Panel: What VCs Plan to Fund in 2026
Tesla San Francisco - Van Ness | 999 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
Event Details
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Live VCs decisions breakdown in 2026
What numbers actually decide deals in 2026
The few inputs investors truly use to make decisions.
When traction is “interesting” vs “fundable”
How investors separate early signals from businesses that are ready for capital.
Why some profitable startups still don’t get funded
And when raising VC is the wrong move.
What founders must fix before starting a raise
The specific gaps that quietly kill rounds.
These topics will be explored through real scenarios and live investor analysis, not theory.
Panel Guests:
Andrew Cartwright – Fund Manager of Dragons & Angels Fund
Vasyl Dub – Venture Partner at Network VC, Founder at Raisable VC, Mentor at Stanford
Anna Schehula – Growth & Partnerships Leader at TRMNL4 and Venture Scout at Flyer One Ventures
Anna Zakowska, PhD – Managing Partner at Dragons & Angels Fund
Koyo Tsuchiya – Assistant Manager Strategic Partnerships at MS&AD Ventures Inc
Wendy Nguyen, MBA – Senior Investor Relations and Marketing leader at VABA Venture Capital
Shahnoza Oripova – Managing partner at Invest Fund Groups
Schedule:
5:45 PM — Registration and networking
6:30-7:30 PM — Panel
7:30-8:30 PM — Networking
Hosted inside the Tesla Showroom in San Francisco.
Tesla newest vehicles are available for test drives and Full-Self Driving Supervised.
This evening is focused on how fundraising is shifting in 2026.
We’ll have 6 invited VC guests, sharing what they are currently backing, and how their decision-making is changing.
Instead of general advice, we will focus on the exact questions investors now ask — and how those answers determine whether a company gets funded, tracked, or passed.
What we will break down
Topics we cover, questions, and guests:
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Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.
Cost: $30
Categories: Community, In Person, Other
