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Robin Rivaton

105 of the most promising startups will battle it out in the group rounds of the competition. 

In this round, 10 of them will fight for a chance to move onto the semi-final. Competing startups will have three minutes to pitch, followed by a three-minute Q&A with our judging panel.

Meet our judges: 
- Jose Nistal from Zubi Family
- Robin Rivaton from Stonal
- Ben Stokes from Chasing Rainbows
- Doina Ciobanu from Doina
- Paulo Gomes Pereira from Huawei

PITCH Group 6

Both VC and founders dream of sipping wine at Lake Como like Chamath. 
But the journeys to fulfil this dream are quite different. 
The VC partnership is less lonely and with more predictable management fees, compared to the isolation of the founder and the financial uncertainty of company building.
Robin Rivaton was a VC for over five years, before making the unusual transition from writing the cheques to chasing the cheques as the CEO of Stonal, a Paris based AI proptech He has raised rounds of $22 and $110 million. Reflecting on his regrets, but utilising the lessons he learnt from the other side of the table, Robin offers a unique insight into the emotional&nbsp;rollercoaster of running one of the fastest growing companies in&nbsp;France.