Founders Night - Fundraising in a Recession

Founders Villageis a San Francisco–based startup community that connects early-stage tech founders with investors, mentors, and partners. At its core, it's a space where founders meet other founders, investors, pitch, share resources, and learn from each other in a focused, close-knit environment.Tech Weekend is our flagship event series — hosted every 6–8 weeks in San Francisco. It brings together 100+ technical founders and 50–75 venture capitalists for three days of 1:1 investor meetings, live pitch competitions, panels on market trends, and private VC dinners.To date, we’ve hosted thousands of founders and welcomed VCs from firms like Khosla Ventures, LG Technology Ventures, Samsung Ventures, General Catalyst and many more. Whether you’re actively raising or looking to surround yourself with the right people — Founders Village exists to accelerate your path forward.InstagramLinkedInTwitter

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Founders Village presents its largest event series, Founders Night! 

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Broadway Studios

Founders Night

Founders Night brings 300-500 founders together for a night of networking and collaborations.

Founders Village Fireside Chat Series

Founders Village Fireside Chat series features curated discussions and panels that zero in on crucial topics for founders. Hosted at #FoundersVillage events, these in-depth conversations provide actionable insights for entrepreneurial success.

Founders Village has grown to be one of the largest active communities of founders and investors in the Bay Area and we&#x27;re excited to keep growing it together!Our community comes together at Founders Night twice a month to build relationships and strengthen the bonds between us, and we&#x27;re excited to invite you to one of the most exciting events of the year. An exclusive fireside chat on Fundraising in a Recession with the top VCs in the Silicon Valley. Here&#x27;s what to expect:<ul><li>One of the most iconic and historic SF venues, Broadway Studios</li><li>Bay Area&#x27;s 250 most promising founders and top investors</li><li>Exclusive panel on fundraising and networking social</li><li>Great music, unlimited snacks &amp; a full bar</li><li>And of course, meaningful conversations. </li></ul> Learn more about our panelists. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/demiladeobayomi/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Demi Obayomi</a> is the Vice President at <a href="https://sapphireventures.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sapphire</a>. Sapphire is a venture capital firm with $10B+ in AUM and offices across the US and Europe. Sapphire Ventures has invested in 100+ technology companies since 2011 with 55+ exits including 20+ IPOs. Recent exits include Monday.com (IPO), Wise (IPO), AvidXchange (IPO), Auth0 ($6.5B sale to Okta), JFrog (IPO), Sumo Logic (IPO) and Segment ($3.2B sale to Twilio).<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amgarg/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Amit Garg</a> is the managing partner at <a href="https://www.tauventures.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tau Ventures</a>. Tau Ventures is an AI-first, seed-first VC fund in the heart of Silicon Valley. They are currently $85M+ AUM, focus on digital health and enterprise, with a little bit of automation (cars, robots, logistics), and write initial checks typically of $500KAmit has built his career in technology over 20+ years in Silicon Valley. As a venture capitalist he focuses on seed-stage applied AI investments in Digital Health, Automation (cars and robots) and Enterprise. Some of his key successes are nuTonomy (seed, sold for $450M) at Samsung NEXT Ventures and Misfit Wearables (seed, sold for $260M) at Norwest Ventures.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vravikumar1/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Vignesh Ravikumar</a> is a partner at <a href="https://www.sierraventures.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sierra Ventures</a>. Sierra Ventures focuses on investments in Enterprise SaaS, Vertical SaaS, and Digital Health/Healthcare IT. Sierra Ventures is a Bay area based early stage venture firm investing globally with a focus on Next Generation Enterprise and Emerging Technologies. With over three decades of experience and over $2 billion of assets under management, Sierra has created a vast network of successful entrepreneurs, Fortune 1000 CXOs, operational executives, and deep domain experts, providing a platform for entrepreneurs around the world.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brosin/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bob Rosin </a>is a partner at <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/defy-vc/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Defy Ventures</a>Defy Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm with $400M under management focused on early stage technology businesses.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamfodonnell/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Adam O&#x27;Donnell:</a> Former Founder &amp; CEO of Buzz.report. Adam is currently leading startup partnerships at Zendesk for Startups. He is famous for his podcast <a href="https://www.thetop.vc/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Top.VC</a> where he brings tactics &amp; strategies from top VCs &amp; founders to help startups oversubscribe their next round. The event is sponsored by: <a href="https://www.zendesk.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Zendesk</a>: With Zendesk, your customers will receive better service, engagement, and sales CRM. Additionally, provide your team with a tool that keeps reps selling with an intuitive and central interfaceEvery customer counts when you&#x27;re a startup. You&#x27;re handling a lot but you can still build lasting relationships from the start. Zendesk gives you the tools you need to deliver a better experience for your customers and connects you with the resources to help you grow strategically as you scale.Start your free 6 months trial when you sign up through <a href="https://www.zendesk.com/campaign/brex-zendesk-startups/?partner_account=0011E00001mT2J5QAK" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/founders.village/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/77675023/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/foundersvillge" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>Check out images of our last event <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VrdEKONm6y0yiSz_PaiExYspp-VM1Fwr?usp=sharing" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a> :)

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