Consumer tech living room: Talks & drinks
🆔 You'll need a photo ID to get into the building. Please bring one with you.
San Francisco, April 29. A high-floor office with panoramic views, turned into a cozy living room for the night. A panel with top consumer VCs, founders, and operators, disco ball glow, warm lighting, drinks, and 70 people who live and breathe consumer tech.
On the panel
What's the default interface for consumer products in the next 3-5 years? How agents and next-gen wearables are changing the game, what happens to apps, what distribution actually looks like now, the playbooks that are working, and what's fundable (or not) in this cycle.
🟣 Niko Bonatsos — Founder & MD at Verdict Capital. Ex-MD at General Catalyst (15 years), early investor in Snap, Discord, and a long list of consumer category-definers.
🟣 Jae Hwang — CEO of Bloom, Gen Z investing app. Ex-Snap.
🟣 Daniel Idźkowski — inventor and investor. CIO at IDIT Family Office, Partner at LvlUp Ventures, Board Director at American Pillar Partners.
🟣 Sami Ghoche — VP of applied AI @Zendesk, Before CEO of Forethought (series D, 115 mil fundraised).
Hosts:
TRMNL4 - Connecting 10K founders in the pipeline and 350+ VCs in consumer tech. Running accelerator programs with Snapchat, Meta, and Inworld AI (280+ alumni)
Flyer One Ventures - Early-stage VC backing ambitious CEE founders building global companies. €39M invested in 95 startups.
Zendesk - Helps startup founders deliver exceptional customer experiences from day one. #1 trusted AI-powered CX platform among startups, used by over 50,000 globally. Get 6 months of free access to Zendesk’s AI-powered customer experience platform.
Oyster HR - Global Employment Platform. Creating a more equal world by making it possible for companies everywhere to hire people anywhere.
Paddle - managing global payments complexity for SaaS and digital product companies. The Merchant of Record that helps you get paid from anywhere and grow everywhere.
📍 April 29 | 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM | SF | RSVP required 🎫
See you there ✨