OneSixOne Ventures x Grace Gong VCs and founders holiday dinner
Join us for an exclusive pre-holiday VCs and Founders Dinner in San Francisco, hosted by Grace Gong and Christopher Kennamer. The dinner is brought to you by Grace Gong, OneSixOne Ventures, CIBC Innovation Banking team and Fenwick & West.
About CIBC - the team at CIBC does a great job supporting high growth software founders at all stages of their journey with growth capital and venture debt. OneSixOne Ventures has worked with their Seattle team in the past and their San Francisco team has come highly recommended as a partner for this event.
About Fenwick & West - Fenwick & West is OneSixOnes preferred law partner for all things startup law related. We have been working with the Fenwick & West team for the past year and their law service is top notch! They regularly support software and life sciences companies from inception all the way to post IPO!
About OneSixOne Ventures - We aren't your average Emerging fund. Our core differentiator as a fund is to host highly curated events and programs. To date we have hosted over 100 events and 10k+ people have attended! I'm working to build my connections and our funds presence in San Francisco. Our investment thesis is Pre-Seed/Seed stage B2B SaaS dual-use tech (About 20%), infrastructure for cloud and AI companies (About 60%) and opportunistic bets with amazing founders (About 20%).
About Grace Gong - Grace Gong is the founder of Smart Venture Media and the host of two well-known VC podcasts: Smart Venture Podcast (SVPpro.com) and Venture with Grace, a daily show. She is an angel investor in the AI sector, a super angel, and a venture scout for Alumni Ventures. Her podcasts have featured high-profile guests such as C-level executives and VPs from companies like Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Sephora, Dunkin' Donuts, Chipotle, Adidas, Pepsi, Instagram, Deloitte, Reddit, DoorDash and more. Additionally, she has interviewed Managing Partners from top funds, many of whom have appeared on the Forbes Midas List, as well as unicorn founders from companies like Craigslist, Square, Loom, and Glean. Grace regularly posts about technology, venture capital, and entrepreneurship and has been recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance. She is also a #1 Bestselling author in the venture capital category on Amazon New Release. Before founding Smart Venture Media, she worked in venture capital and private equity. If you share her interests, feel free to connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegong/.