Day Zero: Echelon Mixer
Echelon Day 1? ✅
After the panels wrap, the pitches end, and your pockets are full of business cards… we’ve got just the room to slow it down.
We’re hosting a low-key but high-level gathering for founders, investors, and ecosystem insiders who are already shaping the conversations that move the needle. 🤝
It’s the perfect breather after Day 1, and the ideal warm-up for Day 2. If you’re in town for Echelon, this is your Day Zero:
⚡ Meet the right people.
🗣️ Start the chats you’ll be following up all week.
🚪 Step into the room where the week really begins.
An exclusive event. See you there 🍸
Event Agenda:
6:00 - 6:30 PM: Registration 🗒️
6:30 - 6:40 PM: Welcoming Remarks 🎤
6:40 - 8:30 PM: Networking 🤝
8:30- 9:00 PM: Wrap Up 👋
ABOUT US:
Antler
Antler is one of the most active early-stage investors globally. The firm leads in ‘Day Zero’ investing, an approach to venture capital focused on partnering with founders pre-launch. Antler systematically removes capital and network constraints for early-stage technology entrepreneurs by providing co-founder matching, deep business model validation, initial capital, expansion support, and follow-on funding. The firm is present in 30 cities across most leading technology ecosystems globally and has made over 1,300 investments into early-stage startups. Antler has been repeatedly recognized by Pitchbook as the world’s most active angel and seed-stage investor.
Aspire
Aspire is the all-in-one finance platform for modern businesses globally, helping over 50,000 companies save time and money with international payments, treasury, expense, payable, and receivable management solutions - accessible via a single, user-friendly account.
Headquartered in Singapore, Aspire has 600+ employees across nine countries, clients in 30+ markets and is backed by global top tier VCs, including Sequoia, Lightspeed, Y-Combinator, Tencent and Paypal. In 2023, Aspire closed an oversubscribed US$100M Series C round and announced that it has achieved profitability.
Gunderson Dettmer
With over 400 lawyers across 12 offices in key venture markets worldwide, Gunderson Dettmer is the preeminent international law firm with an exclusive focus on the innovation economy.
Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Gunderson’s Singapore office serves as the hub for its India and Southeast Asia practice, and is consistently recognized as the "most active venture capital law firm" in India and Southeast Asia by Pitchbook's Global League Tables, and top-ranked in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Chambers Asia-Pacific and the India Business Law Journal.
Plug and Play APAC
Plug and Play is the ultimate innovation platform. Our mission is to build the world’s leading innovation platform and make innovation open to anyone, anywhere.
We do this by connecting entrepreneurs, corporations, and investors worldwide. Over the past 15 years, we have brought together 35,000+ startups, 500+ world-leading corporations, and hundreds of venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies across 20+ industries.
We are active in 70+ locations globally, including the U.S., China, France, Germany, South Africa, Singapore, Indonesia, Brazil, and more.