Antler Embark - Community Mixer
Welcoming all foreign founders who are in SF, trying to crack the US market.
Hosted by Antler, Inkle, and Alma Immigration. Venue provided by CodeRabbit.
This fun mixer is to bring together the immigrant community of founders & operators for an evening mixer in San Francisco. Expect great conversations, dinner, and drinks. The kind of night that reminds you why you're building.
Note: this is a rooftop event so bring a jacket! Street parking and paid garages nearby.
About Antler Embark
Antler Embark has been a highly well-received initiative, now in its 3rd edition. Over the last year, the Embark team has worked with 38 AI startups (representing 8 countries in APAC), selected from hundreds in the Antler portfolio. The selected startups are in the process of building in, and/or moving to the US.
Apart from co-working with the Antler Embark team, the founders have interacted with nearly 140 guests. 75% of the startups in the first 2 editions have started building traction in the US, and roughly 50% have raised further capital, incl. in rounds led by Accel, Vertex (Temasek), Stellaris, NEA scouts, YC, etc.
A few of the teams who will be present:
Synthium — Data engine for embodied AI, turning simulation interactions into robot training data. Team from Autodesk, Adobe & Cornell.
Craftif AI — Core AI infrastructure for physical devices and Edge AI pipelines. 7 patents across SoC & AI. Team from Sima.ai, Xilinx & PhonePe.
Drift — Agentic copilot for robotics simulations, specs to running sims in minutes. Ex-Qualcomm, 2x founders from IIT Roorkee.
Jurisphere — Legal AI platform serving 500+ organizations. Team includes an AZB lawyer, ex-HubSpot sales leader & IIT Delhi ML engineer.
Teres — AI platform for complex commercial disputes, already serving 40%+ of GAR100 firms globally. Team from HSF Singapore & London and Keystone Partners.
Super IT — AI agents for IT support at 10x scale. Founders from Enee (acquired) and ex-CSIRO/PaidRight CTO.
Support Fusion — Connective layer between enterprise and MSP IT teams, syncing ServiceNow, Jira & ConnectWise. Team from Goldman Sachs, KPMG, Bosch IoT & Motorola.
NetRanks — Data layer for AI search visibility. Search DNA from eBay, Google, Booking & Uber.
AirShelf — Building agentic storefronts and deploying selling agents for the world's largest brands, taking them from discovery to deal. Already live with Fortune 500 enterprises.
Capgo AI — SEO/GEO pages from AI company data, driving 1M+ traffic for MathGPT, Wondera & Oppo. Harvard Venture Competition (APAC) #1.
YOBO — AI-native growth engine for consumer businesses. $1.6M ARR in SEA, expanding to the US. Team behind Qraved ($11M+ raised), Foodpanda, Zalora & Lazada.
Nova — Agentic platform for financial services, already supporting Middle Eastern banks. Repeat fintech founder behind Postpay.
CrayonLabs — AI agents across verticals on shared infrastructure. Ex-Turo founder and ex-Head of Product at Klarna.
October — Multiplayer canvas for AI-driven product experiments. 3x founder, products used by 1M+ users.
Ark Academy — Building AI-native kids for an AI-driven world. Serial entrepreneur with multiple exits across Silicon Valley and Asia.
About Antler: Global "Day Zero" VC firm backing founders before they even have a team or idea, with 1,500+ investments across 30+ cities, founded in 2017 by Magnus Grimeland. Topped PitchBook's "Most Active Venture Capital Globally" in 2024 with 443 deals.
About Inkle: US tax and accounting for 500+ startups, including 5% of all YC companies. Co-founded by Anand Krishna (YC S'17).
About Alma: Backed by leading VCs such as Bling Capital, Forerunner, Village Global, NFX, Conviction, MVP Ventures, NEA and Silkroad Innovation Hub, Alma is a LegalTech startup on a mission to transform the immigration industry. By combining the expertise of seasoned attorneys with AI/ML, we streamline the complex immigration process for individuals and businesses
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