Events

We support founders who are building the future.
Through our myriad of events, we connect our founders and their executives to industry leaders, change makers, and other talented founding teams.

Golden Ventures Events

Plated

The Collision Party

Female founders

Founders Social

Three speakers on stools at a Plated event

Plated by Golden Ventures

The premier dinner series for founders, CEOs and industry leaders in the tech ecosystem.
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Plated by Golden Ventures is a highly exclusive and private dinner series that is designed to bring together the most accomplished and visionary individuals in a given field to connect and foster meaningful relationships. Plated offers a unique opportunity for founders, CEOs, and Director-level+ individuals to engage in intimate and thought-provoking conversations with their peers.

Cadence

Bi-monthly

Upcoming Events

Dinner & Fireside Chat

Meltem Kuran Berkowitz & Praveen Arichandran

Head of Growth at Deel and ex-Growth Lead at Tesla/Facebook

for Founders, CEOs, CMOs, and Senior Growth Leaders

Past Speakers

Farhan Thawar

VP of Engineering at Shopify

Jason Warner

Former CTO of Github

April Dunford

Global Positioning Expert & Best-selling Author

Hana Abaza

Former Head of Global Revenue at Shopify

Josh Gwyther

Generative AI Global Lead at Google Cloud

Shelby Austin

Co-founder & CEO of Arteria AI

Darrell Etherington

Managing Editor at TechCrunch

Christine Song

Chief People Officer at Knix

Lindsey Jackson

Head of Talent at Faire

Peter Walker

Head of Data Insights at Carta

The Collision Party

350+ tech leaders in one room for one night only

Hosted during the Collision Conference, the Golden Ventures Collision party brings together a highly-curated guest list of top VCs, founders, and operators for a valuable evening of networking, drinks, and light bites.

350+

Tech leaders in one room, one night only

40%

Founder representation

20%

Operator representation

40%

VC representation

Three women at the female founders social

Female Founders

The premier brunch series for female founders

No performative actions, no checking boxes, just great founders and operators coming together to connect, share best practices, and deepen relationships – they just happen to be female. We’re building THE event series that female founders and operators actually want.

Objectives

Connect female founders/operators both in and out of the Golden portfolio
Connect female founders/operators with leading executives/entrepreneurs/VCs
Develop a community where female founders/operators can have open and candid discussions

Program Committee

Nuha Siddiqui

Co-founder & CEO, Erthos

Emily Hosie

Co-founder & CEO, Rebelstork

Julia Baird

Operations & Platform, Golden Ventures

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Golden Founders Social

Where connections thrive

Exclusive for Golden Ventures Portfolio Companies, our semi-annual founder socials provide our founding teams an opportunity to forge meaningful bonds and amplify their collective potential.

"Thanks, Golden Ventures team. The best party of the year."

Josh Sookman

CEO of MasterHealth

"Thanks so much for such an engaging event!"

Christy Prada

CEO of Future Fertility

"Killer event! Thanks to the entire Golden Ventures team, all the sponsors and partners, and especially all the amazing tech leaders in attendance. I can't wait for the next one!"