Salesforce Tower
Starting at USD 150
Thu, 04 Sep, 2025 at 05:00 pm - Sat, 06 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm (GMT-07:00)
Salesforce Tower
415 Mission Street, San Francisco, United States
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.
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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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 PM
Meet 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):
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Marc Bhargava, Managing Director at General Catalyst
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Grant Van Cleve, Managing Partner at Hangar 75 Ventures
Investment focus: Fintech, EdTech, RegTech
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Igor Shoifot, Partner at TMT Investments
Investment focus: SaaS, AI, Cloud, Marketplace
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Kevin Jiang, Managing Partner at Mangusta Capital | Founder Team at Soft Bank Vision Fund.
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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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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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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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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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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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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Benny Liao, Principal at Acorn Pacific Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Fintech, Consumer
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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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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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Amrut Rajkarne, Vice President at Nexus Venture Partners
Investment focus: AI, Software, FinTech
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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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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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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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Matt Cherian, Venture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
Investment focus: Enterprise SaaS
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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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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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Joe Oleynik, Investor at B Capital
Investment focus: AI
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Brian Ma, General Partner at Iterative
Investment focus: Pre-seed Generalist
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Lizzie Lee, Sr. Associate at McKesson Ventures
Investment focus: Health Tech
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Andrew Couillard, Investor | Program Director at Harpoon
Investment focus: Deep tech, dual-use
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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)
11 AM to 1 PM: Venktesh Shukla,
General Partner at Monta Vista Capital
Investment focus: Enterprise tech — cloud, cybersecurity, data, and digital transformation of traditional industries
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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 Capital
Investment focus: Enterprise tech — cloud, cybersecurity, data, and digital transformation of traditional industries
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)
10:30 AM to 12:45 PM: Henry Pham, Managing Partner at Octant Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Fintech, Cleantech (Renewable Energies)
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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
Info: Over 30 VCs who invest in tech startups come to this dinner. You can talk to them one-on-one. VCs wear red badges which includes their fund name and investment focus, so you know who to chat with. It lasts 4 hours, and almost every founder gets a follow-up meeting—some even get deals right there!
Info: Enjoy a complimentary light breakfast and a robust coffee to energize your day.
Network with fellow founders in a relaxed setting, perfect for sparking new ideas and collaborations.
Info: In this activity, founders will have the chance to meet with VCs in 15-minute one-on-one sessions. Here’s how it works:
Sign-Up: Founders sign up in advance, specifying their industry and focus, which helps us match them with VCs who are aligned with their business.
Meeting Times: Each VC will be available for 2 hours, hosting a series of 20-minute meetings with selected founders.
What to Expect: Founders pitch their companies, ask for advice, or get feedback on specific challenges.
Additional Opportunities: After their scheduled time, founders can approach other VCs for informal conversations if there’s time.
Preparation is Key: Founders should come with a clear pitch and questions to make the most of their 20 minutes.
Info: Enjoy a complimentary lunch during Tech Weekend. We offer both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options, with fruit-based alternatives available for those who follow a vegan diet.
Info: Join us for our Breakfast Mixer from 9 AM to 11:30 AM where you can:
Enjoy a complimentary light breakfast and a robust coffee to energize your day.
Network with fellow founders in a relaxed setting, perfect for sparking new ideas and collaborations.
Info: In this activity, founders will have the chance to meet with VCs in 15-minute one-on-one sessions. Here’s how it works:
Sign-Up: Founders sign up in advance, specifying their industry and focus, which helps us match them with VCs who are aligned with their business.
Meeting Times: Each VC will be available for 2 hours, hosting a series of 20-minute meetings with selected founders.
What to Expect: Founders pitch their companies, ask for advice, or get feedback on specific challenges.
Additional Opportunities: After their scheduled time, founders can approach other VCs for informal conversations if there’s time.
Preparation is Key: Founders should come with a clear pitch and questions to make the most of their 15 minutes.
Info: Enjoy a complimentary lunch during Tech Weekend. We offer both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options, with fruit-based alternatives available for those who follow a vegan diet.
Info: We're looking for innovative startups to pitch their ideas at Tech Weekend. 5 Startups will be chosen to pitch at the Tech Weekend, and the winner will receive the follow support from Founders Village. The competition will be judged by 5 VCs
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Tickets for Tech Weekend September 2025 | 3 Days | 200 Founders +75 VCs | San Francisco can be booked here.
| Ticket type | Ticket price |
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| All Access Pass for all 3 days. | 400 USD |
| Day Pass: Sep 4th, 2025. VC Dinner | 189 USD |
| Day Pass: Sep 5th, 2025 | 150 USD |
| Exhibitor Table at Tech Weekend | 1,500 USD |
| Promote Your Brand at Tech Weekend | 500 USD |
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