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The strongest concentration of
pre-seed to Series A startups

Two days in Silicon Valley for curated founder access, sharper diligence, and a pipeline built around your thesis.

Built for sourcing, not just attending.
Used by investors across funds, CVCs, and angel networks, from San Francisco to New York to London and beyond.
The Investor Pass is for you if:
  • You source for a fund, syndicate, or angel group, or you are building your own check writing pipeline.
  • You want to compress months of calls into two days of in person meetings;
  • You need faster first pass diligence through demos, traction context, and direct Q&A.
  • Ideal for VCs, angels, and investor deal teams, from associates to partners.
If that sounds like you, this is the pass that matches how you work.

Most conference passes are built for attendees. The Investor Pass is built for people who allocate capital. If you are coming for dealflow, not just content, you need a different experience from a founder in the audience.

Built for dealflow, not only content

Startup passes are designed for learning and general networking.

The Investor Pass focuses your time on the startups that are already building, shipping and raising.

Signal in a crowded room

With thousands of founders on site, you need filters.

The Investor Pass helps you see who is relevant to your thesis instead of trying to meet everyone.

Positioned as an investor, not just an attendee

How you are presented to founders, where you spend your time and who you sit with all change when you come as an investor, not as a general attendee.

Investors at Startup Grind

Index Ventures
Accel
Redpoint Ventures
Sequoia Capital
Andreessen Horowitz
Deloitte
Initialized
Google Ventures
Benchmark Capital
Y Combinator
Bessemer Venture Partners
Upfront Ventures
Coatue
Founders Fund
Thomson Reuters Ventures
General Catalyst
Greylock
Pathlight Ventures
Kleiner Perkins
Lightspeed Ventures
Mayfield Fund
Menlo Ventures
Bain Capital Ventures
Hustle Fund
Obvious Ventures
Pear VC
Khosla Ventures

Hear from our investors

Startup Ticket
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Access to all regular sessions and keynotes
General networking across founders, operators and investors
Access to expo floor as an attendee
Best if you are focused on learning and broad networking
Investor Pass
Everything in the Startup Ticket +
Pre vetted visibility into exhibiting startups
Private Investor Lounge
Invitation to Industry Track session aligned with your thesis
Priority consideration for future SG collaborations and speaking

Who is in the room

You are surrounded by founders and operators who are actually building and fundraising, not just browsing.
Strong concentration of pre-seed to Series A startups
Thousands of early stage teams who want investor meetings, feedback and partners
Founders and operators building in AI and across tech
A global mix of startups from the US, Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia
You are not trying to guess where the next generation of startups will gather. They are already here.
Built around how
investors actually source
and evaluate startups
What you get:
Early visibility into exhibiting startups

See who is on the floor ahead of time so you can prioritize the teams that already cleared an initial filter.

Private Investor Lounge

A dedicated space to take meetings, reset, and follow up away from the main floor.

Thesis aligned founder access

Invitation to one of the Industry Track sessions where startups pitch within your thesis area, so you spend more time with companies that actually fit your focus.

Future collaboration with Startup Grind

Priority consideration for future collaboration and potential speaking opportunities at local Startup Grind chapter events and other investor led programs.

The Investor Pass is for investors who treat their time and pipeline seriously.
It gives you signal in a crowded room, a clearer view of pre-seed to Series A startups, and a position inside the event that a standard pass does not offer.

Investor Pass

VCs, associates,
scouts, and active angels
Access: Investor Pass
$999

$899

Program snapshot

Mainstage fireside chats, panels, and breakouts built for fundraising and AI. Capacity 1.3k mainstage.

Past speakers include leaders like Marc Andreessen, Sam Altman, Fei-Fei Li, Andrew Ng, Dylan Field, Ivan Zhao, Stewart Butterfield, Jan Koum, and Eric Yuan.

Gabe Pereyra

Gabe Pereyra

Gabe Pereyra

Lin Qiao

Lin Qiao

Lin Qiao

Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher

Amjad Masad

Amjad Masad

Amjad Masad

Eoghan McCabe

Eoghan McCabe

Eoghan McCabe

Mamoon Hamid

Mamoon Hamid

Mamoon Hamid

Dave Ferguson

Dave Ferguson

Dave Ferguson

Ed Catmull

Ed Catmull

Ed Catmull

Tamar Yehoshua

Tamar Yehoshua

Tamar Yehoshua

Chetan Puttagunta

Chetan Puttagunta

Chetan Puttagunta

Hans Tung

Hans Tung

Hans Tung

Christine Tsai

Christine Tsai

Christine Tsai

Adarsh Hiremath

Adarsh Hiremath

Adarsh Hiremath

Tuhin Srivastava

Tuhin Srivastava

Tuhin Srivastava

Navin Chaddha

Navin Chaddha

Navin Chaddha

Stephanie Zhan

Stephanie Zhan

Stephanie Zhan

Karri Saarinen

Karri Saarinen

Karri Saarinen

Frédérique Dame

Frédérique Dame

Frédérique Dame

Rahul Vohra

Rahul Vohra

Rahul Vohra

Anish Acharya

Anish Acharya

Anish Acharya

Rachel Wolan

Rachel Wolan

Rachel Wolan

Harrison Chase

Harrison Chase

Harrison Chase

Abhinav Asthana

Abhinav Asthana

Abhinav Asthana

Jon Callaghan

Jon Callaghan

Jon Callaghan

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Who is the Investor Pass for?

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The Investor Pass is built for investor teams sourcing and evaluating early stage companies, including partners, principals, angels, associates, analysts, and scouts. It is also a fit for operators who actively invest or support investment decisions.

I do not write checks personally. Is this still worth it?

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Yes. If your role includes sourcing, first pass diligence, founder meetings, or supporting internal decision making, the Investor Pass is designed to help you leave with a prioritized pipeline and clear follow ups you can take back to your team.

Can I attend sessions and workshops, or is this only meetings?

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You have access to the sessions and stages across the event. The Investor Pass is built as a combined experience: content for context, and proximity for conversations.

What is included with the Investor Pass?

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You get full access to the conference plus investor focused features like a dedicated space for meetings and an investor friendly flow designed to reduce randomness and increase signal.

How is this different from a Startup ticket?

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Both get you into the event. The Investor Pass is designed around how investors work: faster filtering, better access to relevant conversations, and a meeting environment optimized for sourcing and evaluation.

Help with planning, access needs, or ticket support?

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Use the support contact provided at checkout for ticket issues. If you have accessibility needs or scheduling constraints, reach out early so the team can help you plan the best experience.

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OUR PARTNERS

We work with organizations who are helping startups just as they are making some of the most important decisions to help grow their business. If you wait, it may be too late.

If that's you, request more info below - we'd love to talk.

Mayfield Fund
  • Carta
  • Snowflake
  • TriNet
  • Descope
  • Vanta
  • RemoFirst
  • Atlassian
  • Customer.io
  • Mercury
  • Adobe
  • Bulgarian SME Promotion Agency
  • SpringboardNY
  • Aspire
  • IDA Ireland
  • Qapita
  • CodeLaunch
  • Designli
  • McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship
  • Justworks
  • Master of Business Creation (MBC) | David Eccles School of Business
  • Osome
  • Supabase
  • SPIRIT Slovenia

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