San Francisco Startup Networking: Founders & Investors

Startup networking in San Francisco, San Jose & Palo Alto: mixers and pitch nights for Bay Area founders, investors & operators, checked in at the door.

On a typical night: themed tables, honest answers and a few local angels and scouts in the room. Part of Ascent Valley — founders, investors & operators network.

WHO IT'S FOR
• Founders: bring the problem you're stuck on. A room that answers, not an audience that claps.
• Investors: a clean signal and real conversations. Investors approved on application get in free.
• Operators: people who've already built product, sales, marketing or finance. Answer founders' questions and see who's building what.

HOW AN EVENING RUNS

1. Doors and check-in: about an hour to meet people.
2. Short pitches and questions from the room.
3. Themed tables: topics voted by guests before the evening.

WHAT WE RUN
Mixers · AI & Tech Networking · Founder Table · pitch nights

WHERE
San Francisco, San Jose and Palo Alto. Every event page names the exact venue.

HOW TO JOIN
RSVP here. Some evenings are ticketed on Eventbrite or Luma; the event page says so.

BETWEEN THE EVENINGS
A city chat where members ask and help each other (In beta).

THE NETWORK
58 evenings across 18+ cities in 13 countries in our first five months. 370+ investors, mostly angels and scouts, plus 12 funds and 7 syndicates (Sept 2026). Introductions are made by our team, warm only. We make introductions. We don't make deals. We don't take equity and we don't sell your data.