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Grace Gong x Lightfield x Sequoia dinner x SVB [Venture with Grace CEO Club]

Name: Grace Gong x Lightfield x Sequoia dinner x SVB [Venture with Grace CEO Club]
Start: 2026-03-09T18:00:00.000-07:00
End: 2026-03-09T21:00:00.000-07:00
Location: San Francisco, California

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Join an intimate dinner in SF for venture-backed Seed-Series B companies' founders and selected VCs in San Francisco, hosted by Grace Gong in partnership with Lightfield, Sequoia and Silicon Valley Bank. This exclusive dinner event brings together selected Founders from the Venture with Grace community for meaningful connections and strategic conversations over dinner.

CEO CLUB by Venture with Grace

A private community of Silicon Valley's sharpest founders, C-suite execs from Big Tech, and top-tier VCs—in one room. Michelin-trained chef. Private venue. Curated conversations that cut through the noise. This isn't networking. It's where you find your next investor, close your next hire, or discover the deal everyone else will hear about in three months.

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Your Host

Grace Gong

Grace hosts Smart Venture Podcast and Venture with Grace. Her podcasts have featured high-profile guests such as C-level executives and VPs from companies like Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Instagram, DoorDash, Pinterest, Cisco, Salesforce, NVIDIA, Snowflake and more. Additionally, she has interviewed Managing Partners from top funds, many of whom have appeared on the Forbes Midas List, as well as unicorn founders from companies like Craigslist, Square, Loom, and Glean. Grace regularly posts about technology, venture capital, and entrepreneurship and has been recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance. She is also a #1 Bestselling author in the venture capital category on Amazon New Release. Before her media ventures, she worked in venture capital and private equity. Connect with her on LinkedIn @GraceGong.

About Our Partners

Lightfield is an innovative AI-powered CRM platform founded by Keith Peiris, co-creator of Tome, designed to revolutionize sales and customer relationship management for SMBs through contextual AI agents that automate workflows while augmenting human reps. Launched around 2025, it pivots from Tome's presentation success (25M users) to tackle CRM incumbents like Salesforce by shipping features faster with a lean 20-person team, emphasizing privacy-compliant proprietary data and rapid demos. Their business focuses on modernizing CRM with AI that "hums quietly" for balanced automation and augmentation

Sequoia is the strategic partner helping investor‑backed companies achieve their goals through smarter people spend. For over two decades, we’ve guided innovative employers to navigate growth and maximize the value of their global people investment. Through our expert advisory team and integrated platform, we help leaders drive business impact across total comp and benefits—improving decision‑making, controlling costs, protecting the business, and elevating the employee experience. We offer three flexible models for every stage of growth:

PEO Model: Fully outsource HR, payroll, compliance, and premium benefits through our accredited Sequoia One PEO.

Hybrid Model: Outsource just compensation and benefits administration to dedicated specialists & advisors.

Advisor Model: Partner with leading compensation, benefits, and global brokerage experts. Learn why companies like Perplexity, Oura, and Vercel trust Sequoia to come through for them at Sequoia.com and on LinkedIn.

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a proud division of First Citizens Bank since its transformative 2023 acquisition, stands as the go-to financial powerhouse fueling bold innovators across technology, life sciences, healthcare, venture capital, private equity, and premium wine sectors. Since igniting the startup scene in 1983, SVB harnesses over 40 years of frontline expertise to manage $102 billion in client funds and $38 billion in loans, supercharging high-growth trailblazers—like 60% of Forbes' 2025 Fintech 50 and 40% of its AI 50—from dynamic global hubs.

Smart Venture Media Leading media company in the VC and startup space. Home to Smart Venture Podcast, Venture with Grace, and Smart AI Leadership Summit, a premier AI summit in San Francisco that featured partners from A16z, Insight Partners, IVP, among other top VC funds, and unicorn founders in the AI space. Also home to the Smart AI 100 List and Summit, a curated ranking of the top 100 early-stage AI startups (top 0.43% of 23,250+ seed and Series A companies) backed by insights from over 100 top VCs managing $230B+ in capital and enhanced with proprietary CB Insights data. Speakers at the Summit including President of Cisco, CRO of Nebius, VP of Microsoft, SVP of Vercel, top VCs from Bessemer, Index, Coatue, Pear among others. Our mission is to bridge the gap between emerging AI startups and the capital, customers, and community they need to scale through data-driven analysis, exclusive invite-only events, and authentic storytelling that reflects the real conversations happening in Silicon Valley.

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