Building Without Borders: A Fireside Chat with the Founders of ClassDojo and Craft
O1 Collective and Uncork Capital are bringing together the European tech community in San Francisco for an evening of conversation and connection.
Join us for a fireside chat with Sam Chaudhary (Co-Founder & CEO of ClassDojo ) and Ilya Levtov (Co-Founder & CEO of Craft) as they share their journeys of building and scaling companies in the U.S. as European founders. The conversation will dive into the challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned along the way, followed by time to connect with fellow founders and operators over drinks.
Agenda
5:30pm - Doors Open
6pm - Fireside Chat, Moderated by Andy McLoughlin (Managing Partner at Uncork Capital)
6:45pm - 8pm - Drinks, Snacks, and Conversation
Location upon approved application.
This event is made possible by our friends at Silicon Valley Bank.
About ClassDojo
ClassDojo is on a mission to give every child on earth an education they love. Its flagship app is the #1 communication app for children, teachers, and families globally; they use it to stay connected, sharing throughout the school day with photos, videos, messages, and activities. ClassDojo serves over 95% of K-8 schools in the U.S. and over 51 million kids in classrooms in 180 countries every month.
About Craft
Craft is the leader in supplier risk intelligence, enabling enterprises to discover, evaluate, and continuously monitor their suppliers at scale. Craft's unique, proprietary data platform tracks real-time signals on millions of companies globally, delivering best-in-class monitoring and insight into global supply chains.
About O1 Collective
O1 Collective is an exclusive community for the next generation of US-based European founders, CEOs, investors and leaders in technology. We bring together ambitious Europeans building and scaling companies in the North American market.
O1 Collective hosts intimate events and provides a trusted forum where members connect, collaborate, and share ideas and experiences with peers who understand the unique journey of moving to the US to pursue their goals. Beyond professional development, O1 Collective cultivates meaningful social connections, creating a home away from home for our members.
Whether you are seeking strategic insights, business partnerships, or simply the company of like-minded Europeans navigating similar challenges, O1 Collective offers a supportive ecosystem where lasting relationships flourish.
About Uncork Capital
Uncork Capital is one of Silicon Valley’s most enduring seed firms — and a founder’s most trusted guide. We partner with the relentlessly curious, the undeterred, the trailblazers building AI-native platforms and infrastructure from the ground up.
Uncork Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that helps founders build category-defining companies from the earliest stages. For more than two decades, through multiple boom-and-bust cycles and across the tech landscape, the firm has backed over 275 companies, including Fitbit (NYSE: FIT, Google), Sendgrid (NYSE: SEND, Twilio), Eventbrite (NYSE: EB), Poshmark (NASD: POSH), and Postmates (UBER), as well as fast-growing startups like Human Interest, LaunchDarkly, Carrot Fertility, Tailscale, Loft Orbital, Hallow, Wrapbook, Crossbeam, Fountain, GPTZero, Nuon, Ivo, Numeral, and Final Round.
Today, Uncork continues to support the next generation of builders shaping industries across AI, SaaS, infrastructure, consumer, and frontier tech.