Five Founder-Investors to Pick Startup Battlefield Winner

TechCrunch named five founder-investors to judge the Startup Battlefield final at Disrupt 2026, October 13-15. Each judge started the investment firm they now lead, including Stacy Brown-Philpot of Cherryrock Capital and Chi-Hua Chien of Goodwater Capital. The panel will also hold a live AMA, an open audience Q&A, on the Builders Stage that afternoon.