Counter Match: CVC x Founder Meetup by Counterpart Ventures
Co-hosted by Afore Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Precursor Ventures
Powered by HUB International Insurance
**This event is at max capacity, any new registrations will be added to the waitlist.
Counterpart Ventures is thrilled to curate a matchmaking event bringing our corporate venture capital (CVC) community together with quality early-stage founders. Part of CVC Week, Sept 8-12, check out the other events here.
What is this event? Call it speed-dating, round-robin or matchmaking... We will break the room up into relevant sector pods where founders will be seated and corporate investors will rotate, giving a chance for 1:1 conversations. We will do two different blocks, allowing investors and founders to join more than one sector focus group.
Why is this important? This event will have the largest concentration of CVCs in the room. For founders, this enables the best access to customer + capital conversations. No other place where you can meet 12 of them in 2 hours.
When? September 9th, 2025 from 10:30-2:30
10:30 AM: Check-In, Coffee and Networking
11:30 AM: First round-robin pod
12:30 PM: Lunch Break
1:15 PM: Second round-robin pod
2:30 PM: Event Conclusion
Once all the 1-1 meetings have been concluded, guests are invited to enjoy food & drinks and network until 2:30 PM.
In the registration form, indicate your sector preference for the matchmaking pods (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, B2B Payments & Fintech, Big Data + Data Infrastructure, CloudTech & DevOps, Health Tech, Supply Chain Tech & Manufacturing , General Verticalized SaaS Solutions, Mobility Tech, Consumer, Other)
We cannot guarantee approval as there is limited capacity.
Who's attending?
Who will be in attendance? This event is open to early stage founders and corporate VCs building/investing in the software space.
Complimentary PitchBook Access for Attendees:
As an attendee perk, you will have access to the event’s Company and Investor Profiles in the PitchBook platform. Use these detailed lists to help you set meetings before the event. PitchBook access will start on 8.28 and end 9.18. If you do not already have a PitchBook account, your login details were sent from [email protected] on August 25th, 2025.
Alternatively, CVCs, to view the list of founders signed up to attend, head to the Counter VI Group on counterclub.vc
Founders, to to view a full list of CVC funds attending please visit: http://counterpart.vc/counter-club.
More Background on CVC Week Presented by Counterpart Ventures
Counterpart Ventures is a lifecycle venture capital fund based in San Francisco and Los Angeles, investing in B2B enterprise and mid-market SaaS technologies addressing inefficiencies in traditional sectors. Counter Club helps our founders by providing meaningful access to real customers and strategic partnerships.
Counter is our annual event that has morphed into the premier gathering of CVCs—last year's event hosted 500+ investors from across the world. While the event has traditionally been open to corporate investors who are members (counterclub.vc), we have expanded to a week-long program to provide additional opportunities for industry-focused and founder events. You can check out the schedule of events here.
More Background on our Co-Hosts
Afore Capital is a $300M venture fund that focuses on Pre-Seed stage exclusively and is based in San Francisco.
Costanoa Ventures are a group of Seed and Series A investors backing tenacious and thoughtful founders who change how business gets done.
Precursor Ventures is a classic pre-seed and seed-stage VC firm investing in long-term relationships with founders.
More about our partner HUB International Insurance
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