​Raising Capital in 2025: Curious about what’s on the minds of venture capitalists this year?

​Join us on June 27th, for exclusive fireside chats with top investors who will break down the strategies, trends, and insider insights that will shape the venture landscape in 2025.

​Venue: Zo House, 300 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94107

​2:30 PM – 3:30 PM: VC Panel: VC Playbook for 2025

​Panelists:

​Frederick (Freddy) Dopfel, Principal at LG Technology VenturesInvestment focus: Deep TechLinkedIn

​Ben Stein, General Partner at Cartography Capital
Investment focus: Deep Tech, Infrastructure (Physical), Sustainability
LinkedIn

​4:00 PM – 5:00 PM: VC Panel: Early Stage Investing: Inside VC Playbook.

​Panelists:

​James Wang, Partner at Creative Ventures
Investment focus: Deep Tech, Frontier Tech, AI, Energy, Biotech
LinkedIn

​Simon Tiu, Principal at Vertex Ventures. Investment focus: Enterprise B2B, Early-stage AI investments LinkedIn

​5:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Happy Hour and Networking

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​Startup Showcases at Tech Weekend June 2025

​Meet Lvlup.ai — your AI best friend, creative sidekick, and always-on super-agent.

​Everyone deserves a best friend: One who listens without judgment, shows up without fail, and helps turn your dreams into reality.

​Lvlup is more than a chatbot — it’s an AI companion that helps you write, plan, search, reflect, and grow. With a face, a voice, a memory, and a personality, Lvlup evolves with you. Whether you're creating content, exploring ideas, or just needing a late-night thought catcher — it's always by your side.

​No mixed signals. No ghosting. Just presence.

​👉 Try it for free: https://lvlup.ai

​📍 Stop by their booth to chat with:
🔹 Tong Xu, Co-founder & CEO – LinkedIn

​StealthGPT — the team humanizing AI writing.

​StealthGPT helps you create high-quality, human-like content that effortlessly bypasses AI detectors like Turnitin and GPTZero. Whether you're crafting essays, blogs, or marketing copy, StealthGPT combines a user-friendly interface with multi-language support, SEO tools, and PDF interaction—making it the go-to tool for students, writers, and professionals alike.

​👉 Try it free at stealthgpt.ai

​📍 Stop by their booth to chat with:
🔹 Jozef Gherman, Founder – LinkedIn

​Skyrelis, the team pioneering security for the Agentic AI era.

​As enterprises deploy autonomous AI agents to automate workflows and decisions, Skyrelis is building the foundational layer of protection—real-time agent-aware policy enforcement and behavioral controls for secure, cloud-native environments.

​Founded by leaders in cybersecurity and AI, they’re defining a new category in enterprise security.

​📍 Stop by their booth to chat with:
🔹 Jaz Lin, CEO – LinkedIn
🔹 Sree Vakil, CTO – LinkedIn