Annual Startup Networking Event (Free)

A free full-day event in Sunnyvale for founders, investors and anyone who loves startups.

Meet founders and investors. Hear a real Y Combinator story. Join speed networking. Watch live startup pitches. Great ideas rarely grow alone.

Who should come: startup founders, investors, engineers, business leaders, students and corporate professionals.

What is included: free light breakfast, coffee and tea from 8:00 AM, and free parking at the venue.

Agenda

8:00 AM - Breakfast and check-in

9:00 AM - Welcome and opening remarks

9:15 AM - Understanding the Silicon Valley ecosystem, with Gary Jinks

9:45 AM - Q&A

10:00 AM - Coffee break

10:20 AM - Startup do's and don'ts

10:50 AM - Q&A

11:10 AM - Speed networking

12:30 PM - Lunch break

2:00 PM - My Y Combinator journey: from application to acceptance, with Sinan Sari

2:30 PM - Pitch mistakes and how investors evaluate startups, with Jens Weitzel

3:00 PM - Startup pitch presentations

4:00 PM - End

Speakers

Gary Jinks, Founder of GLJ Group and South Valley Angels. A U.S. Army veteran, investor and founder, Gary has captured more than $350M, worked with over 1,000 startups and driven innovation across Silicon Valley’s most competitive sectors.

Sinan Sari, Co-founder and CTO of Cuboh (YC S19, later acquired by ChowNow). Sinan is a software engineer and serial founder, and today co-founder and CEO of Horizon Labs, a software studio in Irvine, California.

Jens Weitzel, Managing Partner of Yabusame Partners and co-founder of Cross Atlantic Angels. After 25+ years in Silicon Valley, Jens helps early-stage startups launch and scale, and backs European founders entering the US market.

Full speaker bios: cibastartups.com/circle/events/e721e8c9-3c53-52ba-9d86-68e6cac68fa2

Founders: do you want to pitch your startup? Apply on our website: cibastartups.com/circle/events/e721e8c9-3c53-52ba-9d86-68e6cac68fa2

Watch talks from our past events on YouTube: youtube.com/@CIBAStartups

Hosted by CIBA Startups (cibastartups.com). Questions: [email protected]