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

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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 meetings.

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.

Across two days, Founders connect with investors through:

• VC Office Hours: 20–30-minute one-on-one meetings with top investors who are investing in your space.
• Pitch Competition: Present to a panel of active VCs. Get real-time feedback and offers to chat more offline.
• VC Panels & Fireside Chats: Gain insights from investors who've deployed millions. Hear what they're looking for and how to stand out.
• Networking Mixer: All-day networking mixers with founders, investors and engineers gathered from across the United States and abroad.

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Featured VCs at Tech Weekend June 2026

Caroline Chick, Vice President, Activate Capital — Focus: Energy & Power, Supply Chain, Physical AI, Robotics, Manufacturing, Industrials, Space Economy, Digital Infrastructure, Distributed Compute. Stage: Series A, Series B+.

Matt Goldman, General Partner, J2 — Focus: Deep Tech. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.

Abi Adisa, President & Managing Partner, Oridun Capital Management — Investment focus: Early-stage VC with emphasis on AI, PropTech, Clean Tech and frontier markets. Stage Focus: Pre-seed to Series A

Joey Barrick – Principal at SJF Ventures. Focus: Climate Tech. Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B+.

Niko Koenning – Principal at Cigna Ventures. Focus: Healthtech, Healthcare Services, Digital Health, Consumer Health. Stage: Series A, Series B+.

Ryan Green – Principal at Antler. Focus: Industry agnostic, founder-focused. Stage: Pre-Seed.

Cam Moseley – Senior Associate at Prosperity7 Ventures. Focus: AI, Cyber, Data. Stage: Pre-Seed to Series B+.

Niha Gottiparthy – Vice President at Emergent Ventures. Focus: Enterprise AI. Stage: Seed.

Maya Trujillo – Associate at VamosVentures. Focus: FinTech, Health & Wellness, Future of Work, Sustainability. Stage: Seed, Series A ($1–4M checks).

Troy Kanji – Analyst at Boost VC. Focus: Deep Tech / Sci-fi tech, especially in bio. Stage: Pre-Seed.

Rumika Sharma – Investor at BankTech Ventures. Focus: FinTech, AI, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, B2B SaaS. Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B+ (B2B only).

Kamal Singh – Senior Vice President at WestBridge Capital. Focus: AI applications, AI infra, Health-tech.

Jay Kim – Partner at GS Futures. Focus: Deep Tech / Physical AI / Frontier Tech. Stage: Seed, Series A.

Nicole Seah, Vertical AI investor, Costanoa Ventures — Focus: Healthcare, Vertical AI for regulated industries.

Kyle Treige, Senior Associate, Core VC — Focus: FinTech, HealthTech, SMB Enablement, PropTech, Future of Work, InsurTech. Stage: Seed, Series A.

Ning Sung, Investor, Sand Hill Angels — Investment focus: AI, Security, IoT, Cloud

Marco DeMiroz – Co-founder & General Partner at The Venture Reality Fund. Focus: Spatial AI & Physical AI.

Sunil Grover – Managing Partner at G2C Ventures. Investment Focus: Enterprise AI, Vertical SaaS, Agentic AI, SaaS, Business Services, Managed Services and IT Services delivered via AI. Stage Focus: Pre-Seed, Seed.

Henry Sheng – General Partner at Santa Clara Ventures. Focus: Industry agnostic. Stage: Seed to Series B.

Sumit Singh – Partner at Brass Ring Ventures. Focus: Economic Mobility — Future of Learning & Work. Stage: Seed, Series A.

Grace A. Belangia – Limited Partner at Gratitude Railroad, Portfolia, and VentureSouth. Focus: Consumer products, health & wellness, environment, workforce development, and IoT.

Gennaro Liccardo – Venture Scout at Neotribe Ventures. Focus: Enterprise Software, Security, Software Infrastructure, Applied AI/ML, Robotics, Climate Tech, Computational Biology. Stage: Seed, Series A.

Ben Glenney, Associate, Restive Ventures — Focus: FinTech, AI, SaaS. Stage: Pre-Seed.

Isabel Klein, Principal, M Ventures — Focus: Semiconductor, Advanced Compute, Photonics, Interconnects, Electronics. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.

Jerry Zhu, Investor, Plug and Play Ventures — Focus: Industrials, Supply Chain, Deep Tech.

