Tech Weekend June 18-19, 2026 | Menlo Park | Silicon Valley |
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What is Tech Weekend? A 48-hour fundraising sprint by Founders Village where pre-seed to Series A founders meet dozens of investors in back-to-back sessions.
Who should attend?
Founders who're building in AI, Deep Tech, Health Tech, FinTech, Climate Tech, BioTech, Bio-Convergence, Well-Being Tech, NeuroTech, Quantum, Space Tech, Dual-Use Tech, Vertical Tooling, EdTech, Cybersecurity, SaaS, (B2b, B2c), Energy, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Consumer AI, Robotics, Spatial Intelligence, Physical AI, scientifically intensive ventures, Renewable Energies, or any other frontier sector—Tech Weekend helps you meet the right investors faster.
Founders fundraising for Pre-Seed to Series A.
Basically, it’s two full days of back-to-back VC conversations — focused, fast, and structured. A marathon of investor meetings, and the quickest way to build real fundraising momentum that leads to actual offers
Across two days, Founders connect with investors through:
1:1 meetings during VC Office Hours
Interactive Fireside Chats
Live Pitch Competitions with VCs as judges
Casual networking at the Founder–VC Mixer
Featured VCs at Tech Weekend June 2026
Featured VCs at Tech Weekend June 2026:
Caroline Chick, Vice President, Activate Capital — Focus: Energy & Power, Supply Chain, Physical AI, Robotics, Manufacturing, Industrials, Space Economy, Digital Infrastructure, Distributed Compute. Stage: Series A, Series B+.
Caroline Chick, Vice President, Activate Capital — Focus: Energy & Power, Supply Chain, Physical AI, Robotics, Manufacturing, Industrials, Space Economy, Digital Infrastructure, Distributed Compute. Stage: Series A, Series B+.
Matt Goldman, General Partner, J2 — Focus: Deep Tech. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.
Abi Adisa, President & Managing Partner, Oridun Capital Management — Investment focus: Early-stage VC with emphasis on AI, PropTech, Clean Tech and frontier markets. Stage Focus: Pre-seed to Series A
Joey Barrick – Principal at SJF Ventures. Focus: Climate Tech. Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B+.
Niko Koenning – Principal at Cigna Ventures. Focus: Healthtech, Healthcare Services, Digital Health, Consumer Health. Stage: Series A, Series B+.
Ryan Green – Principal at Antler. Focus: Industry agnostic, founder-focused. Stage: Pre-Seed.
Cam Moseley – Senior Associate at Prosperity7 Ventures. Focus: AI, Cyber, Data. Stage: Pre-Seed to Series B+.
Niha Gottiparthy – Vice President at Emergent Ventures. Focus: Enterprise AI. Stage: Seed.
Maya Trujillo – Associate at VamosVentures. Focus: FinTech, Health & Wellness, Future of Work, Sustainability. Stage: Seed, Series A ($1–4M checks).
Troy Kanji – Analyst at Boost VC. Focus: Deep Tech / Sci-fi tech, especially in bio. Stage: Pre-Seed.
Rumika Sharma – Investor at BankTech Ventures. Focus: FinTech, AI, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, B2B SaaS. Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B+ (B2B only).
Kamal Singh – Senior Vice President at WestBridge Capital. Focus: AI applications, AI infra, Health-tech.
Jay Kim – Partner at GS Futures. Focus: Deep Tech Physical AI Frontier Tech. Stage: Seed, Series A.
Nicole Seah, Vertical AI investor, Costanoa Ventures — Focus: Healthcare, Vertical AI for regulated industries.
Kyle Treige, Senior Associate, Core VC — Focus: FinTech, HealthTech, SMB Enablement, PropTech, Future of Work, InsurTech. Stage: Seed, Series A.
Ning Sung, Investor, Sand Hill Angels — Investment focus: AI, Security, IoT, Cloud
Marco DeMiroz – Co-founder & General Partner at The Venture Reality Fund. Focus: Spatial AI & Physical AI.
Sunil Grover – Managing Partner at G2C Ventures. Investment Focus: Enterprise AI, Vertical SaaS, Agentic AI, SaaS, Business Services, Managed Services and IT Services delivered via AI. Stage Focus: Pre-Seed, Seed.
Henry Sheng – General Partner at Santa Clara Ventures. Focus: Industry agnostic. Stage: Seed to Series B.
Sumit Singh – Partner at Brass Ring Ventures. Focus: Economic Mobility — Future of Learning & Work. Stage: Seed, Series A.
Grace A. Belangia – Limited Partner at Gratitude Railroad, Portfolia, and VentureSouth. Focus: Consumer products, health & wellness, environment, workforce development, and IoT.
Gennaro Liccardo – Venture Scout at Neotribe Ventures. Focus: Enterprise Software, Security, Software Infrastructure, Applied AI/ML, Robotics, Climate Tech, Computational Biology. Stage: Seed, Series A.
Ben Glenney, Associate, Restive Ventures — Focus: FinTech, AI, SaaS. Stage: Pre-Seed.
