partner at ecl. these judges will evaluate startups competing for a $100,000 prize.