Tech Weekend June 18-19 — Founder-VC Matchmaking |Silicon Valley

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What's included:

• 2 VC Office Hours matched to VCs investing in your sector.
• Access to all panels, fireside chats, and networking

Apply here: https://techweekend.org/?scholarship=true

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What is Tech Weekend? A 48-hour fundraising sprint by Founders Village where pre-seed to Series A founders meet dozens of investors in back-to-back sessions.

Who should attend?

• Founders who're building in AI, Deep Tech, Health Tech, FinTech, Climate Tech, BioTech, Bio-Convergence, Well-Being Tech, NeuroTech, Quantum, Space Tech, Dual-Use Tech, Vertical Tooling, EdTech, Cybersecurity, SaaS, (B2b, B2c), Energy, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Consumer AI, Robotics, Spatial Intelligence, Physical AI, Renewable Energies, or any other frontier sector—Tech Weekend helps you meet the right investors faster.

• Founders fundraising for Pre-Seed to Series A.

Basically, it’s two full days of back-to-back VC conversations — focused, fast, and structured. A marathon of investor meetings, and the quickest way to build real fundraising momentum that leads to actual offers

Across two days, Founders connect with investors through:

1:1 meetings during VC Office Hours

Interactive Fireside Chats

Live Pitch Competitions with VCs as judges

Casual networking at the Founder–VC Mixer

Featured VCs at Tech Weekend March 2026

• Abi Adisa, President & Managing Partner, Oridun Capital Management — Investment focus: Early-stage VC with emphasis on AI, PropTech, Clean Tech and frontier markets
• Alex Schubert, Partner, SciFounders — Investment focus: Invest in technical founders building science companies
• Amar Saurabh, Product Executive in Residence, Mighty Capital — Investment focus: B2B Tech and AI
• Anna Wang, Principal, GreyMatter Capital — Investment focus: Healthcare AI and infrastructure, mental health and brain health indications in deeptech and care delivery
• Ashwin Lalendran, Investor, Moxxie Ventures — Investment focus: Physical AI as a vehicle for blue collar job creation
• Benny Liao, Principal, Acorn Pacific Ventures — Investment focus: AI, Enterprise, SaaS, Fintech
• Camila Franco, Product Fellow & Venture Scout, Mighty Capital — Investment focus: Prosumer, AI, SaaS, FinTech, HealthTech
• Christine Wu, Venture Scout, SCU Ventures — Investment focus: Consumers, Neurotech
• Daisy Garcia, Senior Associate, Prosperity7 Ventures — Investment focus: Data and AI infra, Cyber, Quantum, Healthcare, Robotics
• Divya Raghavan, Principal, Hitachi Ventures — Investment focus: Infrastructure software, data, industrial, deep tech, robotics
• Eden Ding, Partner, Genilink Capital — Investment focus: AI, agent systems, data, infra, robotics
• Gemma Odena Bulto, Operating Partner, SE Ventures — Investment focus: Series A+ in energy, sustainability, industrial automation, and AI; also pre-seed and seed via accelerator
• Gladys Wan, Investor, Beta Fund — Investment focus: AI
• Henry Pham, Managing Partner, Octant Ventures — Investment focus: AI, machine learning, healthcare, fintech, aviation, robotics and drones, space technology
• Istvan Szanda, Investor, B2C Co-Chair, Sand Hill Angels — Investment focus: Early-stage healthcare, AI, and deep tech
• Jeffrey Stein, Managing Partner, Burnwater Ventures — Investment focus: Early-stage deep tech clean energy, decentralization of energy, frontier energy technologies
• Jimmy Park, Vice President, Forgepoint Capital — Investment focus: Cybersecurity, national security, digital infrastructure, AI-driven security
• Juan Pablo Soulier, Partner, Prelude Ventures — Investment focus: Climate, physical AI, deep tech, energy, mobility
• Keshia Theobald-van Gent, Partner, BDev Ventures — Investment focus: B2B Software
• Manas Punhani, Investor, Woven Capital — Investment focus: Physical AI, Robotics, World Models, factory of the future
• Marco DeMiroz, Co-founder & GP, The Venture Reality Fund — Investment focus: Spatial AI & Physical AI
• Matthew Griffin, Investment Associate, Mouro Capital — Investment focus: FinTech, Payments, InsurTech, WealthTech, AI, Data Infra, Capital Markets, Stablecoins
• Ning Sung, Investor, Sand Hill Angels — Investment focus: AI, Security, IoT, Cloud
• Noah Sochet, CTO, Impact X Capital — Investment focus: Deep tech, transformative AI, vertical SaaS, tooling for major technological leaps
• Richard Waines, Associate, DCVC Bio — Investment focus: Biotech
• Rumika Sharma, Investor, BankTech Ventures — Investment focus: FinTech, AI, SaaS, Cybersecurity, Crypto startups that can have US banks as customers or partners
• Ryan McCrackan, Principal, Yamaha Motor Ventures — Investment focus: Industrial, manufacturing, mobility, supply chain and logistics, AI, robotics, deep tech, sustainability, relevant SaaS
• Sagnik Dey, GP, Roundtable Venture — Investment focus: AI, deep tech, healthcare
• Samir Karoum, Founder & GP, Bombellii Ventures — Investment focus: AI / software startups solving climate problems, optimizing critical infrastructure, or scaling responsible AI
• Sarah Lucas, General Partner, Lucas Venture Group — Investment focus: Human Health, Infrastructure, Intelligence
• Sumit Singh, Partner, Brass Ring Ventures — Investment focus: Economic mobility, future of learning and work
• Tony Chao, Partner, Tyche Partners — Investment focus: Hardtech, AI infrastructure, AI applications, Robotics, semiconductor, advanced manufacturing
• Tonya J. Long, Managing Partner, Daymaker Ventures — Investment focus: Early-stage companies where founder quality, capital strategy, and execution discipline matter most
• Tori Orr, Senior Associate, NGP Capital — Investment focus: Deep Tech, Physical AI, Robotics, Manufacturing, Space Tech
• Vaish Srivathsan, Founder & CEO, Vinn Labs — Investment focus: AI, DeepTech, Infra
• Venktesh Shukla, Managing Partner, Monta Vista Capital — Investment focus: Enterprise Tech — Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data, AI
• Vik Ghai, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, G2C Ventures — Investment focus: Enterprise AI, Agentic AI
• Volker Heistermann, Member of the Investment Committee, FSP Mosaic Innovation & Sustainability L.P. — Investment focus: Early-stage hard tech, deep tech, industrial innovation, semiconductors, energy, automotive tech
• Will McConnell, Principal, Qiming US — Investment focus: Biotech, Digital Health
• Yangchen, General Partner, RoundTable Ventures — Investment focus: AI and agentic systems, DeepTech, Healthcare

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