AHN x Cooley: Building Bravely in 2026
Join AHN and Cooley for our Lunar New Year Celebration, a networking event uniting founders, investors, and aspiring entrepreneurs in Los Angeles to ring in the Year of the Horse. 🐎
This event serves to celebrate the new year and provide an opportunity for founders and investors to learn about market trends, building startups, and raising money at the pre-seed and seed fundraising stages.
*Due to limited event capacity, we are prioritizing registrations to founders, investors, and local partners. Please RSVP early to secure your entry.
📍 Location: Santa Monica, CA (exact location to be shared after registration)
🗓️ Date: Thursday, February 19, 2026
🕔 Time: 6:00–8:00 PM (PST)
⏰ Event Schedule
6:00–6:30: Food, drinks, and networking
6:30–7:30: Fireside chat
7:30–8:00: Food, drinks, and networking
🚗 Parking
You can park in the office building's lot. Parking validation will be provided at the event.
🤝 Sponsored by Chingoo Snacks, Narra, Birdie, and Brandon’s Ice Cream
See you there! 🎉
Meet the Hosts
AHN is the largest global community of Asian entrepreneurs, investors, operators, and leaders, with a mission to be the global superconnector of all Asians around the world.
Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals, complex IP and regulatory matters, and high-stakes litigation, where innovation meets the law. Cooley has more than 1,300 lawyers across 19 offices in the United States, Asia and Europe, and a total workforce of nearly 3,000.
Meet the Speakers
Stephan Peng is the Founder and CEO of Redbloom Health, the biotech company creating food medicine for chronic conditions. He created the only HSA/FSA-approved food clinically supporting IBS, GERD, dyspepsia, and colitis. Previously, Steph led product at Cheetah, Y Combinator’s largest food-tech success story, which later exited to private equity. A UC Berkeley alum and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Steph now builds at the intersection of biotech, food medicine, and consumer health.
Jonathan Hung is a venture capitalist, operator, and entrepreneur who partners closely with founders to help turn ambitious ideas into real, scalable businesses. He is the Managing Partner of Entrepreneur Ventures, a fund co-founded with Entrepreneur Media, and also runs his family office, J Heart Ventures, with investments in 250+ companies and 50+ funds. Before investing, Jonathan led his family’s textile business across the U.S. and Asia, giving him hands-on operating experience in building teams, managing growth, and navigating cross-border challenges. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor, mentoring the next generation of builders, and holds degrees from Wharton, MIT, LSE, and USC.
Eric Wei is cofounder of @trykarat aka Karat Financial. Karat helps creators manage their finances and has raised over $100M, including from cofounders of Twitter, Twitch, and YouTube. Before Karat, Eric built products for creators at Instagram, did fintech at McKinsey, and investment banking at Blackstone. He studied economics at Harvard.
Christine Lee is the Founder and CEO of Pipen.ai, an AI-powered platform focused on venture sourcing, market intelligence, and thesis-driven deal discovery. Prior to founding Pipen, she held roles in venture incubation and business development and brings experience from the venture capital industry.