Backyard Capital: Silicon Valley AI & Tech Investing Summit and VIP Investor Dinner in Private Home

​ABOUT BACKYARD CAPITAL and SILICON VALLEY AI & TECH INVESTING SUMMIT
Angel Launch is a leading event producer of venture forums for startups, investors and tech professionals in Silicon Valley. This is our signature event we have produced for many years in the spring and summer where 400 starups and investors enjoy a venture forum and pitch in a huge garden of a lovely private . The event includes a program with startups pitching, networking, demo showcase and buffet dinner.

​We welcome startups to pitch with all markets including AI, Enterprise Tech, SaaS, Climate Tech, Digital health, biotech and Pharma.

​Investor Judges:

Healthtech/Medtech/Devices/Digital Health
-Sagnik Dey, Co-General Partner, Roundtable Ventures
-Anna M. Detert, Partner, Gloucester Ventures LLC

AI, Deep Tech, General tech, SaaS:
-Sagnik Dey, Co-General Partner, Roundtable Ventures
-Aaron Rose, Managing Partner, GT Ventures
-Gerald Wluka ,angel
-Dr Chris Dunn, Mighty Capital, Partner
-Tonya Long, Daymaker Ventures, Managing Partner,
-Lena Stocker, DTCP Capital, DTCP Growth

ADDRESS FOR SUMMIT 12:00 to 4pm:
Free Summit from 12:00 to 4:00 pm at Crossroads Church 2490 Midllefield Road. Includes pizza lunch

​All attendees are subject to approval by host even if you register here. Once you are approved, you will receive the address one week before the event.

ADDRESS FOR BACKYARD CAPITAL VIP DINNER $20 4:30-8:00:
This takes place at a private home in Palo Alto. We will send you the address a few days before the event.

TOPICS:
We have two sessions. You can network in the demo showcase and enjoy snacks and drinks if you only want to attend one session

​SUMMIT SESSION ONE:
LIFE SCIENCES/BIO TECH/MED TECH/ DIGITAL HEALTH
AgTech, Biotech/Pharma, Cannabis, Climate tech, Digital Health/AI Solutions, Diagnostics, Drug Discovery, Fitness, Food products, Food tech, Healthcare, Health and wellness, Life sciences, Medical devices, Medical monitors, Management, Sports, Therapeutics.

​SESSION TWO:
ENTERPISE: AI/ DEEP TECH/ CLIMATECH/SAAS/ GENERAL TECH
Generative AI, Al/Robotics/Sensors, Automotive, Big Data, Clean tech, Climate tech, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Deep tech, Digital Health/AI; Drones, eCommerce, Energy and water, Frontier Tech/Space, Homeland Security, Internet of Things, Metaverse, Mobile and telecom, Retail, Security, Semiconductors, Smart City, Transportation, Workplace.

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Ticket types:
--Basic Free tickets: Attend lunch and program
--VIP $20 Tickets: Includes program, afterparty, and buffet dinner and drinks with investors.
--Free to Investors: Includes both program and afterparty once we verify you are active accredited investor. We reserve the right to cancel if we cannot confirm you are an investors
--Startups Pitch or Demo Tables-see options below

​--Corporate Sponsors-see options below

🔥 About Angel Launch
Angel Launch is a leading tech venture forum producer in Silicon Valley, and has produced 65 monthly investment summits in a row in Palo Alto with 300-500 attendees each month. We connect early and advanced growth startups to investors including VCs, angels, family offices, corporate and institutional.

Want to host the investor lunch 12:30 to 1:30pm for $195 :
For some events, we open with a popular networking lunch with investors when we have sponsors to host. If you want to host an investor networking lunch, let us know. This lunch takes place before the program. If you host, you get priority seating at tables with investors. Hosts can be startups or vendors so you get 1 on 1 access to investors. The cost is $195 per host. For more info, send email to: [email protected].


🔥 What Your Ticket Includes:
Basic: Lunch and program
VIP $20: Program and Afterparty Buffet Dinner with drinks at private home.

​Pitch to Investors: Pitch from stage to investors, see details below.

​🔥 Pitch in these areas. You will pitch to the same panel of judges on the stage. We also have a lively Demo Showcase where you can network during the venture forum.

