Founder Fest LA - Opening Party

TDLR - the startup/vc event everyone will be talking about during the first ever LA Tech Week in 2026.

Who is this for? Late Seed and Series A stage founders/execs + VC's.

Topics of discussion? AI infrastructure and tokenizing, legal for startups, scaling to series A, hiring hacks, raising massive rounds of capital, GTM strategies that win large accounts and more.

What kind of vibe? Think startup/vc event (panels/networking) in a private setting - invite only.

What kind of setting? Private space near Santa Monica with multi purpose room; main room being panels/bar and other rooms for VIPs & content shooting

Why it's special? For one it will be a highly curated crowd with top notch content as always. But in addition, we are launching our premium membership LA applications to the world during this week!

Memberships (Passports) have access to monthly mentorship, free passes to our events nationwide, digital tools to help your startup, exclusive membership events, discounts to b2b platforms, community to engage with and more.

NOTE: All comps must have at least a "free" passport (membership) to be considered to be accepted. This does not guarantee acceptance but does help with consideration. All paid members will automatically be accepted, of course.

Featured Speakers

Max Tuchman (CEO @ Dark Horse) - exited her company to Mattel
Bunim Laskin (CEO @ Swimply) - 30u30, raised $6.3M
Saba Karim (CEO @ Favs) - previously led startup pipeline at Techstars.
Valeria Martinez (Principal at VamosVentures) - board member of SomosVC
Laurel Mintz (GP @ Fabric VC) - she is also the CEO of Elevate My brand
Phil Castro (CEO @ Kamp) - 35u35, Startup of the Year Award, raised $40M+ in past ventures

Want to sponsor? Hit us at info@kampevents.com

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

*Part of Los Angeles Tech Week. RSVP on tech-week.com.*