『MELT』150+ Founders x Investors Dynamic Network - #SF Techweek

​🚀Update 2024/10/07 09:50pm (PST)

​​We have received 600+ registrations.

• ​​122+ VCs and Angel Investors

  • ​72 AI-focused Investors

• ​​300+ Founders/CEOs (including 130+ AI Founders)

  • ​​2 Series C,D companies

  • ​4 Series B Companies

  • ​​14 Series A companies

  • ​21 Pre-Series A companies

  • ​​110 Seed companies

  • ​​115 Pre-Seed companies

  • ​​28 Bootstrap companies

  • ​​6 Executives

• ​50+ Companies Over $1m Raised

• ​60+ Companies $1m ~ $100m ARR

​🚨Check-in is required at the door, and only approved guests will be admitted

​🤝The event is a dynamic 2-hour networking session (Might extend to 3 Hours )

​🙇‍♀️We kindly ask for your understanding as we carefully review and select attendees, which may result in some applications not being approved. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your patience.

​👫The attendance rate is 30%-50% due to the large number of events out there.

​Ready to connect with star investors?

• ​a16z

• ​J.P. Morgan

• ​Goldman Sachs

• ​Ganas Ventures

• ​Actuate Ventures

• ​Glynn Capital

• ​Reflex Capital SE

• ​Presidio Ventures

• ​Cathay Innovation

• ​Acorn Pacific Ventures

• ​Glasswing Ventures

• ​InMotion Ventures | Jaguar Land Rover

• ​Counterpart Ventures

• ​Primary Venture Partners

• ​Mubadala Ventures

• ​J&T Ventures

• ​MAGIC Fund

• ​Astera Ventures

• ​Sony Ventures

• ​Practical VC

• ​Pario Ventures

• ​GP Emerging Fintech Fund

• ​Left Lane Capital

• ​Black Sheep Ventures

• ​NextGen VP

• ​Sixty Degree Capital

• ​Bullmont Capital

• ​360 Social Ventures

• ​Riverside Ventures

​​Presented By Kyosuke Togami

​The past events we have partnered with:

• ​​J.P. Morgan - The largest global bank

• ​​Sheppard Mullin - The largest law firm

• ​​NECX - Tech Giant in Japan $20B ARR

• ​​Minerva University - One of the most selective universities in the world

• ​​Y Combinator – Pylon, Parsana AI

• ​​Treasure Data - Raised $288m, $200m ARR

​2nd MELT 10/17 5:00pm in LA

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​About the event

​On the 1st day of the SF Tech Week By a16z, where over 60,000 professionals gather from around the world, we have decided to hold this event at this momentous occasion.

​​We're bringing together an exclusive group of around 150 top-tier founders, spanning from pre-seed to Series D, alongside engaged VCs and angel investors.

​We all know that one connection can change everything, and this event is designed to create those transformative opportunities.

​​​💎 1st VIP Sponsored By

​Kyle Hudson, Founder of Stacklist​
Led multi-million dollar projects, managing teams of 20+ for technical products. Worked with startups and Fortune 500s like Google, Harley-Davidson, Mellon Foundation, Coca-Cola, Disney, Sprint, and Chase.

​Stacklist​
Social bookmarking platform to save cross-platform and share with anyone

​​Website:
https://www.stacklist.app/

​💎 2nd VIP Sponsored By

​Akash Saraf, Founder of TheAgenticAI
Founder of 4 tech companies. 2 successful exits totalling more than USD 600mn

​TheAgenticAI
TheAgenticAI is redefining AI Agents with the most precise LLM to-date for agentic applications, outperforming top models like GPT-4 and Claude3.5 Sonnet/Opus.

​​Website:
https://theagentic.ai

​💎 3rd VIP Sponsored By

​Iris Cheung, Founder of Orbiter Finance
They have supported $18B in transactions from 4.2M blockchain users and generated over $100M in net profit since their launch in late 2021. They are ranked #2 globally in the decentralized bridge field

​Orbiter Finance is a ZK-tech-based instant omni rollup on Ethereum, delivering secure, efficient, and decentralized data communication services.

​​Website:
https://www.orbiter.finance/

​The Previous Event 「MELT in NY」

• ​​We have received 583 registrations.

  • ​​ 80+ VC and Angel Investors

    • ​​Ai, Fintech, Climate Tech, Gaming, Edtech, Proptech, Web3, AR/VR, Cybersecurity, Insurtech, Retailtech, SaaS, B2C, B2B, and Pre-seed to Series D stages

  • ​​300+ Founders/CEOs

    • ​​3 Series D companies


    • ​​2 Series C companies

    • ​​6 Series B companies

    • ​​35 Series A companies

    • ​​15 Pre-Series A companies

    • ​​106 Seed companies

    • ​​146 Pre-Seed companies

    • ​​26 Bootstrap companies

    • ​​50+ Executives

  • ​8 companies featured in Forbes Under 30

  • ​12 Y Combinator startups

​​1st MELT event
We brought in 1070 registrations from all over the world and carefully selected 300 founders and investors.

​​2nd MELT event
We brought in 420 registrations and carefully selected 170 founders and 30 investors. Most of founders had raised at least $1 million, had revenue of $1-$3 million, or had a previous successful exit

​​【Requirement】

​You must be over 21, have official ID, and your registration must be approved.

​【The Venue of the pictures】

​This event is a part of #TechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem.