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馃敟 The Brave New World of Startup Fundraising w/Conviction Partners, Recursive, Gradient & More

Hosted by Foundersuite.com and Nixon Peabody

When
5:00 PM
Where
Downtown
Format
Happy Hour and Panel / Fireside Chat
馃敟 The Brave New World of Startup Fundraising w/Conviction Partners, Recursive, Gradient & More artwork

/ About this event

Raising capital is hard. Join us on October 6th and learn how to make it easier. This event features panels and networking with founders and VCs who have recently raised capital.

Produced by Foundersuite.com (used by 100k startups globally to raise capital) and moderated by Nathan Beckord, host of the "How I Raised It" podcast (330+ episodes with funded founders).

Co-hosted by the law firm of Nixon Peabody (www.nixonpeabody.com) and their Emerging Companies and VC practice.

Join us to learn the latest tips and best practices for fundraising... we will cover seed, angel and VC in this fast moving environment.

Speakers include:

Itamar Novick, founder of Recursive Ventures, a pre-seed fund backing AI startups from day one. Itamar has invested in over 100+ startups, including Deel, HoneyBook, Placer.ai, Life360, Tile, May Mobility, Credible, and SafeGraph. Business Insider named him a Top 100 global seed investor each year since inception in 2022. He is especially interested in founders building with AI at the core, including those rethinking industries from first principles, not just adding AI on top.

Bella Garcia-Camargo of Conviction Partners (www.conviction.com) , a new venture firm founded by Sarah Guo. Convicion is purpose-built to serve AI-Native, "Software 3.0" companies. The firm believes we are extremely early in the translation of powerful AI models to powerful products that transform industries.

Conviction partners with the most important companies of tomorrow with $1 to $25M checks, and likes to invest early, and are often the first investor.

More top VC speakers to be announced shortly!

SPACE IS LIMITED -- apply now and we will announce the guest list prior to the event.

Come for the A+ networking and lite bites, and stay for the views! :)

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

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