VC Mixer [150 Founders + 50 VCs | September 5th, 2025 | San Francisco
Tech Weekend VC Mixer is the best event for technical founders actively fundraising & VCs seeking high-potential startups to invest in.
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How to Identify VCs & Founders:
VCs: Red badges
Founders: Black and white badges
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Parking Options:
400 Howard Garage (9 Natoma St.): Located 318 ft away,
350 Mission Garage (81 Fremont St.): Located 325 ft away,
100 First Garage (521 Mission St.): Located 424 ft away,
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About the event:
Tech Weekend is the best event in San Francisco for startup founders who are fundraising — You can make direct investor connections & meet the coolest tech startups in one place.
Over 3 days at Tech Weekend, you'll meet 150+ tech founders and over 50 venture capitalists actively investing in early-stage tech startups.
If you're building in AI, Deep Tech, Health Tech, Fintech, Climate Tech, Biotech, Vertical Tooling, EdTech, Dual-Use Tech, Quantum, or any frontier sector — and fundraising in 2025 — this is where you want to be.
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Join our mailing list @ Foundersvillage.bioFor More information checkout the following links:
Website: Founders Village
LinkedIn: Founders Village on LinkedIn
Instagram: @founders.village
X (Twitter): @foundersvillge
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Sneak Peek at the VCs coming to Tech Weekend (Full list coming soon):
Marc Bhargava, Managing Director at General Catalyst
Investment focus: N/A
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Kevin Jiang, Managing Partner at Mangusta Capital | Founding Team @ SoftBank Vision Fund
Investment focus: AI
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Grant Van Cleve, Managing Partner at Hangar 75 Ventures
Investment focus: Fintech, EdTech, RegTech
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Jim DiSanto, Managing Partner at Motus Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Robotics, Climate Tech
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Igor Shoifot, Partner at TMT Investments
Investment focus: SaaS, AI, Cloud, Marketplace
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Lars Leckie, Managing Director at Aspenwood Ventures
Investment focus: Enterprise Software
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Murilo Johas Menezes, Managing Partner at Positive Ventures
Investment focus: Generalist
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Suman Talukdar, Founder & General Partner at AiSprouts VC
Investment focus: AI
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Sean Nasiri, Founding Partner at Jas Ventures
Investment focus: General
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Patrick Sagisi, Managing Partner at Iolar Ventures
Investment focus: Early stage enterprise focused companies
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Stephanie Campbell, General Partner at The Artemis Fund
Investment focus: Early stage fintech, commerce, care, future of work
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Pejman Nozad, General Partner at Pear VC
Investment focus: AI, Deeptech, Fintech, Healthcare, etc.
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Alok Sindher, Partner at Fifth Wall Ventures
Investment focus: Energy, Digital Infrastructure
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Vignesh Ravikumar, Partner at Sierra Ventures
Investment focus: B2B Software
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Jeremy Scheibböck, Partner at Potrero Capital
Investment focus: Agnostic
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Victor Pang, Partner at S28 Capital
Investment focus: B2B SaaS
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Suraj Pakala, Investor at FalconX Ventures
Investment focus: Generalist
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Sheila Goodman, VP, Events and Partnerships at Village Global
Investment focus: Sector agnostic
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Gabriela Camilli, Investor at Act One Ventures
Investment focus: B2B Vertical AI
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Afnaan Hashmi, Investor at Kyber Knight Capital
Investment focus: AI
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Sanjay Velappan, Investor at Berkeley SkyDeck Fund
Investment focus: Generalist
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Risa Foard, Associate at Salesforce, Venture Capital Practice
Investment focus: AI
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Anna Jacoby, Associate at Sapphire Ventures
Investment focus: Generalist
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Richard Waines, Associate at DCVC Bio
Investment focus: Biotech, Deep Tech
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Grace Clendenin, Analyst at Berkeley Skydeck Fund
Investment focus: AI, Deeptech, Generalist
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Tj Jackson, Senior Investment Advisor CVC LP at Squads BK Fund
Investment focus: Edtech, Fintech, Healthtech, Cleantech
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Patrick Klas, Investor at MGV
Investment focus: AI
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Mike Walsh, Founding Partner at Structure Capital
Investment focus: AI, Marketplaces, Consumer
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Investment focus: AI, Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Software
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Henry Pham, Managing Partner at Octant Ventures
Investment focus: Fintech, AI, Healthcare
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Ash Vaidya, Managing Director at Multiplier Capital
Investment focus: Broadly all tech
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Amir Kabir, Founder & Managing Partner at Overlook Ventures
Investment focus: Fintech, Frontier Tech, AI, Risk
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Sally Zheng, Managing Partner at Centenarian Fund
Investment focus: Health Tech, Consumer Tech
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Avantika Bagri, Investor at Centana Growth Partners
Investment focus: Fintech, Enterprise SaaS
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Alex Schubert, Partner at SciFounders
Investment focus: Life Science
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Matt Cherian, Venture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
Investment focus: Enterprise SaaS
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Ryan Morrison, Partner at Founders Circle Capital
Investment focus: Growth
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Lavanya Anandan, Venture Partner at AiiM Partners
Investment focus: Deep Tech, Climate, Biotech
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Bernard Moon, Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Group
Investment focus: Generalist
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Erica Waichman, Head of People and Community at Canvas Ventures
Investment focus: Fintech, Digital Health, AI
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Ed Dua, General Partner at IA Seed Ventures
Investment focus: Vertical AI, Deeptech
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Sheela Ursal, General Partner at Fintech Next
Investment focus: Fintech, AI, Payments, Banking, Insurance
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Julie Castro Abrams, General Partner at How Women Invest
Investment focus: Tech enabled, female founders only
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Kevin McQuillan, General Partner at OCA
Investment focus: Fintech, AI, software, and enterprise solutions
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Alex Kaufman, Partner at APA Venture Partners
Investment focus: Enterprise SaaS & Healthcare
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Nikita Gaurav, Partner at Necessary Ventures
Investment focus: Healthtech, Climate
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Natalia Burina, Partner at Storm Ventures
Investment focus: AI
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Luka Tomljenovic, Partner at Radius Capital
Investment focus: Aerospace and related deep tech
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Linda Lee, Talent Partner at AI Fund
Investment focus: Pre-seed AI companies
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Andrew Couillard, Investor | Program Director at Harpoon
Investment focus: Deep tech, dual-use
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Lee Fan, Head of US at Avenir
Investment focus: Fintech, AI
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Nima Ronaghi, Principal at Breakout Ventures
Investment focus: Deep tech (clean tech and biotech)
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Lee Larson, Investor at Piva Capital
Investment focus: Clean tech, deep tech, industrial decarbonization
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Mayra Soto, Senior Associate at Building Ventures
Investment focus: Construction and real estate technology
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Kelly Zheng, Investor at ICONIQ Venture and Growth
Investment focus: AI, Infra
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Alex Sullivan, Investor at General Catalyst
Investment focus: Cybersecurity, Deep Tech
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Benny Liao, Principal at Acorn Pacific Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Fintech, Consumer
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Joe Oleynik, Investor at B Capital
Investment focus: AI
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Dan Barth, Principal at Yamaha Motor Ventures
Investment focus: Manufacturing, Robotics, FinTech, InsurTech, Mobility
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Chris Messina, Investor at Ride Home AI Fund
Investment focus: AI-native consumer, enterprise, vertical, and developer-first companies
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Maria Pienaar, Operating Partner at Unicorn Growth Capital
Investment focus: Fintech
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Brian Ma, General Partner at Iterative
Investment focus: Pre-seed Generalist
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Pramod Gosavi, Investor at Blumberg Capital
Investment focus: AI
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Ryan McCrackan, Principal at Yamaha Motor Ventures
Investment focus: Industry 4.0, Deep Tech, AI/ML
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Amrut Rajkarne, Vice President at Nexus Venture Partners
Investment focus: AI, Software, FinTech
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Farzin Shadpour, Partner at Kearney Ventures
Investment focus: Enterprise Tech
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Clifford Cohn, Principal at WiL
Investment focus: AI
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Siddharth Gupta, Managing Director at Samsung Ventures
Investment focus: Deep Tech
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Gabriel Kra, Managing Director at Prelude Ventures
Investment focus: Clean Tech, Deep Tech
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Caroline Chick, Investor at Activate Capital
Investment focus: Climate and Industrial Tech (Growth Stage)
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Wilson Lin, VC at DCG Venture
Investment focus: AI
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Brenton MacDonald, Partner at Rising Tide
Investment focus: Life Science, Medtech, Crypto, Fintech, Enterprise Software, Deep Tech
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Eva Nahari, Principal Investor at DNX Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Data Infrastructure
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Joe Blair, Co-Founder & General Partner at Bay Bridge Ventures
Investment focus: Climate Tech
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James Kim, Partner at Reach Capital
Investment focus: Seed + Series A in Learning, Health, & Work
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Jason Chern, Investment Manager at Wipro Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Cloud, DevOps
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Jamie Ma, Impact Investing
Investment focus: Fintech, Longevity
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Jim DiSanto, Managing Partner at Motus Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Robotics, Climate Tech
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Lizzie Lee, Sr. Associate at McKesson Ventures
Investment focus: Health Tech
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Maulik S, Controller at SuRo Capital
Investment focus: Diversified
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Nao Shibata, Associate at Benhamou Global Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Supply Chain, Healthcare
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