Quarter of the Century Tech Gigaparty @ Temple w/ a16z, Khosla Ventures, Softbank
Join the largest VC Event happening in 2025! Investors from A16z, Khosla Ventures, Softbank and many more will be joining!
Celebrate the first 25 years of the 21st century—and glimpse the next 75!
Over 2,000+ founders, VCs, and tech visionaries are coming together for an unforgettable evening of futuristic experiences, forward-thinking conversations, immersive art, cutting-edge demos, and non-stop music!
Schedule
5pm - 10pm: Tech Summit: Panels, Fireside Chats, Keynotes, and a Pitch Competition with top-tier investors
10pm - 2am: Gigaparty: Exclusive Unveiling of Foundation’s Humanoid DJ + Nonstop Music from SF’s best DJs & special guest performances
VC Funds Attending
Featuring
SF's top DJs... and some very special guest DJs!
Agenda (Main Floor)
5:30PM - 5:50PM - Fireside chat with Bill Tai
Bill Tai, Investor, Board of Advisors, Harvard Business School
6PM - 7PM - Live Oxford Style Debate: Effective Altruism vs Effective Acceleration
David Hefter, AI Champion for Investments - Private and Public AI Champion for Investments, Blackrock (moderator)
De Kai, AI Professor @ HKUST Computer Science and Engineering Distinguished Research Scholar @ Berkeley ICSI Board Member @ The Future Society
Chris Yeh, Author of Blitzscaling, Founding Partner @ Blitzscaling Ventures
7:30PM - 8:30PM - Pitch Competition hosted by Amazon Prime's Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch
Apply to pitch: https://forms.gle/6Vem2HUPQV9ceUiRA
8:30pm - 8:50PM - Keynote + Demo on AI Agents
Akash Saraf, CEO, TheAgentic
8:50PM - 9:00PM - Hosts Comments
Mariane Bekker, Managing Partner, Founders Bay
Kristopher Floyd, Partner, Darwinian Ventures, Founders Bay
Nicolas Khonaysser, CEO, Vently
Agenda (Startup Lounge)
6pm - 6:30pm - Raising Funding For Women Founders
Julie Castro, Managing Partner, How Women Invest
Mariane Bekker, Managing Partner, Founders Bay
6:30pm - 7pm: Startup Pitches + Demos
8pm - 8:30pm: Fundraising & Investment Trends
Jeremiah Owyang, General Partner, Blitzscaling Ventures
Leonard Lee, Head of Accelerator, 500 Global
9pm - 9:30pm: AI Agents Demo with TheAgentic
Akash Saraf, CEO, TheAgentic
Agenda (VIP Room)
6:30pm - 7PM: Unlocking Family Office Investments - What They Look For and How to Engage
Uli Schmid-Maybach, Single Family Office, Maybach Foundation
Jason Ma, Founder & CEO, ThreeEQ • CBO & Investor, AdXero • Award-Winning Chief Mentor • Strategic Advisor to UHNW Families, CEOs, & Single Family Offices
Jasmine Shih, Investor, Family Office
Community Partners
Daxe
Sponsors
TheAgentic has developed the most accurate LLM for AI Agents, enabling startups to harness cutting-edge AI for creating intelligent agents with unmatched precision. In partnership with Founders Bay, TheAgentic offers the AI Agent Launchpad Program, providing founders with the engineering expertise needed to build and scale production-ready AI applications.
Schedule a free consultation here.
Hosts
Mariane Bekker, Managing Partner at Founders Bay
Founders Bay is a membership community of 30,000 founders and VCs coming together to grow their startups through curated weekly events, expert-led virtual workshops, and educational resources. Proudly women-owned and operated by Mariane Bekker, we are dedicated to empowering a diverse and inclusive startup ecosystem. Subscribe to our newsletter and become a member today.
Kristopher Floyd, Partner at Founders Bay and Darwinian Ventures.
Darwinian Ventures provides fractional embedded go-to-market teams with deep sales and marketing experience to accelerate and scale product-market fit. Through high-quality sales team launches, market validation experimentation, and impactful marketing strategies, Darwinian has led or co-led 100+ early-stage product launches including several clients achieving $1B+ unicorn valuations. Schedule a call with Kristopher here.
Josh Constine, Venture Partner - Consumer at SignalFire
Josh Constine was the former Editor-At-Large of TechCrunch where he wrote 4,000 articles and was the world's most cited tech journalist from 2016-2020. He's now a Venture Partner at early-stage VC firm SignalFire where he's focused on consumer, and advises startups on PR and organic growth. Join his SMS newsletter Outgoers for a weekly text of SF's best events.
Nicolas Khonaysser, CEO at Vently
Vently is a social event platform designed to bridge the gap between digital connections and real-life interactions. Vently offers a seamless experience for discovering and attending events, and provides hosts with powerful tools to manage ticketed events, send invites, and communicate with attendees.
🔊 Beats Powered by David Carvalho and Boutique Entertainment 🔊
Boutique DJs and Entertainment specializes in luxury DJ experiences for weddings, corporate events, and private parties. With over 20 years of expertise and thousands of successful events, they deliver seamless music mixing and exceptional service tailored to any occasion.
Robot provided by:
Foundation will be unveiling its humanoid robot at the event, where it will DJ live! Founded in April 2024, Foundation is making rapid progress, with its first deliveries to customers slated for April 2025. By developing advanced humanoid robots capable of operating in complex environments, Foundation is paving the way for a new era of robotics innovation.
*** 21 & UP ONLY ***
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