Lauren Shoemaker, Investor, DNX Ventures — Focus: Climate Tech, Deep Tech. Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B+.

Trevor Guyton, Principal, London Real Ventures — Focus: Gaming, Metaverse, Blockchain, DePIN, RWA, AI. Stage: Seed, Series A.

Eva Nahari, Investment Advisor, DNX Ventures — Focus: AI, Data Infrastructure.

Terry Li, Investor, Lam Research Capital — Focus: Robotics, Advanced Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Deep Tech.

Adora Lovestrand, Principal, Sovereign's Capital — Focus: B2B Software (AI/ML, SaaS, HealthTech, FinTech, Deep Tech). Stage: Seed, Series A.

Ning Sung, Investor, Sand Hill Angels — Focus: AI, Security, IoT, Cloud. Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B+.

Imad Ansari, Co-Founder and Partner, Aureum Ventures — Focus: Robotics, Deep Tech, FinTech, Healthcare, Defense. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+.

Dr. Sara Rana, Associate Partner, Legendary Ventures — Focus: Consumer, Retail, BioTech, Healthcare, AI. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.

Konnor Andersen, Managing Partner, Cyber Building Blocks — Focus: Cybersecurity. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+.

Anthony Zhang, Strategic Partnerships Lead, The Bond Fund — Focus: AI SaaS, Infrastructure. Stage: Seed, Series A.

Felipe Levi Gurgel, Principal, Actions Capital — Focus: AI, Healthcare, Financial Services, Industrials. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.

Henry Pham, Managing Partner, Octant Ventures — Focus: AI, FinTech, HealthTech. Stage: Series A, Series B+.

Vishnu Acharya, Partner, Razorpay Ventures / Marsshot Ventures — Focus: FinTech, AI, B2B, Commerce. Stage: N/A

Kaustubh Deshpande, Principal Scientist, Angel Investor — Focus: Deep Tech, Consumer Tech, AI Applications. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.

Henrik Scheel, Partner, Mentors Fund — Focus: Capital Efficient Startups, Traditional Industry Transformation. Stage: Seed.

Paul Borowick, Principal, Underdog Labs — Focus: Generalist. Stage: Pre-Seed.

Rajesh Kadam, GP, Mango.vc — Focus: AI Infrastructure, Robotics. Stage: Seed, Series A.

Lars Leckie, Managing Director, Aspenwood VC — Focus: Enterprise Software. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.

Dr. Sara Rana, Associate Partner, Legendary Ventures — Focus: Consumer, Retail, BioTech, Healthcare, AI. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.

Chinara Askerzade, Managing Partner, PocketVC — Focus: PropTech, AI, FinTech, EdTech. Stage: Seed, Series A.

Nikhil Choudhary, Managing Partner, Nirman Ventures — Focus: Deep Tech, AI, Frontier Tech. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.

Adi Weitzhandler, General Partner, Valoo by Meitav — Focus: Cyber, SaaS, AI, FinTech. Stage: Series B+.

Abhinav Gupta, Ventures Associate, Riceberg Ventures — Focus: Foundational AI, SpaceTech, Life Sciences, MedTech, ClimateTech, Cybersecurity, Robotics, Future of Compute, Future of Energy, Semiconductors, Quantum Computing.

Elias Can, Principal, Grishin Robotics — Focus: Consumer Software & Hardware. Stage: Seed.

Claudius Taylor, Investment Director, Independent Angel — Focus: SaaS, AI. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.

Chris Combs, Founder, 80 North Angel Fund — Focus: AI (Legal & IP, Manufacturing, Infrastructure). Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.

Aaditya Sethi, General Partner & Scout, Atland Ventures & Underdog Labs — Focus: Generalist. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.

Manish Chamoli, Managing Partner, LongGame Ventures — Focus: Longevity BioTech. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.

Kid Parchariyanon, Managing Partner, SeaX Ventures — Focus: Deep Tech, Frontier Tech. Stage: Pre-Seed.

Lawrence Lou, Venture Partner, Llama Ventures — Focus: Early Stage AI-Native Startups.

David Jee, Principal, MGV — Focus: AI. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.

Drew Kriens, Principal, Ironspring Ventures — Focus: Industrial Tech (Construction, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Alternative Energy). Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.

