SF DugOut: GTM in the AI era @ Founders Cafe
Namaste Bay Area 🙏
We are back (again) with DugOut in SF but with a slightly different format this time. We have 2 special guests who will help us navigate GTM in the AI era:
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Srikrishnan Ganesan, Co-Founder & CEO, Rocketlane
Sold Konotor to Freshworks (NASDAQ: FRSH)
Launched FreshChat at Freshworks (today $300M+ ARR product line)
Raised $45M for Rocketlane from top VCs including 8VC
Started the Preflight Community - world's largest community for CS professionals
Sandeep Singh Kohli, ex CMO @ Venafi & Kong
Led Marketing at Kong from 0 to $2bn+ valuation
CMO @ Venafi prior to acquisition by CyberArk
Was head of Global Platform Marketing @ Mulesoft prior to Salesforce acquisition
25+ years of experience in Cybersecurity GTM
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When: Friday, November 14th, 2025
Agenda:
2:30 PM to 3:00PM - registrations & networking
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM - GTM panel & 1-1 / small group breakouts
Where: DugOut is being hosted at Founders Cafe - an initiative by AngelList to provide a community space for founders in SF to build, learn & network from a common space in the AL office premises!
Dress Code: Casual attire or as Kurt would say "Come as you are, as you were..."
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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 :
Enterprise AI & Software: Moenegage, Rocketlane, Atomicworks, Aampe, Krutrim, Neysa, SuperOps, Toddle, 100 MS, Murf AI
Fintech & Financial Services: Razorpay, Fivestar (NSE: FIVESTAR), OneCard, Jupiter, Scapia, Oxyzo
Manufacturing & Supply Chain: OfBusiness, Captain Fresh, Farmart, Vegrow, Wootz Works, Cirkla
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:
Enterprise AI & Software: Kintsugi, Confido Health, RapidClaims, Realfast, Smallest AI, StepSecurity, Unifize, Atica, Renderwolf, Aurva & CodeAnt
DeepTech: InspeCity, Morphing Machines, Ananant Systems, Terafac, Uravu Labs, CarbonStrong
Fintech & Financial Services: Ambak, Cybrilla, PowerEdge, PowerUp, Grvt
Manufacturing & Supply Chain: Isler, Solar Ladder, Orbit Farming, Patcorn
Consumer: Gameramp, Felicity Games, Boba Bhai, Terractive, Ziffi Chess
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