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Oct 9, 2026WorkshopIn-person

Networking Event San Francisco: Co-Founder Matching for Startups

Find a partner by solving a real problem together, not by swapping decks. For San Francisco founders looking for a technical or commercial half.

Location
🇺🇸San FranciscoRick & Roxy's
Date
Oct 9, 2026
Tickets
Free – $23
Format
In-person
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Networking Event San in San Francisco October 2026
About this event

What to expect

Co-founder speed dating does not work, because you cannot tell how someone thinks from a two-minute introduction. So the evening is built around working on something instead.

San Francisco founders pair up on real problems, rotate, and see who they actually want to keep going with. Nobody leaves with a co-founder that night, and that is the honest version.

Schedule5 items

Event agenda

Times in America/Los_Angeles

  1. 18:30
    Doors
  2. 19:00
    Problem statements
  3. 19:30
    Working pairs

    Rotating, so you work with several people.

  4. 20:30
    Who wants to keep going
  5. 21:00
    Close

Frequently asked

Before you book

Do I need a startup to attend?

No. Roughly half the room comes to work on other people's problems and figure out what they want to join. Bring a professional problem instead — it works the same way.

Do I have to submit my problem in advance?

Yes. After booking you'll get a three-minute form in our Telegram Mini App: your problem in one line, some context, and how long it's been unresolved. Only submitted problems make the board and the vote. You can edit it until two days before.

Is this a pitch event?

No. There's no stage, no slides and no pitching. Forty seconds each at the start is the only time anyone speaks to the whole room.

What if my problem doesn't get voted onto a table?

There's a second vote halfway through - the problems that didn't make the first round get their turn. And at the end the host asks who's still unresolved and finds you a contact from the room by name.

How does the matching work?

At the end you mark the people you'd work with again. If it's mutual, we connect you within 48 hours through the Ascent Valley Mini App. We never share your contact with someone who didn't get your yes.

Can I come if I'm new to San Francisco?

Especially then. Tell the host at check-in and you'll be seated at a table where you'll be introduced properly.

What's the Mini App?

A Mini App: verified profiles of the room, saved contacts and mutual matches after the event. Opens inside Telegram, no new account.

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