Female Founders and Funders Walk [Human+ Tech Week]

​Grab your sneakers and join us during Human+ Tech Week!

​Venturous Counsel will be hosting our famous Female Founders and Funders Walk on May 14, 2026 at 2:30 pm. There’s no formal agenda, no stuffy presentations, no awkward standing-around-with-drinks situations—just a casual stroll through one of SF's most beautiful elevated parks while having real conversations with other like-minded women and woman-identifying founders and funders in the startup world.

​We can't wait for the great conversations and new connections we'll be making at Human+Tech Week! If you haven’t had the chance to join us at one of our previous walks, definitely come through for this one!

​​Additional details:

​​You’ll need to take the elevators/escalators to the 4th level or ride the gondola up (it's free, but sometimes has a line). We’ll meet by the amphitheater stage on the southwest end of the park (the opposite side from the coffee shop, brewery, and food area). We’ll gather there for intros before heading out on the walking path around 2:45 PM.

​​More details on the park layout (including where to find the elevators and escalators on the ground level): https://www.tjpa.org/salesforce-transit-center/salesforce-park

​​​​​​About the host

​​​​​​Aravinda Seshadri is the Founding Partner of Venturous Counsel, a uniquely mission-driven firm dedicated to representing underestimated startups, investors and values-aligned companies. As a part of that work, she actively maintains and expands her network of diverse-led law firms and diverse attorneys to whom she can refer startups and investors needing the right legal partner. She has initiated a series of Diversity Referral nights in the SF Bay Area, organized to give diverse lawyers in various specialty areas the opportunity to present their practices to other attorneys, particularly those in large law firms, in-house and government positions, to broaden their networks and facilitate referring work to these diverse attorneys.

​​​​​​Aravinda has been the committee chair of the Solo/Small Firms committee of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area for 3 consecutive years, as well as a Forum Ventures mentor. She also participates in various technology and legal forums that focus on women and women of color, advising accelerators with diverse cohorts, helping to judge startup pitch events at UC Law and her firm works with the UC Law Startup Legal Garage Clinic to provide pro bono services to aligned startups along with training for law students.

​​​​​​Aravinda has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star for 7 consecutive years. She was previously a Partner at Silicon Legal Strategy in San Francisco. Before that, she was a corporate associate in the startup practice of Hogan Lovells in Palo Alto. She started her career in Orrick’s Emerging Companies Group in Menlo Park. Aravinda received her law degree with distinction from Stanford Law School and her undergraduate degree with honors in Language and Mind from New York University.

​About Human+ Tech Week

​Running between May 11–15, 2026 in San Francisco, Human+Tech Week is a five-day global convening where applied AI meets real-world outcomes. 300+ speakers, 100+ partner events, and one question driving it all: how does humanity flourish in the age of AI? This is where builders, operators, and institutions connect to turn high-impact challenges into deployed solutions. Learn more at humantechweek.com.

​Notices

​By registering for this event, you agree to receive event-related communications from the organizers, including Venturous Counsel and Human+Tech Week. You also agree that Venturous Counsel may email you about important events, key strategic insights, and relevant updates. Registration information may be shared with Human+Tech Week and its official partners for event coordination, communication, and reporting purposes. All information will be handled responsibly in accordance with Luma’s privacy standards and Human+Tech Week’s data protection policies.