As part of the TiE Silicon Valley University Mentors Program Webinar Series, we present a candid session on fundraising for university startups. Join us for a direct conversation with top VCs who will answer the two most critical questions for founders: What We Invest In: Get the specifics on their sector focus, check size, and […]
TiE SV University Pitch Competition 2025 Details to follow
Raising capital as an early-stage founder is both exciting and challenging—especially for those spinning out of university labs or research environments. This session in the TiE Silicon Valley University Mentors Program Webinar Series breaks down what truly matters in the earliest phases of fundraising and how founders can effectively position themselves for investor interest. We’ll […]
Animikh Roy, the founder of Wishtales AI, will give a presentation on a radically new approach to multimodal content generation. This Generative Synchronous Diffusion (GSD) approach solves the fundamental economic and computational bottleneck of current AI. While standard models (like Sora) are built on cross-attention, which scales at an unviable O(N⁵), Animikh's proprietary GSD architecture—based […]
Mentor Connect: 1:1 Founder Sessions with Mike Wood If you're focused on finding and validating new markets, launching new products or categories, driving Product-Led Growth (PLG), scaling your go-to-market motion, improving messaging and positioning, or building high-performance product and commercialization teams — this month’s Mentor Connect session is built for you. Meet Your November Mentor […]
TiE Silicon Valley’s Funding Fridays offers a unique opportunity for startup founders to engage in curated 1:1 meetings with leading investors. If you’re a founder preparing to raise capital, this is your chance to meet the VCs and explore potential fundraising opportunities: ✅ Pitch directly to an experienced VC ✅ Gain actionable feedback on your fundraising strategy […]
We’re excited to invite entrepreneurs to meet 1:1 with a member of TiE Silicon Valley Angels — one of the Valley’s most active networks of early-stage investors, serial entrepreneurs, and tech executives. Entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to pitch and engage in candid 1:1 conversations with a seasoned angel investor, receive actionable feedback on their […]
TiE Silicon Valley University Mentors Webinar: Presentation Guidelines As founders prepare for the TiE Silicon Valley University Mentors Program Pitch Finals, this session is designed to help them refine their storytelling, structure, and delivery. The Presentation Guidelines Webinar will walk founders through best practices for creating high-impact pitch decks, communicating their vision clearly, and presenting […]
TiE SV Charter Member Holiday Party Date: Nov 21st 2025 Time: 5:30 pm
The Agentic Web: Will the next platform war lead to Oligopolies or Fragmentation Walmart's integration of its 240 million e-commerce shoppers with OpenAI's 700 million weekly active users should be your wakeup call. It's a preview of how the Agentic Web will either unlock unprecedented value or fracture into incompatible fiefdoms. When every major retailer, […]
We’re excited to host Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Director of IIT Kharagpur, for an intimate roundtable in collaboration with z21 Ventures. This invite-only session will bring together 20–25 founders and operators from the IIT KGP community, spanning Seed to Series C. The discussion will focus on the evolving early-stage landscape, the growing momentum within the KGP […]
TiE Silicon Valley University Mentors Program – Pitch Finals The TiE Silicon Valley University Mentors Program is wrapping the season with our Pitch Final, where 14 university-founded startups will take the virtual stage to pitch their ventures. These teams have spent the past months working closely with experienced Silicon Valley mentors—refining their business models, sharpening […]