Waterloo Wine & Shawarma Night in SF

​You're invited to our Waterloo in SF Wine and Shawarma Night!

​🍁 Meet fellow University of Waterloo students, alumni, and new grads building their careers in San Francisco. Connect with founders, interns, engineers, and operators who’ve made the leap to the Bay.

​🍽️ We’ll have great food (yes, Shawarma + more), drinks, and a cozy space to kick off the season. Expect good vibes and new friends!

​🤝 Feel free to bring another Waterloo friend in SF, just let us know, as space is limited.

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​Please RSVP, space is limited.​​

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​Event Details:

​​​📅 Date: December 11th, 2025

​​​⏰ Time: 6:00pm - 9:30pm

​​​🔒 Venue: Revealed upon RSVP (San Francisco)

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​​Umesh (SYDE 2020) is a former founder and a prolific angel investor and scout @ a16z. He is often described as a “Forward Deployed Angel” from multiple founders he's worked with. Originally from Brampton, Ontario, Umesh now calls San Francisco home.

​Eden (CS 2025) is an engineer at xAI. Previously he was helping founders directly hire engineers through waterloo.app. Eden grew up in Scarborough, Ontario and recently moved to San Fransisco.

​Sophie (SYDE 2029) is currently at Greptile (YC W24) as their first engineering intern. She's a huge hackathon fiend and has spammed a whole lot of luma events over the past 4 months. She's from Mississauga (objectively has great taste in Shawarma) and is in sf until December.

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​🙏 Venue Sponsor: Pylon

​Pylon is the first B2B support platform that turns scattered customer conversations into organized workflows. Trusted by 1,000+ companies, it combines ticketing, account intelligence, and AI automation so post-sales teams can handle complex B2B issues without jumping between tools. (ps: we're hiring!)

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​​Thank you to our wonderful sponsors!

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