Immigrant Founders Walk with Venturous Counsel

​The Bay Area's startup scene draws its strength from founders and investors who've come from every corner of the globe. That diversity isn't a footnote, it's the engine. Varied backgrounds, lived experiences, and different ways of solving problems are what make innovation here so resilient and so electric.

​Come join us for a casual walk and connect with others in the startup world who know what it's like to build something from the ground up and far from where they started. No decks, no small talk traps, no hidden agenda - just real conversation with people who genuinely understand the journey. We'll move, we'll talk, and there might even be some free legal wisdom floating around if you catch the right person.

​This gathering is about more than building companies, it's about building belonging. Show up as you are, meet people who know what it means to create across cultures and time zones, and walk away with a few real connections that could turn into your next co-founder, sounding board, or fellow adventurer on this unpredictable ride.

​​Additional details:

​​​We’ll meet at the tables at Bare Bottle Beer Garden. 4th level rooftop, right above a transit hub. You can reach it via elevator or gondola (cable car lift) from street level on Mission Street. Once you're on the rooftop, the beer garden is centrally located within the park. We’ll gather there for intros before heading out on the Salesforce Park walking path around 2:45 PM.

​​​More details on the park layout (including where to find the elevators and escalators on the ground level): https://www.tjpa.org/salesforce-transit-center/salesforce-park

​​​​​​​About the host

​​​​​​​Aravinda Seshadri is the Founding Partner of Venturous Counsel, a uniquely mission-driven firm dedicated to representing underestimated startups, investors and values-aligned companies. As a part of that work, she actively maintains and expands her network of diverse-led law firms and diverse attorneys to whom she can refer startups and investors needing the right legal partner. She has initiated a series of Diversity Referral nights in the SF Bay Area, organized to give diverse lawyers in various specialty areas the opportunity to present their practices to other attorneys, particularly those in large law firms, in-house and government positions, to broaden their networks and facilitate referring work to these diverse attorneys.

​​​​​​Aravinda has been the committee chair of the Solo/Small Firms committee of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area for 3 consecutive years, as well as a Forum Ventures mentor. She also participates in various technology and legal forums that focus on women and women of color, advising accelerators with diverse cohorts, helping to judge startup pitch events at UC Law and her firm works with the UC Law Startup Legal Garage Clinic to provide pro bono services to aligned startups along with training for law students.

​​​​​​Aravinda has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star for 7 consecutive years. She was previously a Partner at Silicon Legal Strategy in San Francisco. Before that, she was a corporate associate in the startup practice of Hogan Lovells in Palo Alto. She started her career in Orrick’s Emerging Companies Group in Menlo Park. Aravinda received her law degree with distinction from Stanford Law School and her undergraduate degree with honors in Language and Mind from New York University.

​Michael Young is the Managing Partner of Venturous Counsel, a uniquely mission-driven firm dedicated to representing underestimated startups, investors and values-aligned companies. As a part of that work, he actively maintains and expands his network of diverse-led law firms and diverse attorneys to whom he can refer startups and investors needing the right legal partner. He is passionate about empowering clients to realize their vision and navigate the complex startup ecosystem with confidence by offering actionable, bottom-line-oriented advice.  His pro bono legal practice is focused on refugee and asylum matters.

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