Hey there, it’s Nabila.
This newsletter has a lot in it. Special codes, a pitch deadline, real stories from our last summit, and something I've been meaning to say about who deserves a stage. Read to the end — there's something in here for you.
Early Bird ends tonight at 11:59 PM PST. After that, tickets double.
Tonight is the night to stop thinking and register.
👉 Register here: https://evion.app/events/ai-investment-summit-silicon-valley
→ Use code SU_Insider for 25% off — exclusively for my subscribers. Limited.
🎤 Why this room is different.
We built this room intentionally. To actually make a change for the founders who show up.
Intentionally curated. Limited capacity. Founders in the same room as the investors who write the checks — in actual conversations, not on a panel six rows away. Across two days.
$14 trillion in AUM on stage. Speakers managing $1.6 billion in VC funding. Speakers from BlackRock, Pear VC, TikTok, Google, Replit, Blitzscaling Ventures, Rain Capital, SVB, and more.
40 tickets left. Same capital. Same caliber of speakers. Smaller, more curated room.
That's by design.
April 16–17 | Plug and Play Tech Center, Sunnyvale
🔥 Sessions you don't want to miss:
How to Spot a Unicorn — Before the Fame Chris Yeh — Co-founder, Blitzscaling Ventures; co-author of Blitzscaling with Reid Hoffman
Building Products that Win Nabila Elassar (Evion), Bhaskar Krishnan (Executive Head of Product - NA Ads, TikTok), Noura Daadaa (Google). Sasha Orloff (Founder & CEO, Puzzle)
Investing in the AI Gold Rush David Hefter (BlackRock), Eddie Eltoukhy (Pear VC), Kayvan Baroumand (SignalRank), Phillip Alvelda (Brainworks)
Growth Hacking: Zero to Scale Safouh Takrouri (Google Cloud / Ex. OpenAI), Sujude Dalieh (Replit), Dasha Shunina (Puzzle), Merve Isler (AI Insiders)
How Family Offices Invest in VC Funds Jason Ma (ThreeEQ), Jing Kuang (Y+ Capital), Chris Kelly (Kelly Ventures / Ex-Facebook CPO)
The Secrets No One Told You About Startup Fundraising (back by demand) Elias Saadeh (SVB), Chenxi Wang (Rain Capital), Katya Evchenko (BGV), Alan Kelley (SJF Ventures)
Fundamentals of Venture Finance Lindsey Mignano, Mignano Law Group
Choosing Your Co-Founder and First 10 Hires Hazim Mohamed, CoffeeSpace
🎤 DEADLINE TO APPLY TO PITCH: Saturday, April 11.
After that, no more applications accepted.
Three ways to apply:
Buy a GA ticket then apply 👉 https://evion.app/events/ai-investment-summit-silicon-valley
Take the shortcut: learn how in my post 👉 Linkedin. If selected, your ticket is on me.
Become a VIP Startup Exhibitor
🏆 VIP STARTUP SCALEUP EXHIBITION
Exhibit your startup at the heart of Plug and Play for 2 days. 6 ft. demo table, guaranteed pitch on the main stage, banners, team passes, and a newsletter feature to 100K+ subscribers.
Here's what happened to the last batch of startups that pitched and exhibited at our previous summit:
FLUIX AI — Won Best AI Startup. "We secured a new commitment in our round from the event!" — Abhishek Sastri
Nanovascular Technologies — Won 2nd place. "We met mission-aligned investors, clinicians, and partners." — Smriti Agrawal
TerraFort "Being selected resulted in multiple follow-on conversations." — Grady Joseph
MiraRobo "I had real conversations with investors who deeply understand the pain points." — Frank Yanzhi Zhao
Cognivix "The networking was natural and high-impact, leading to conversations that will last beyond the summit." — Daniele Bernardini
LightRail AI "We walked away with amazing connections and actionable feedback." — Bola Olatunji
ROZZ "I came out with 5 top contacts and many more happy connections." — Adrien Schmidt
Real results. Real connections. Real capital. This time, the room is even more curated. Even more intentional.
Startup Pitch Judged by: taanaging General Partner, Rain Capital. Ryan Wang (Outpost VC), Vik Ghai (G2C Ventures), Jing Kuang (Stanford GSB VC Alumni Chapter), Katya Evchenko (BGV Ventures), Radu Skutaro (VU Venture Partners), Shawn Trabanino (Berkeley Ventures), Angela Jimenez (Leon Precision Capital), Alan Kelley (SJF Ventures).
⚡ 24-Hour Special: 50% off VIP Startup Scaleup Exhibition.
Use code EXHIBIT at checkout. Expires tomorrow night.
This is the only time we're offering this. Don't miss it.
**Investors: We've reserved a special discounted rate for active VCs who'd like to join us for the pitch competition. Use code INVESTOR at checkout — please note this code is verified and reserved only for qualifying investors.
📸 Last call for volunteers! We are looking for amazing photographers, content managers, logistics leaders — apply on the event page.
Building better rooms starts with intention.
I've spent 10 years in Silicon Valley. It's the most powerful ecosystem in the world. But it's not equal. This time, I'm being more intentional — I want more women on that stage.
If that’s you — or someone you know — here’s your direct path: 👉 [LinkedIn post link]
40 tickets left. Early Bird ends tonight.
👉 Register here: https://evion.app/events/ai-investment-summit-silicon-valley
I’m a builder. And so are you.
Don’t miss the #1 event for builders in the Bay.
See you there.
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