Isabel Klein, Principal, M Ventures — Focus: Semiconductor, Advanced Compute, Photonics, Interconnects, Electronics. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.
Jerry Zhu, Investor, Plug and Play Ventures — Focus: Industrials, Supply Chain, Deep Tech.
Lauren Shoemaker, Investor, DNX Ventures — Focus: Climate Tech, Deep Tech. Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B+.
Trevor Guyton, Principal, London Real Ventures — Focus: Gaming, Metaverse, Blockchain, DePIN, RWA, AI. Stage: Seed, Series A.
Eva Nahari, Investment Advisor, DNX Ventures — Focus: AI, Data Infrastructure.
Terry Li, Investor, Lam Research Capital — Focus: Robotics, Advanced Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Deep Tech.
Adora Lovestrand, Principal, Sovereign's Capital — Focus: B2B Software (AI/ML, SaaS, HealthTech, FinTech, Deep Tech). Stage: Seed, Series A.
Ning Sung, Investor, Sand Hill Angels — Focus: AI, Security, IoT, Cloud. Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B+.
Imad Ansari, Co-Founder and Partner, Aureum Ventures — Focus: Robotics, Deep Tech, FinTech, Healthcare, Defense. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+.
Dr. Sara Rana, Associate Partner, Legendary Ventures — Focus: Consumer, Retail, BioTech, Healthcare, AI. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.
Konnor Andersen, Managing Partner, Cyber Building Blocks — Focus: Cybersecurity. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+.
Anthony Zhang, Strategic Partnerships Lead, The Bond Fund — Focus: AI SaaS, Infrastructure. Stage: Seed, Series A.
Felipe Levi Gurgel, Principal, Actions Capital — Focus: AI, Healthcare, Financial Services, Industrials. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.
Henry Pham, Managing Partner, Octant Ventures — Focus: AI, FinTech, HealthTech. Stage: Series A, Series B+.
Vishnu Acharya, Partner, Razorpay Ventures Marsshot Ventures — Focus: FinTech, AI, B2B, Commerce. Stage: NA
Kaustubh Deshpande, Principal Scientist, Angel Investor — Focus: Deep Tech, Consumer Tech, AI Applications. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.
Henrik Scheel, Partner, Mentors Fund — Focus: Capital Efficient Startups, Traditional Industry Transformation. Stage: Seed.
Paul Borowick, Principal, Underdog Labs — Focus: Generalist. Stage: Pre-Seed.
Rajesh Kadam, GP, Mango.vc — Focus: AI Infrastructure, Robotics. Stage: Seed, Series A.
Lars Leckie, Managing Director, Aspenwood VC — Focus: Enterprise Software. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.
Dr. Sara Rana, Associate Partner, Legendary Ventures — Focus: Consumer, Retail, BioTech, Healthcare, AI. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.
Chinara Askerzade, Managing Partner, PocketVC — Focus: PropTech, AI, FinTech, EdTech. Stage: Seed, Series A.
Nikhil Choudhary, Managing Partner, Nirman Ventures — Focus: Deep Tech, AI, Frontier Tech. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.
Adi Weitzhandler, General Partner, Valoo by Meitav — Focus: Cyber, SaaS, AI, FinTech. Stage: Series B+.
Abhinav Gupta, Ventures Associate, Riceberg Ventures — Focus: Foundational AI, SpaceTech, Life Sciences, MedTech, ClimateTech, Cybersecurity, Robotics, Future of Compute, Future of Energy, Semiconductors, Quantum Computing.
Elias Can, Principal, Grishin Robotics — Focus: Consumer Software & Hardware. Stage: Seed.
Claudius Taylor, Investment Director, Independent Angel — Focus: SaaS, AI. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.
Chris Combs, Founder, 80 North Angel Fund — Focus: AI (Legal & IP, Manufacturing, Infrastructure). Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.
Aaditya Sethi, General Partner & Scout, Atland Ventures & Underdog Labs — Focus: Generalist. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.
Lior Shomrat, Investor, Melic Ventures — Focus: Deep Tech, Physical AI, Robotics, Defense. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.
Manish Chamoli, Managing Partner, LongGame Ventures — Focus: Longevity BioTech. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.
Kid Parchariyanon, Managing Partner, SeaX Ventures — Focus: Deep Tech, Frontier Tech. Stage: Pre-Seed.
Lawrence Lou, Venture Partner, Llama Ventures — Focus: Early Stage AI-Native Startups.
David Jee, Principal, MGV — Focus: AI. Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed.
Drew Kriens, Principal, Ironspring Ventures — Focus: Industrial Tech (Construction, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Alternative Energy). Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.
Aditya Vashist, Principal, Deloitte Ventures — Focus: Data & AI Infrastructure, Vertical AI, Cyber. Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B+
Julie Liao, GP, Typewriter Ventures — Focus: Climate, Circular Materials & Economy, Supply Chain, Materials, Manufacturing, Future of Care, Future of Work
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