Tech Weekend June 2025 | 3 Days | 100 Founders | 75 VCs | San Francisco
Tech Weekend is the best event in San Francisco for startup founders who are fundraising — You can make direct investor connections & meet the coolest tech startups in one place.
Over 3 days at Tech Weekend, you'll meet over 200 tech founders and over 75 venture capitalists actively investing in early-stage tech startups.
Founders can:Join VC Office Hours for direct feedback
Attend VC Panels on 2025 investing trends
Connect with VCs during VC dinners dinners
Pitch live in front of VCs at the Tech Weekend Pitch Competitionand meet some of the coolest tech startups gathered from all around US and abroad.
If you're building in AI, Deep Tech, Health Tech, Fintech, Climate Tech, Biotech, Vertical Tooling, EdTech, Dual-Use Tech, Quantum, or any frontier sector — and fundraising in 2025 — You should join us for Tech Weekend September 2025
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Link to Apply to the Pitch Competition
Pitch Competition Application Deadline: August 31st, 2025
Results will be announced on September 2nd, 2024
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🔹 Day 1: VC Dinner | September 4th, 2025 | Thursday
Location: Salesforce Tower, 415 Mission Street. San Francisco 94105⏰ 4:00 PM – 8:00 PMMeet over 20 top-tier VCs investing in tech startups. You’ll engage in one-on-one conversations, guided by investor name badges showing their fund and focus. Every founder gets at least one follow-up—and many secure deals on the spot.
Sneak Peek at the VCs coming to Tech Weekend (Full list coming soon):
Marc Bhargava, Managing Director at General Catalyst
Investment focus: N/A
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Kevin Jiang, Managing Partner at Mangusta Capital | Founding Team @ SoftBank Vision Fund
Investment focus: AI
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Grant Van Cleve, Managing Partner at Hangar 75 Ventures
Investment focus: Fintech, EdTech, RegTech
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Jim DiSanto, Managing Partner at Motus Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Robotics, Climate Tech
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Igor Shoifot, Partner at TMT Investments
Investment focus: SaaS, AI, Cloud, Marketplace
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Lars Leckie, Managing Director at Aspenwood Ventures
Investment focus: Enterprise Software
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Murilo Johas Menezes, Managing Partner at Positive Ventures
Investment focus: Generalist
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Suman Talukdar, Founder & General Partner at AiSprouts VC
Investment focus: AI
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Sean Nasiri, Founding Partner at Jas Ventures
Investment focus: General
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Patrick Sagisi, Managing Partner at Iolar Ventures
Investment focus: Early stage enterprise focused companies
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Stephanie Campbell, General Partner at The Artemis Fund
Investment focus: Early stage fintech, commerce, care, future of work
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Pejman Nozad, General Partner at Pear VC
Investment focus: AI, Deeptech, Fintech, Healthcare, etc.
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Alok Sindher, Partner at Fifth Wall Ventures
Investment focus: Energy, Digital Infrastructure
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Vignesh Ravikumar, Partner at Sierra Ventures
Investment focus: B2B Software
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Jeremy Scheibböck, Partner at Potrero Capital
Investment focus: Agnostic
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Victor Pang, Partner at S28 Capital
Investment focus: B2B SaaS
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Suraj Pakala, Investor at FalconX Ventures
Investment focus: Generalist
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Sheila Goodman, VP, Events and Partnerships at Village Global
Investment focus: Sector agnostic
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Gabriela Camilli, Investor at Act One Ventures
Investment focus: B2B Vertical AI
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Afnaan Hashmi, Investor at Kyber Knight Capital
Investment focus: AI
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Sanjay Velappan, Investor at Berkeley SkyDeck Fund
Investment focus: Generalist
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Risa Foard, Associate at Salesforce, Venture Capital Practice
Investment focus: AI
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Anna Jacoby, Associate at Sapphire Ventures
Investment focus: Generalist
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Richard Waines, Associate at DCVC Bio
Investment focus: Biotech, Deep Tech
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Grace Clendenin, Analyst at Berkeley Skydeck Fund
Investment focus: AI, Deeptech, Generalist
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Tj Jackson, Senior Investment Advisor CVC LP at Squads BK Fund
Investment focus: Edtech, Fintech, Healthtech, Cleantech
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Patrick Klas, Investor at MGV
Investment focus: AI
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Mike Walsh, Founding Partner at Structure Capital
Investment focus: AI, Marketplaces, Consumer
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Istvan Jonyer, Managing Director at Sidespin Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Software
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Henry Pham, Managing Partner at Octant Ventures
Investment focus: Fintech, AI, Healthcare
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Ash Vaidya, Managing Director at Multiplier Capital
Investment focus: Broadly all tech
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Amir Kabir, Founder & Managing Partner at Overlook Ventures
Investment focus: Fintech, Frontier Tech, AI, Risk
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Sally Zheng, Managing Partner at Centenarian Fund
Investment focus: Health Tech, Consumer Tech
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Avantika Bagri, Investor at Centana Growth Partners
Investment focus: Fintech, Enterprise SaaS
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Alex Schubert, Partner at SciFounders
Investment focus: Life Science
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Julie Castro Abrams, General Partner at How Women Invest
Investment focus: Tech enabled, female founders only
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Kevin McQuillan, General Partner at OCA
Investment focus: Fintech, AI, software, and enterprise solutions
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Ryan Morrison, Partner at Founders Circle Capital
Investment focus: Growth
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Lavanya Anandan, Venture Partner at AiiM Partners
Investment focus: Deep Tech, Climate, Biotech
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Matt Cherian, Venture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
Investment focus: Enterprise SaaS
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Bernard Moon, Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Group
Investment focus: Generalist
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Erica Waichman, Head of People and Community at Canvas Ventures
