Countdown to The Military Veteran Startup 2023 Conference
An event for military veteran (& spouses) founders to meet with many military veteran VCs & VCs that invest and support the military veteran founder community.
1/ This Thursday and Friday (2/2/23-2/3/23) there will be over 50 military veteran VCs and (civilian) VCs that invest and support military veteran founders at the Military Veteran Startup Conference (#mvs23) in downtown San Francisco Marines’ Memorial Club & Hotel. The primary goal of this event is to empower, educate, and connect the military veteran startup ecosystem. At Context VC we've been working on this conference for the last year and are excited to host everyone soon!
2/ I meet with countless military veteran founders every month and one of the topics we often discuss is how challenging fundraising can be. #MVS23 was built with the founder in mind, to help facilitate fundraising for military veteran founders. #MVS23 is one of the most target rich events for military veteran founders to meet with potential investors. Here's a few that are attending:
- Carina Cho, Brendan Aronson, and me at Context VC
- Paul Madera of Meritech Capital
- Trae Stephens of Founders Fund
- Chris Morales & Daniel Gwak of Point72 Ventures
- Lenore Karafa & Arthur K. of First In
- Steve Bowsher & Andrew Kinard of In-Q-Tel
- Stephen DiBartolomeo & Bradley C. Harrison of Scout Ventures
- Emily McMahan & Sherman Williams II of AIN Ventures
- Jacqueline Blackburn of Decisive Point
- Mike Sherbakov & Ryan Micheletti of The Veteran Fund
- Steve Kiser of Veteran Ventures Capital
- Rachel Hobert & Doug Doan of Hivers & Strivers Capital
- Craig Cummings of Moonshots Capital
- Kevin Eckert of TFX Capital
- Dave Tompkins of 550 Capital Partners
- And many other VCs and venture firms but Linkedin says I've exceeded the maximum mention limit.
3/ If you aren’t fundraising and are bootstrapping your company, then I salute you. Fundraising is (and should) not the default course of action for those starting companies. Bootstrapped entrepreneurs will still find this event helpful given the knowledge sharing, sessions, and community.
4/ You can review the agenda and RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gVNjDrZw
In the last 10 days we’ve seen a massive spike in signups and so made the decision 48hrs ago to have an overflow room given space requirements. So apologies beforehand if there isn’t enough seating for certain sessions. That said, this will be a fantastic opportunity to network with the military veteran startup community.
5/ We welcome all VCs to this event, not just military veteran VCs.
6/ If the cost of a founder ($107) ticket is cost prohibitive, then please contact us at leaders@contextvc.com.
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