VC Panels & Pitch Competition | September 2025 | San Francisco
Raising Capital in 2025: Curious about what’s on the minds of venture capitalists this year?
Join us on June 27th, for exclusive fireside chats with top investors who will break down the strategies, trends, and insider insights that will shape the venture landscape in 2025.
Venue: Zo House, 300 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94107
=================================================================
We're looking for innovative startups to pitch their ideas at Tech Weekend. Typical 5-8 Startups are chosen to pitch at the Tech Weekend,
Competition Date and Time
Saturday September 6th, 2025,
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Deadline to Apply:
10PM, PST August 31s, 2025
Apply here: https://forms.gle/RtF11TunRt5GdabQ9
📢 Finalists will be announced on September 2nd
Pitch Format:
10 finalists.
Power point presentation or PDF
5 Minutes to Pitch followed by Q&A
Schedule:
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Lunch & Networking
2:00PM to 3:00PM: VC Panel: Ask Me Anything: Unfiltered Answers from a VC
Panelists:
Arif Damji, Partner at Conductive Ventures -- Investment focus: SaaS & Tech-enabled Services -- LinkedIn
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Pitch Competition
Pitch Competition Judges:
Shabd Vaid, Managing Partner at Crucial VC
Investment focus: Early Stage, SaaS, AI
--
Sheela Ursal, General Partner at Emerging Fintech Fund / Fintech Next
Investment focus: Fintech
--
Benny Liao, Principal at Acorn Pacific Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Fintech, Consumer
--
Gladys Wang, Program Lead at Beta University
Investment focus: SaaS, AI, Fintech, Consumer
--
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Happy Hour and Closing of Tech
WeekendAbout the Event:
Tech Weekend is the best event in San Francisco for startup founders who are fundraising — You can make direct investor connections & meet the coolest tech startups in one place.
Over 3 days at Tech Weekend, you'll meet 100+ tech founders and over 50 venture capitalists actively investing in early-stage tech startups.
Founders can:
Join VC Office Hours for direct feedback
Attend VC Panels on 2025 investing trends
Connect with VCs during VC dinners dinners
Pitch live in front of VCs at the Tech Weekend Pitch Competition
and meet some of the coolest tech startups gathered from all around US and abroad.
If you're building in AI, Deep Tech, Health Tech, Fintech, Climate Tech, Biotech, Vertical Tooling, EdTech, Dual-Use Tech, Quantum, or any frontier sector — and fundraising in 2025 — this is where you want to be.
Join our mailing list @ Foundersvillage.bio
For More information checkout the following links:
Website: Founders Village
LinkedIn: Founders Village on LinkedIn
Instagram: @founders.village
X (Twitter): @foundersvillge