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Agenda:

12:00-1:00 Registration and networking lunch

​1:00-4:00 Investor Introductions and Venture Forum
Two consecutive sessions

​1:00-2:00 LIfe Sciences/ Medtech/ Healthtech/ Digital Health

​Judges:
-Sagnik Dey, Co-General Partner, Roundtable Ventures
-Anna M. Detert, Partner, Gloucester Ventures LLC

2:00-4:00 Session 2: AI/Deeptech/SaaS/ General tech

​2:00-2:30 Fireside Chat
AI and Agentics Investing Trends
Aaron Rose, Managing Partner, GT Ventures with Keshia Theobald-van Gent, VP, BD Ventures

2:30-4:00 Startups Pitching

Judges:
-Sagnik Dey, Co-General Partner, Roundtable Ventures
-Aaron Rose, Managing Partner, GT Ventures
-Gerald Wluka ,angel
-Dr Chris Dunn, Mighty Capital, Partner
-Tonya Long, Daymaker Ventures, Managing Partner,
-Lena Stocker, DTCP Capital, DTCP Growth

4:00-5:00 Networking Reception

​5:30-8:00. After party Demo Showcase, Buffet and Drinks, Networking
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Our audience has a blast networking over delicious
meals, meeting business and investing leads, sharing their vision in the Demo Showcase and finding partners and customers.

Meet multi million dollar investors and high growth startups for meals and make funding deals! We sell out pitch spots in advance so reserve now.

Contact Us: [email protected], office (310) 621-6850

🔥 Who You Will Meet at the Summit:

​​​🎤 Multi-million Dollar Investors:
Meet 50+ angels, VCS, corporate family offices, institutional, private equity, academic, accelerators, venture studios. LPs seeking investing in startups or new fund opportunities.

INVESTORS APPLY TO JUDGE: If you want to judge, send email to [email protected] with name, company, title, type of investor, and linkedin or website.

🔬 Early and Advanced Startups: Global seed, early and advanced startups seeking funding, partnerships, customers and business development across all tech markets including AI, Deep Tech, Enterprise, SaaS, Healthtech, biotech and consumer.

​​🧠 Who Will Attend

• ​STARTUPS and FOUNDERS:
  Startups or advanced growth ventures should pitch for funding or partners at these levels:

  • ​Seed

  • ​Early stage

  • ​Advanced Growth

  • ​Series A

  • ​pre-IPO
    

• ​INVESTORS-FREE IF APPROVED:
  We offer free tickets to verified accredited investors which are approved subject to our discretion. You can apply here for approval such as: angels, VCS, corporate, LPs, family offices. GPs seeking investors for their funds have met high net worth LPs and family offices to invest in their funds
  

• ​CORPORATE EXECS, TECH PROFESSIONALS, VENDORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS:
  Register to attend for networking and dealmaking.

​STARTUPS INVITED TO PITCH BY SELECTING HOW MANY MINUTES YOU WANT:

​YOU CAN PITCH BY REGISTERING DIRECTLY HERE WITHOUT NEEDING ANY APPROVAL. Questions? Call 310 6216850.

You self register here to pitch. based on the number of minutes you select. Any global startup can register to pitch to a room filled with investors and a judging panel of 10-20 investors who ask questions. View pitch options below.

​You pitch from the stage, get q/a from judges, 2 tix, and a free demo table in the Demo Showcase during networking . We always sell out, so reserve your spot now.

ALL OPTIONS INCLUDE 2 TICKETS AND 4 FOOT TABLE IN THE DEMO SHOWCASE .

• ​$1495 Headline: 12 Minutes pitch/4 Minutes q/a

• ​$995 Mega : 10 Minutes pitch/2 Minutes q/a

• ​$795 Premier: 8 Minutes Pitch/2 minutes q/a

• ​$595 Deluxe: 6 Minutes Pitch/2 minutes q/a

• ​$395 Basic: 4 Minutes Pitch/2 minutes q/a

• ​$195 Fast: 3 Minutes Pitch, demo table, no q/a

• ​$95 Four foot Demo Table only, no pitch

​SPONSORSHIPS:
CORPORATE SPONSORS: VENDORS, INVESTORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS OPTIONS:

• ​DEMO TABLE: $95 table in demo showcase

• ​CORPORATE SPONSOR $495: 5 minutes from stage, demo table, showcase or $995 for 12 minutes from stage.

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