​🚀 The Future of FinTech 2026: AI, Capital Markets & Next-Gen Infrastructure

​📅 Date: Thursday, August 6, 2026

​⏰ Time: 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST

​📍 Location: San Jose, CA (Exact venue provided upon approval)

​🎟 Access: Request Access / Approval Required (Very Limited Capacity)

​About This Event

​Welcome to The Future of FinTech 2026—an exclusive, high-signal gathering in the heart of San Francisco bringing together top venture capitalists, institutional investors, founders, and financial innovators.

​From the rise of agentic AI insurance and cross-border public receivables to revolutionary regional stock exchanges and bitcoin-native capital markets, the financial stack is being completely rewritten. Join us for an evening of candid panel discussions, keynote showcases, and high-tier networking with decision-makers driving the next generation of financial infrastructure.

​Whether you're looking for early-stage deal flow, institutional co-investment opportunities, or a look at where smart capital is flowing next, this event is built specifically for the FinTech investment community.

​Featured Companies & Showcases

• ​Baird Augustine Investment Bank: Rebuilding capital markets from California. Pioneering regional liquidity engines like the California Stock Exchange and Silicon Valley Stock Exchange, alongside AI-driven platforms like DirectCredit ($10K to $10B debt execution) and AngelSend performance outreach.

• ​Arch Network: Arch is Bitcoin's first full-stack capital markets company. Backed by Pantera, Multicoin, OKX, and Portal Ventures. Arch enables financial primitives and smart contracts directly on the Bitcoin Base Layer.

• ​StarChain Ventures: A leading Silicon Valley VC fund investing at the intersection of AI, Data Intelligence, and Web3/Blockchain across legacy sectors including finance, supply chain, and healthcare.

• ​Ótmow: A breakout Latin American Techfin transforming public sector contracts into predictable cash flow. Leveraging proprietary tech and public data to deliver fast, secure receivables advances across 18+ Brazilian states and 160+ government entities.

• ​reAmplify Insurance: Insuring the builders of the agentic revolution. Providing market-leading risk management and tailored insurance coverage for new-age AI and technology companies.

​Featured Speakers

​Founders & Operators

• ​Rafael Lima – CEO at Ótmow

• ​Matt Mudano – CEO & Co-Founder at Arch Network

• ​Josh Gordon – Chief Commercial Officer at Arch Network

• ​Gabriel Coleman – Founder & CEO at reAmplify Insurance

• ​Ryan Baird - CEO at Baird Augustine

​Venture Capital & Investors

• ​Jorden Woods – Managing Partner at StarChain Ventures

• ​Radhika Iyengar – Managing Partner at StarChain Ventures

​Agenda

• ​5:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Welcome & High-Signal Networking

• ​6:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Featured Speakers

• ​8:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Networking

​Who Should Attend?

• ​Venture Capitalists (Seed to Growth): Looking for real alpha, defensible moats, and deal flow that hasn't already been picked over on Twitter/X.

• ​Angel Investors & Family Offices: Who appreciate a clean cap table, solid unit economics, and founders who actually know their CAC/LTV ratio.

• ​FinTech Founders: Tired of spending 40 hours crafting a 50-page pitch deck, only for a VC's custom GPT to summarize it into three bullet points anyway.

• ​AI & Web3 Builders: Insuring, automating, or decentralizing legacy systems while trying to explain to their parents what an "agentic workflow" actually is.

• ​West Coast Purists: Anyone who agrees it's completely ridiculous that California companies still have to fly to Wall Street just to ring a bell to go public.

​⚠️ Fair Warning: Expect zero fluff, high-signal conversations, and drinks strong enough to make you forget today's market volatility. Space is strictly limited to keep the room dense with decision-makers.

​Drinks provided by Ferino Distillery. The Picon Punch, Nevada's State Drink - One's not enough, and three's too many.

​We're hosting this event in SF on Friday Aug 7th: https://luma.com/focus-6cs1