It's a
Match
Where founders and investors meet their match
Where next? Get on the list and pick the city you want a room in.
San Francisco, Oct 7: 1,398 applications · 422 in the room · 383 1:1 matches. See the recap
Who's taken the stage
Official Event
The 2026 season
Who's in the room
3,600+
Applications
~1,000
Attendees checked in
4
Cities
Austin · New York · Boston · Chicago
400+
Founders in the room
200+
Investors in the room
30+
Countries represented
2,000+
Matches made
Investor checks $10K–$5M+
·
Pre-seed through growth
Investors & funds
a16z
FirstMark
Antler
Hustle Fund
NextView Ventures
Red Bull Ventures
Capital Factory
Glasswing Ventures
Bosch Ventures
Mucker Capital
Gaingels
Manhattan Venture Partners
Conductive Ventures
Kauffman Fellows
MicroVentures
Flint Capital
Mercury Fund
DataTribe
Alpha Partners
Hanwha Asset Management
Dimensional Fund Advisors
43North
CincyTech
…and more
Operators & companies
HubSpot
Circle
Justworks
Navan
Rho
beehiiv
nTop
Boardy
TelevisaUnivision
EisnerAmper
Holland & Knight
OpenAI
NVIDIA
USAA
H-E-B
…and more
15 of 18 surveyed attendees made a connection they're following up on · 8/10 average attendee rating (post-event survey)
Stories
From the room
Investor bet big on a stranger
The $100k angel surprise
Investor event feedback
Finding real capital
Founder spotlight · AviLabs
A wearable ultrasound for blood-flow monitoring
The series so far
Five cities.
Five curated rooms.
Where next?
What to expect
Curated, dense, and fast
Decision-maker density
Every room is curated: founders and the investors who actually write checks, no filler, no tourists.
Matched by stage & thesis
We hand-pick who's in the room and who you meet, so every conversation is one worth having.
Real-time intros, powered by Boop
Scan, connect, and book the next meeting on the spot, while the interest is still hot.
Get matched
Drop your email and tell us which city — we'll reach out when there's a room for you.