Invite & Approval Only:Ā Funders & Founders ($500K - $10M+ ARR / Funding) š
š„Ā A complimentary full, hearty breakfast will be provided.Ā Expect to come away with:
- š”New insights on today's market,Ā fundraising, PMF, and growth!Ā
- šĀ Curated connectionsĀ and conversations
- š„ AĀ full stomach!
We will have a private room to ourselves, where we will also facilitate conversations at your table over breakfast. There will also be time for networking and meeting other founders and funders š¤
Speakers:Anand Kulkarni, Founder, CoreStory ($32M raised): Anand is CEO and founder of CoreStory, the worldās leading AI modernization and spec-driven development agent. CoreStory enables enterprises to reverse-engineer legacy codebases into specifications, and continuously accelerate software development.
He has published over a dozen papers in ACM, AAAI and IEEE magazines, journals, and conferences.
Payton Dobbs, Partner, Hoxton Ventures ($450M AUM): Payton joined Hoxton Ventures full time as a partner in 2023 after having helped build three different $1B+ businesses, including Google's Financial Services ads business, Nest Labs and Google Hardware.
At Google and Nest, Payton held various leadership positions including Global Director of Industry Partnerships and GM of Nest Labs EMEA. Prior to that, he built Nestās Global Sales Operations team leading expansion across North America, Europe and Asia.
Peter Hazlehurst, Founder, Synctera ($94M raised): Peter Hazlehurst, CEO and co-founder of Synctera, is a global FinTech entrepreneur and philanthropist with nearly 30 years of experience creating financial products for banks, FinTechs, and large tech companies. He moved from Australia to the US for his first startup in 1993, building a core banking system called Phoenix, that still powers many community banks today. Since then, Peter has served as Head of Uber Money, Chief Operating Officer at Postmates, Senior Director of Product Management at Google, CEO and Board Member of Google Payments Corporation, and Chief Product Officer at Yodlee.
Brought to you by:Gunderson Dettmer SF: Gunderson Dettmer is the preeminent international law firm with an exclusive focus on the innovation economy. The firm serves market-leading venture capital and growth equity investors and pioneering companies through inception, growth and maturity.
SF Dec Private Founders Breakfast ft. Partner at Hoxton Ventures ($450M AUM) and Founders of Synctera ($94M raised) and CoreStory (formerly Crowdbotics; $114M+ raised across both)
Speakers
Anand K.
Founder
Forbes 30 under 30
$32M raised
CoreStory
Payton D.
Partner
$450M AUM
Hoxton Ventures
Peter H.
Founder
$94M raised
Synctera
Thu, Dec 11, 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM (PST)
Upscale Private Dining Room (San Francisco)
25 attendees
Invite & Approval Only:Ā Funders & Founders ($500K - $10M+ ARR / Funding) š
š„Ā A complimentary full, hearty breakfast will be provided.Ā Expect to come away with:
We will have a private room to ourselves, where we will also facilitate conversations at your table over breakfast. There will also be time for networking and meeting other founders and funders š¤
Anand Kulkarni, Founder, CoreStory ($32M raised): Anand is CEO and founder of CoreStory, the worldās leading AI modernization and spec-driven development agent. CoreStory enables enterprises to reverse-engineer legacy codebases into specifications, and continuously accelerate software development.
He has published over a dozen papers in ACM, AAAI and IEEE magazines, journals, and conferences.
Payton Dobbs, Partner, Hoxton Ventures ($450M AUM): Payton joined Hoxton Ventures full time as a partner in 2023 after having helped build three different $1B+ businesses, including Google's Financial Services ads business, Nest Labs and Google Hardware.
At Google and Nest, Payton held various leadership positions including Global Director of Industry Partnerships and GM of Nest Labs EMEA. Prior to that, he built Nestās Global Sales Operations team leading expansion across North America, Europe and Asia.
Peter Hazlehurst, Founder, Synctera ($94M raised): Peter Hazlehurst, CEO and co-founder of Synctera, is a global FinTech entrepreneur and philanthropist with nearly 30 years of experience creating financial products for banks, FinTechs, and large tech companies. He moved from Australia to the US for his first startup in 1993, building a core banking system called Phoenix, that still powers many community banks today. Since then, Peter has served as Head of Uber Money, Chief Operating Officer at Postmates, Senior Director of Product Management at Google, CEO and Board Member of Google Payments Corporation, and Chief Product Officer at Yodlee.
Brought to you by:
Gunderson Dettmer SF: Gunderson Dettmer is the preeminent international law firm with an exclusive focus on the innovation economy. The firm serves market-leading venture capital and growth equity investors and pioneering companies through inception, growth and maturity.
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