The Build
🍸 After Party: Keep the conversations going at North Bar starting at 10:00 PM. Everyone is welcome!
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Last updated: 9:59 pm
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Event Overview:
An exclusive gathering of CPG, Consumer Tech, B2C, AI founders, creators, and investors
The Build is an invite-only gathering for founders, creators, investors, and operators in New York City.
Designed for genuine connection rather than traditional networking, the evening features open conversations, meaningful introductions, and opportunities to share what you're building with a curated group of ambitious people across industries.
Dress Code: Cocktail attire - dress to impress. We encourage guests to dress up and enjoy an elevated evening in one of New York’s most distinctive private venues.
Hosted & Sponsored by Listen, Sazze Partners, and 21st.
Powered by Mesh and Maxwell Social.
Sponsored by Lululab x Ludient and Algocare.
Our Hosts + Sponsors:
1. Listen:
Founded in 2010, Listen is a consumer-obsessed venture capital firm that partners with founders to build disruptive brands at the tipping point of behavior shifts. Listen operates a concentrated, high-ownership strategy investing both capital and capability in each portfolio brand, leveraging its team of investors, consumer-insight experts, and creative capitalists. Their portfolio brands include Calm, Factor, Go Brewing, Rugiet, Black Buffalo, The Fresh Factory, Cumin Club, Elorea, and more.
>> Visit listen.co to learn more.
2. Sazze Partners
Sazze Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that specializes in backing Korean entrepreneurs at the start of their company's lifecycle and supporting them through growth stages. They act as long-term partners by leveraging their extensive network, operational expertise, and market intelligence platform to supercharge growth. With a strong presence in both the US and Korea, the fund supports startups scale through cross-border expansion, go-to-market strategies, and global fundraising. Notable portfolio companies include Upstage, Nitra, Paraform, and Olive International.
>> Find out more at https://www.sazze.vc/.
3. 21st
21st is a community of founders, creators, and builders across NYC and beyond. 21st Ventures, our early-stage fund, invests in some of them at pre-seed and seed
>> Find out more at @21st__v
Our Sponsors:
1. Main Sponsor: Lululab × Ludient
Lululab is a Korean AI beauty technology company that delivers personalized skin analysis powered by AI.
Ludient is Lululab's skincare brand, creating personalized skincare products designed to complement your unique skin profile.
Stop by the AI Skin Experience Booth to discover your luluTI™— your personalized skin profile, inspired by MBTI. Receive an AI-powered skin analysis, personalized skincare recommendations, and experience one of tonight's featured activations.
Discover your luluTI™ - your personalized skin profile.
Visit the AI Skin Experience Booth for a complimentary AI skin analysis, receive your personalized skin report, and discover skincare recommendations tailored specifically to your skin. Connect with the team and complete the experience for a chance to win exclusive Ludient giveaways.
Learn more @lululab.official | @ludient_global
2. Supporting Sponsor: algocare
Meet algocare, the AI-powered personalized nutrition system launching in the U.S. Experience a live demo at the event and be among the first in the Founders community to reserve your algocare E1.
Exclusive for Founders:
$69 Fully Refundable Pre-Order Deposit
Priority delivery starting Dec'26
Founders community pricing: $690 (MSRP $1,500)
→ Pre-Order Your algocare E1 (Limited to the First 100 Devices)
B2C Interest Form: https://tally.so/r/Melrkp
B2B (Teams/Business) Interest Form: https://tally.so/r/GxajXj (linked under “For Teams” at the top of the B2C form)
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