DeVC Tribe Hoppy Hours - UC Berkeley Edition | With Berkeley Ventures and Answers AI

​Hello Berkeley - we couldn't bear the thought of not dropping by🙏 ​

​Together with Berkeley Ventures and Answers AI - we are excited to bring you an exclusive mixer for Berkeley founders, students, alumni, investors and builders

​​Your hosts are:

1. ​Aakash Kumar: Managing Director & early stage investor @ Z47 & DeVC

2. ​Kevin Chang: (Haas MBA '22) GP @ Berkeley Ventures

3. ​Rahul Mathur: Early stage investor @ DeVC

4. ​Shubhan Dua: (Berkeley '24), Co-Founder @ Answers AI

5. ​Sudipto Sannigrahi: Managing Director & early stage investor @ Z47

​If you are a Berkeley student, alumni or associate deeply immersed in the startup word - we would love to have you join us for this evening mixer.

​​🗓 Date: Wednesday, Sept 3rd, 2025

​​📍 Location: Berkeley (because where else would we host this?) Exact venue shared upon registration.

​​⏰ Time: 7:00 PM (and goes until the conversations get too good to stop)

​Food, drinks and good conversations guaranteed.

​Best,
Team DeVC

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​​​About Berkeley Ventures: Berkeley's premier pre-seed fund, backing Berkeley founders at the earliest stages. Founders are supported by Berkeley's top ranked business school and get plugged into the massive Berkeley Haas network.

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​About Z47: $3.5bn+ AUM early stage (seed-series B) venture capital firm with a ‘Founder First’ investment philosophy. The portfolio spans 100+ companies with 10 unicorns.

​Select portfolio :

1. ​Enterprise AI & Software: Moenegage, Rocketlane, Atomicworks, Aampe, Krutrim, Neysa, SuperOps, Toddle, 100 MS, Murf AI

2. ​Fintech & Financial Services: Razorpay, Fivestar (NSE: FIVESTAR), OneCard, Jupiter, Scapia, Oxyzo

3. ​Manufacturing & Supply Chain: OfBusiness, Captain Fresh, Farmart, Vegrow, Wootz Works, Cirkla

4. ​Consumer: Dailyhunt, Zupee, Dashtoon, The Whole Truth, Mosaic Wellness, Foxtale

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​​About DeVC: Global collective of founders, operators and early stage GPs that backs founders at the Pre-Seed & Seed stage. The fund has invested in 100+ companies over last 3 years with 40+ based in the Bay Area (more details here).

​​Select Portfolio:

1. ​​Enterprise AI & Software: Kintsugi, Confido Health, RapidClaims, Realfast, Smallest AI, StepSecurity, Unifize, Atica, Renderwolf, Aurva & CodeAnt

2. ​​DeepTech: InspeCity, Morphing Machines, Ananant Systems, Terafac, Uravu Labs, CarbonStrong

3. ​​Fintech & Financial Services: Ambak, Cybrilla, PowerEdge, PowerUp, Grvt

4. ​​Manufacturing & Supply Chain: Isler, Solar Ladder, Orbit Farming, Patcorn

5. ​​Consumer: Gameramp, Felicity Games, Boba Bhai, Terractive, Ziffi Chess