VC Dinner and Networking Mixer [75 Founders + 30 Investors] San Francisco

​Tech Weekend - VC Dinner and Networking Mixer is a gathering of 75 technical Founders and 30 VCs.

​After hosting six successful VC Mixers, we’re excited to elevate the experience with a new, structured format. This time, we’re meeting at a beautiful Peruvian restaurant, with a delicious complimentary dinner

​RSVP: This is an invite-only event and we have limited spots at the dinner. Please RSVP only if you can attend the event in person.

​How to Identify VCs & Founders:

• ​VCs: Red badges

• ​Founders: Black and white badges

​Parking Options:

• ​Moscone Center Garage (255 3rd St): 1-minute walk (same building).

• ​Limited street parking (metered and non-metered).

​About the Organizer:

​Tech Weekend is a three-day event by Founders Village, bringing together founders, investors, and tech enthusiasts for real opportunities to network, grow, and drive innovation.

Founders Village is a meetup community for highly technical founders. Over the past three years, we’ve brought together more than 13,000 founders to connect, collaborate, and fundraise.


Sneak Peak into VCs who are attending the VC Dinner:

Mike Sherbakov, General Partner at The Veteran Fund
Investment focus: Critical Technologies
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​Ian Sobieski, Chairman at Band of Angels
Investment focus: All tech, early stage
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​Tian Yu (T.Y.) Yu, Partner at Micron Ventures
Investment focus: Enterprise AI, vertical AI, dev tooling, agentic tooling
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​Kevin Zhang, Investor at Gigascale Capital
Investment focus: Climate tech, Deep tech
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​Daniel Paredes, Investor at Sierra Ventures
Investment focus: Enterprise SaaS, Deep Tech
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Pramod Gosavi, Investor at Blumberg Capital
Investment focus: AI, Fintech
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​John Seung, Managing Partner at LFX Venture Partners
Investment focus: Supply Chain Tech
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​Xiaoping Zhang, Senior Director at North Summit Capital
Investment focus: AI
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​Darya Zakharova, Investor at Visa
Investment focus: Fintech, Software
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​Vatshal Bhanushali, Venture Associate at Genoa Ventures
Investment focus: Biotech
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​Andrew McLean, Venture Analyst at ARTIS Ventures
Investment focus: Tech, Healthtech & Techbio
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​Arun Saigal, Venture Partner PJc
Investment focus: AI
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​Jerry Zhu, Investor at Plug and Play Ventures
Investment focus: Industrials, Supply Chain
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​Juan Naveira, Investor at Plug and Play
Investment focus: Supply Chain, Logistics, Advanced Manufacturing, Semiconductors
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​Nick Meader, Founding Principal at LIONCREST Ventures
Investment focus: AI, SaaS
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​Abhijit Solanki, Founder at Whiteboard Venture Partners
Investment focus: Cybersecurity
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​Daniel Gould, General Partner at Castle Fund
Investment focus: Deep Tech
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​Stephanie Ren, Associate at Builders VC
Investment focus: Generalist
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Tai Hsia, CFO at LUUM
Investment focus: Generalist (except medtech and biotech)
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​Nick Bilogorskiy, Partner at Dnipro VC
Investment focus: Cybersecurity
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​Ori Sasson, Managing Partner at Primera Capital
Investment focus: AI
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​Genki Shiga, Associate Director at Vertex Holdings
Investment focus: AI, Deep Tech, Enterprise
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​Arif Damji, Principal at Conductive Ventures
Investment focus: SaaS and Tech-enabled Services
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​Eliza Dragomir, Investment Analyst at JetBlue Ventures
Investment focus: Frontier Tech and Enterprise Tech
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​Tunya Irkad, Principal at e2vc
Investment focus: Generalist
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Abi Adisa, President at Oridun Capital Management
Investment focus: AI, Prop Tech, Clean Tech
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​Joan Kim, Principal at Fortitude Ventures
Investment focus: Deep Tech, AI
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​Reza Kazemipour, CEO at SixthRing
Investment focus: Health & Wellness
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​Ray Lian, Principal at Scrum Ventures
Investment focus: Sports & Entertainment
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​Chris Dowd, Investor at Collaborative Fund
Investment focus: Consumer and AI
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​Ash Vaidya, Managing Director at Multiplier Capital
Investment focus: Software, SaaS, AI
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​Viral Gandhi, Principal Investor at KCK Medtech
Investment focus: Medtech
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​Ellie McDonald, Investor at G2 Venture Partners
Investment focus: Climate Tech + Industrial Tech
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​Jeff Karras, General Partner at America’s Frontier Fund
Investment focus: Deep Tech
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​Shivam Patel, Investor at Rocketship VC
Investment focus: General
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​Lior Klisman, United States at Klisman Labs
Investment focus: AI
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​Ivy Nguyen, Investor at Autotech Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Deep Tech, Robotics, Manufacturing, Cleantech
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​Burak Cendek, Partner at Autotech Ventures
Investment focus: Mobility
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​Nemer Rahal, Managing Partner at Mindset Ventures
Investment focus: Berkeley
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​Kevin McQuillan, Managing Partner at Focus Ventures
Investment focus: Palo Alto
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​Henry Pham, Managing Partner at Octant Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Fintech, Healthtech
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​Chris Kong, Investor at PaperJet Ventures
Investment focus: Deep Tech x AI
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Asli Gozoren, Executive Director at Band of Angels LLC
Investment focus: Industry agnostic
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​Raymond Lee, Partner at Progressive VC
Investment focus: AI SaaS
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​Promita, VC Fellow at Transform VC
Investment focus: Deeptech
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