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Behind the Angel Check: A Fireside Chaat

Hosted by Get the Check Podcast and Brown Girl Angels

When
11:00 AM
Where
Hayes Valley
Format
Breakfast, Brunch or Lunch, Networking and Panel / Fireside Chat
Behind the Angel Check: A Fireside Chaat artwork

/ About this event

Have you ever wondered about the BTS of an angel check?

Join Bhargavi, Founder of Brown Girl Angels, and Anika, Co-Host at Get the Check Podcast, during San Francisco Tech Week for a chai and chaat with Jaya Gupta (Partner at Foundation Capital).

If you’re curious about investing in private companies, already doing it, or want to start your own we’d love to have you. Anika, host of @getthecheckpod with be moderating a panel with:

- Jaya Gupta: Partner at Foundation Capital leading early-stage enterprise investing and author of many viral X articles (https://x.com/JayaGup10) - Bhargavi Varma: Founder of Brown Girl Angels & Brown Girls and Money Moves, has invested in 12 South Asian female-led startups

We’ll get into: >How do investors go from pitch to conviction? >Balancing your gut with the numbers >What it’s like being a brown girl in tech >How YOU should think about angel investing and raising capital

Event Flow: 11:00 AM — Doors Open + Chai 11:45 AM — Fireside Conversation 12:15 AM — Audience Q&A 12:30 AM — Food, Chai + Networking 1:00 PM — Event Ends

For any questions, please reach out to angella@browngirlangels.com

This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com

By RSVPing, you’ll be added to the Brown Girls, Money Moves and Get the Check Podcast newsletters!

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