Founder X Investor Speed Dating

Hosted by Ethan Clift & 5 others

Virtual

Registration

Past Event

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About Event

Speed Dating is a matchmaking event for early-stage startup Founders seeking the right investors. Our goal is to make this event the most efficient 2 hours of the week.

We’ll start with a panel centered around fundraising advice for early-stage founders (from both the founder + VC perspective), followed by networking.

You will receive the address to the event after you register.

The event will be capped at 100 people.

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Meet your panelists:

Triet Nguyen is a Venture Associate at MicroVentures as a generalist focusing on pre-seed through Series A. Prior to MicroVentures, he was at Capital Factory running venture programs, Bob's Containers as a growth advisor, Co-Founder & CEO of Cheese Plug, and VC Scout at Sweater Ventures. You can follow him on Twitter @triet_14

Ben Taft is a first-generation American from the Bay Area. While attending the inaugural class of Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine’s innovation program at USC, he founded Mira: an augmented reality hardware and software startup backed by Sequoia & Founders Fund. While running Mira he also served as a Sequoia Scout for 4 years before launching his own fund, Genius Ventures - an LA-based fund focused on writing first checks in to exceptional founders. @benmtaft

Kayla Kavanaugh is an investor at Afore Capital where she focuses on investments in pre-seed tech companies. Prior to joining Afore, she spent several years investing in early-stage B2B SaaS companies at Grand Ventures and held operating roles at both Capital Innovators and Venture for America. You can follow her on Twitter @kaylakav

Illeana Gonzalez prior to Techstars, Ileana was a Sr. Venture Associate at Capital Factory where she drove deal flow to Capital Factory Ventures (CFV) and pitched her startups to the Partners. Ileana managed Capital Factory's most important relationships throughout Texas with accelerators, venture funds, universities, and other ecosystem partners. You can follow her on Twitter @IleanaGonzxlez

Jessica O'Leary is a Vice President @Midas Brands (Austin, Texas). You can follow her on Twitter @schmafia