Ellen Chisa, a partner at Boldstart Ventures, will join the speaker lineup at TechCrunch All Stage 2025 in Boston, slated to take place on July 15 at the city’s notable SoWa Power Station. Chisa, renowned for her early-stage investments into enterprise software startups, will discuss how founders can effectively attract investor attention, secure funding in tough competitive markets, and navigate common challenges in enterprise technology.
TechCrunch’s All Stage event specifically targets founders, investors, and operators seeking practical guidance and meaningful connections that help entrepreneurs scale smarter and quicker. The day’s sessions are designed to address real-world issues encountered by startups at different stages of their journey—from financing rounds to scalability hurdles and launch strategies.
Chisa offers a unique viewpoint thanks to her extensive background blending product management and technical expertise. Prior to becoming an investor, she co-founded Darklang, a cloud infrastructure and programming language platform aimed at streamlining developers’ ability to build and deploy applications rapidly. She previously held leadership roles at Kickstarter and Lola Travel, further highlighting her experience scaling products from scratch.
Adding to her credibility, Chisa holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Olin College as well as an MBA from Harvard Business School. This mix of practical leadership and academic rigor underpins her reputation for deeply understanding early-stage ventures’ technical and operational intricacies.
The session with Chisa will cover what investors are specifically looking for in enterprise startups at their inception stages, best practices for positioning products and companies to receive serious commitments from venture capitalists, and how startup founders can avoid typical mistakes when navigating the fast-paced enterprise infrastructure market.
TechCrunch All Stage 2025 aims to draw hundreds of leaders to Boston, offering discounted rates for various pass types—including Founder, Investor, and Student Passes—to make attending accessible. Throughout the event, Chisa’s insights will complement a roster of seasoned investors, entrepreneurs, and operators sharing firsthand experiences and actionable strategies to assist emerging enterprises as they build for growth.
