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October 8 | 5:00 PM Venture Dock | Palo Alto Tech Week
A curated Poker Night by Venture Dock
Most Tech Week nights end with a business card and a half-remembered conversation. This one ends with a table you actually sat at for two hours.
We're closing out the week with a small, curated poker night for founders and investors who'd rather read someone across a table than across a pitch deck. Space is limited and RSVPs are subject to approval.
Professionally dealt tables, a full bar working the room, a spread worth stepping away from your hand for, and a space built for the kind of conversation that only happens when nobody's checking their phone between hands.
This isn't a mixer with cards in the corner. Poker is the whole night. No buy-ins, just the game.
The Format
Arrival & Drinks Our bartender's on for the night — grab something off the bar and find your table before the first hands are dealt.
Poker Professionally dealt tables, chips provided, no money on the table beyond bragging rights. Food's out all night, so nobody has to fold just to eat.
Closing Table The night wraps with a final table and one last round together before people head out.
What You'll Take Away A few hours away from the usual Tech Week script, some real conversations with founders and investors you'd otherwise never sit across from, and maybe a decent story about the hand that got away.
About Venture Dock
Venture Dock is a founder-first community and fund based in Palo Alto, giving founders the resources and network that usually take years to earn alone.
Members get weekly 1:1 sessions with experts, monthly investor sessions, and a monthly Master Session with operators who've built and sold companies before . Funding Labs, led directly by investors, walk founders through what it actually takes to raise, and curated Demo Days put you in front of our network when you're ready to show progress.
Behind all of it: a community of 200+ founders building alongside you, sharing what's working and telling you the truth about what isn't.
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