Investment focus: Fintech, Digital Health, AI
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Ed Dua, General Partner at IA Seed Ventures
Investment focus: Vertical AI, Deeptech
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Sheela Ursal, General Partner at Fintech Next
Investment focus: Fintech, AI, Payments, Banking, Insurance
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Alex Kaufman, Partner at APA Venture Partners
Investment focus: Enterprise SaaS & Healthcare
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Nikita Gaurav, Partner at Necessary Ventures
Investment focus: Healthtech, Climate
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Natalia Burina, Partner at Storm Ventures
Investment focus: AI
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Kelly Zheng, Investor at ICONIQ Venture and Growth
Investment focus: AI, Infra
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Alex Sullivan, Investor at General Catalyst
Investment focus: Cybersecurity, Deep Tech
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Benny Liao, Principal at Acorn Pacific Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Fintech, Consumer
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Luka Tomljenovic, Partner at Radius Capital
Investment focus: Aerospace and related deep tech
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Linda Lee, Talent Partner at AI Fund
Investment focus: Pre-seed AI companies
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Lee Fan, Head of US at Avenir
Investment focus: Fintech, AI
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Nima Ronaghi, Principal at Breakout Ventures
Investment focus: Deep tech (clean tech and biotech)
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Lee Larson, Investor at Piva Capital
Investment focus: Clean tech, deep tech, industrial decarbonization
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Mayra Soto, Senior Associate at Building Ventures
Investment focus: Construction and real estate technology
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Joe Oleynik, Investor at B Capital
Investment focus: AI
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Dan Barth, Principal at Yamaha Motor Ventures
Investment focus: Manufacturing, Robotics, FinTech, InsurTech, Mobility
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Chris Messina, Investor at Ride Home AI Fund
Investment focus: AI-native consumer, enterprise, vertical, and developer-first companies
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Maria Pienaar, Operating Partner at Unicorn Growth Capital
Investment focus: Fintech
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Brian Ma, General Partner at Iterative
Investment focus: Pre-seed Generalist
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Pramod Gosavi, Investor at Blumberg Capital
Investment focus: AI
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Ryan McCrackan, Principal at Yamaha Motor Ventures
Investment focus: Industry 4.0, Deep Tech, AI/ML
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Andrew Couillard, Investor | Program Director at Harpoon
Investment focus: Deep tech, dual-use
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Amrut Rajkarne, Vice President at Nexus Venture Partners
Investment focus: AI, Software, FinTech
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Farzin Shadpour, Partner at Kearney Ventures
Investment focus: Enterprise Tech
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Clifford Cohn, Principal at WiL
Investment focus: AI
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Siddharth Gupta, Managing Director at Samsung Ventures
Investment focus: Deep Tech
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Gabriel Kra, Managing Director at Prelude Ventures
Investment focus: Clean Tech, Deep Tech
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Caroline Chick, Investor at Activate Capital
Investment focus: Climate and Industrial Tech (Growth Stage)
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Wilson Lin, VC at DCG Venture
Investment focus: AI
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Brenton MacDonald, Partner at Rising Tide
Investment focus: Life Science, Medtech, Crypto, Fintech, Enterprise Software, Deep Tech
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Eva Nahari, Principal Investor at DNX Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Data Infrastructure
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Joe Blair, Co-Founder & General Partner at Bay Bridge Ventures
Investment focus: Climate Tech
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James Kim, Partner at Reach Capital
Investment focus: Seed + Series A in Learning, Health, & Work
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Jason Chern, Investment Manager at Wipro Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Cloud, DevOps
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Jamie Ma, Impact Investing
Investment focus: Fintech, Longevity
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Jim DiSanto, Managing Partner at Motus Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Robotics, Climate Tech
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Lizzie Lee, Sr. Associate at McKesson Ventures
Investment focus: Health Tech
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Maulik S, Controller at SuRo Capital
Investment focus: Diversified
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Nao Shibata, Associate at Benhamou Global Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Supply Chain, Healthcare
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🔹 Day 2: September 5th th, 2025 | Friday
9:00 AM: Light Breakfast & Founder Networking
9:30 AM – 1:00 PM: Office Hours with VCs (Full list coming soon)
Venktesh Shukla, General Partner at Monta Vista CapitalInvestment focus: Enterprise tech — cloud, cybersecurity, data, and digital transformation of traditional industriesLinkedInHenry Pham, Managing Partner at Octant VenturesInvestment focus: AI, Fintech, Cleantech (Renewable Energies)LinkedIn
Sheela Ursal, General Partner at Emerging Fintech Fund / Fintech NextInvestment focus: Fintech
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Lunch & Networking
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM: VC Panel: VC Playbook for 2025
Panelists:
Venktesh Shukla, General Partner at Monta Vista CapitalInvestment focus: Enterprise tech — cloud, cybersecurity, data, and digital transformation of traditional industriesLinkedIn
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM: VC Panel: Early Stage Investing: Inside VC Playbook.
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Happy Hour and Networking
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🔹 Day 3: September 6th, 2025 | Saturday
10:00 AM: Check-in & Breakfast Mixer
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Office Hours with VCs (Full list coming soon)
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Lunch & Networking
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Pitch Competition
Pitch Competition Judges:
Sheela Ursal, General Partner at Emerging Fintech Fund / Fintech NextInvestment focus: Fintech
Benny Liao, Principal at Acorn Pacific VenturesInvestment focus: AI, Fintech, ConsumerLinkedIn
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Happy Hour and Closing of Tech Weekend