Aditya Vashist, Principal, Deloitte Ventures — Focus: Data & AI Infrastructure, Vertical AI, Cyber. Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B+

Julie Liao, GP, Typewriter Ventures — Focus: Climate, Circular Materials & Economy, Supply Chain, Materials, Manufacturing, Future of Care, Future of Work

Marc Basilla, Venture Partner & Scout, Advantary Capital — Focus: AI-Enabled Solutions, Robotics, BioTech. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+.

Grace Clendenin, Associate, Berkeley SkyDeck Fund — Focus: SaaS, Deep Tech, Hardware. Stage: Pre-Seed.

Abhijith Neelamchalil, SF Venture Lead, Legendary Ventures — Focus: Retail, Consumer, AI, Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Hardware, B2B Software. Stage: Seed, Series A.

Ignacio Miranda, Principal, Plug and Play Ventures — Focus: SaaS, AI, Consumer.

Ben Paulo, VC Fellow & Scout, Hustle Fund & Mangusta Capital — Focus: B2B SaaS, AI, Vertical AI, HealthTech, Digital Health, FinTech. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.

Varad Mohod, Investor, Zacua Ventures — Focus: Construction, Industrial, Manufacturing, Energy, Robotics. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.

Lawrence Hsu, Founder, Misfit Ventures Partners — Focus: CPG, PropTech, AgTech, AI, Robotics, Intelligent Hardware. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.

Yan Bieger, Vice President, DTCP Growth — Focus: AI Infrastructure & Applications.

Ritvik Rustagi, Venture Scout, GoAhead Ventures — Focus: Vertical AI, AI Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Agentic Systems, Enterprise AI, Healthcare AI, FinTech AI, Robotics, Frontier Technologies. Stage: Pre-Seed.

Michael Paschke, Venture Scout, Alumni Ventures — Focus: Healthcare AI, Medical Devices, Digital Therapeutics, Diagnostics, Precision Medicine, BioTech, Space Medicine. Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B+.

Garnet Heraman, Managing Partner, Aperture VC — Focus: Quantum Computing, Photonics. Stage: Seed, Series A.

Adam Chambers, Investor, Strike Capital — Focus: Deep Tech, AI Infrastructure, Energy Systems, Quantum, Chips, Photonics, Ferroelectrics, Materials, Hardware. Stage: Seed, Series A.

May Wang, Investor, Nexus Venture Partners — Focus: AI, Data, Edge AI, Infrastructure. Stage: Seed.

Nicole Toussait, Investor, TenOneTen — Focus: Technical Founders Transforming Major Industries. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.

August Johnson, Venture Partner, Mangusta Capital — Focus: FinTech.

Anna Barbashova, GP, Collinear Capital — Focus: Enterprise B2B Technology. Stage: Seed, Series A.

Jacob Levin, Scout, Ten One Ten — Focus: Healthcare, Logistics, Real Estate, Manufacturing. Stage: N/A (Pitch Competition Judge).

Taku Ando, Principal, Presidio Ventures — Focus: Enterprise AI, FinTech, Media. Stage: Seed, Series A.

Priyesh P, Investor, Qualcomm Ventures — Focus: AI Infrastructure & Applications. Stage: Series A, Series B+.

Adam Menges, Venture Scout, a16z — Focus: AI, Data, B2B. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.

Max Zhang, Associate, Touring Capital — Focus: AI, Software, Hardware & Robotics. Stage: Seed, Series A.

Leo Chang, Partner, Kingstar Capital — Focus: AI, Deep Tech.

Mark Wesson, Venture Partner, Global Health Impact Fund — Focus: Precision Medicine, MedTech, Digital Health. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.

Danny Huang, Investor, Plug and Play Tech Center — Focus: AI, Travel & Hospitality. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.

Matt Caspari, Managing Partner, Alumni Ventures — Focus: Deep Tech (Agriculture, AI, Aviation, BioTech, Defense, Energy, Longevity, Robotics, Space). Stage: Seed to Pre-IPO

Noah Leshan, Investor, Entrepreneurs First — Focus: Generalist, Pre-Seed.

Vincent Mao, Managing Partner, Bouken Capital — Focus: AI, Deep Tech. Stage: Early-Stage

Cassie Crossley, Investor, Independent Angel — Focus: Cybersecurity. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.

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